Emergency foodbank feeds 186
Date published: 18 January 2013
OVER 180 people were fed at Oldham’s emergency foodbank in the run-up to Christmas, it has been revealed.
The Trussell Trust — the organisation behind the network — fed more than 27,000 people across Britain between December 10-25, including 186 in Oldham.
The number of foodbanks has more than doubled in a year to around 300.
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