![]() ![]() Like many parts of northern England, the South Yorkshire city of just over 300,000 people has never quite recovered from the industrial decline and mine closures of the 1980s and 90s. It’s really sad that it’s got to the point where someone is working full time and not making enough money to cover basic human necessities,” Andy Unsworth, a minister at the church who manages the Given Freely Freely Given food bank, told CNN.ĭoncaster is among the United Kingdom’s more economically deprived areas, but it’s not unique. “They are using all of their wages to pay the bills and they’ve got no money left for food. These days, many of those coming through the door are people working full time. When it first opened before the pandemic, the food bank was serving mostly homeless people. “I’ll put the lilies in my vase and the rest on my mother’s grave,” she said. Apart from essentials like bread and vegetables, she got a bouquet of flowers donated by a supermarket. The church operates the cafe alongside a food bank which offers free food, clothes, household items and other necessities to locals who are struggling.ĭavis lined up early, arriving two hours before the church doors opened. I was a bit down about it,” she told CNN over a cup of tea and biscuit served at the community cafe at St. ![]() The single mother of five – with three kids still living at home – had realized that after paying her bills, she simply had no money left to buy food. The first time Angela Davis went to a food bank was mortifying. ![]()
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