[Vicky.]

This thread made me think actually about who uses foodbanks.

And apparently 'more than half' of users are disabled (or were in November 2018, which is unlikely to have changed much)..which is rather bloody depressing.

“More than half of food bank users are disabled people or those with a long-term health condition. The initiatives by Trussell Trust shows that society is reaching out to them but they must wonder why there is a government denying them adequate social protection.”

https://www.disabilityrightsuk.org/n...-thirteen-cent

Plus seemingly the most common reason for needing one is the ridiculous 6 week wait for universal credit. Which has been purposely built that way for some reason. Surely there could be different way to do it, especially when loads of 'hardworking people' will be claiming now, or soon.

(Slightly offtopic but - Thats interesting too actually, so many I know who used to scream about universal credit being way too high, people can apparently live luxury lifestyles, should be for bare essentals, not even a little for anything thats not essential, etc etc..are now up in arms as its too low to live on apparently, now that they are the ones having to claim..)