Foodbanks see big rise in parcels handed out in Lincoln and Boston
It comes as foodbanks across the country see a further rise
The numbers using foodbanks have risen once again with the amount of parcels handed out up over 80 per cent in Lincoln and more than doubling in Boston in just 6 months.
The Trussell Trust says 320-thousand people nationwide used a foodbank.
In Lincoln well over 3 thousand were handed out between April and September.
Whilst the number of parcels in Boston were lower there was a much bigger per cent increase.
We spoke to Jessica Foster, from the Trussell Trust about the figures.
"People are coming who can't afford to cook food, they don't want to put their ovens on for a long time".
"They're looking for food that can be made simply in a kettle or doesn't need heating up."
"It's creating a tsunami of need that's heartbreaking."
"The cost of living is rising so sharply and so steeply, we know people who are working and are skipping meals and are not heating and are coming to foodbanks."
"Foodbanks are having to open outside their normal hours so those who are working can access support."
"People are being forced to use foodbanks, something no one ever wants to do."
"People in work, people on benefits, people with families, people who are on their own, people who are carers."
It's sweeping through our country and it's heartbreaking to see it."