Lockdown, lifelines and the long haul ahead: The impact of Covid-19 on food banks in the Trussell Trust network

"When the coronavirus pandemic struck, we had already been experiencing year-on-year rises in the number of people unable to afford food and consequently forced to use food banks across the country. Now, our research finds that the devastating effects of Covid-19 have led to thousands of new people needing to use a food bank in our network for the first time".