Need for food banks is caused by welfare cuts, research shows | Society | The Guardian

Need for food banks is caused by welfare cuts, research shows | Society | The Guardian: The government's welfare reforms, including benefit sanctions and the bedroom tax, are a central factor in the explosion in the numbers of impoverished people turning to charity food banks, an academic study has said.

Metro - ‘Incredible’ donations

Metro - ‘Incredible’ donations: "Tenants in 181 apartment buildings around the city set a record for gathering 126,000 pounds of food for the Ottawa Food Bank last week, breaking the previous record by 6,000 pounds."

Charity groups 'really feeling the crunch'

Charity groups 'really feeling the crunch': "Charity groups 'really feeling the crunch'
Organizers fear further drop in food donations, already down 30% this year"