Food banks

Cara Hilton, Senior Policy Manager at Trussell

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Crates of food at a Trussell Trust food bank (Photo: Trussell Trust)

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Charities have voiced their concerns as more people in Scotland become reliant on such services (Photo: Peter Summers/Getty Images).

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The Trussell Trust has launched a campaign, Hunger Free Future, to end the need for food banks altogether (Picture: Andy Buchanan/PA)

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One of the food banks run by the Trussell Trust. Picture: Neil Hanna

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Here's where you can donate this Christmas. Picture: Edinburgh Food Project Facebook page

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Food banks provide a threeday supply of groceries to users. Picture: Getty

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Julie Webster, from the Greater Maryhill Foodbank, encounters Nicola Sturgeon.Picture: Hemedia

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9,000 people have received emergency food from Trussell Trust foodbanks in the last year. Picture: Alistair Pryde

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More Scottish people are being forced to turn to food banks for nourishment. Picture: JP

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A food bank in Edinburgh. Use of food banks in one part of Scotland has risen by more than 50 per cent. Picture: Neil Hanna

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Volunteers put a selection of tinned food together for a client at a food bank depot. Picture: Getty

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