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Food bank stocks 'low as client numbers increase'
Key takeaways
- Jake Wallace Guernsey Guernsey Welfare Service Guernsey Welfare Service said it was running low on some of the basic items it offered.
- Guernsey Welfare Service, which runs the largest food bank on the island, raised the concerns in what it said was a rare such post on social media, and asked for donations including meat, pasta sauce and tinned fruit.
- Service manager Simon Fairclough said "most people are struggling" and the demand and lack of stock was at a "different level" to what he had seen before.
Jake Wallace Guernsey Guernsey Welfare Service Guernsey Welfare Service said it was running low on some of the basic items it offered. A food bank in Guernsey says its stock has run "extremely low" and it is seeing two or three new clients each week.
Guernsey Welfare Service, which runs the largest food bank on the island, raised the concerns in what it said was a rare such post on social media, and asked for donations including meat, pasta sauce and tinned fruit.
Service manager Simon Fairclough said "most people are struggling" and the demand and lack of stock was at a "different level" to what he had seen before.
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