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🗓️ From today, most benefit rates rise by 6.7% due to the normal annual ‘uprating’ rules to match inflation.

📉 But even after this, #UniversalCredit ’s basic rate will still fall far short of what’s needed to afford essentials like food, household bills and vital travel.🧵1/5

Food shops increase, bills creep up and activities to entertain the kids come at a cost. Not to mention, the rising costs of childcare during the holidays.

Our Holiday Hunger programme provides food and activities for our families during the school holidays.

We know that hunger and hardship can really impact peoples’ mental and physical health. We are really proud to be working alongside local referrers running amazing wellbeing initiatives 💚 Manchester Mind #NeverMoreNeeded Be Well Manchester St John's Centre Caritas Salford Change Grow Live

Popping to the shop this weekend? Why not download the BanktheFood app and support your local foodbank 💚

150 Holiday Hunger parcels have been packed and distributed to our local families to help cover the cost of the Easter Holidays. Thanks goes out to
Manchester City Council for packing, Manchester Metropolitan Uni for the Easter Eggs and Story Scouts for the great interactive family Bingo activity 🫶💚

Do you ever find yourself at the check out and remember you wanted to donate a few items to your local foodbank?

Do you wish you had a reminder of what items your local food bank needs?

With the help of the @bankthefood app you can get alerts when you go shopping 💚

With the Easter Holidays just around the corner we are getting ready this week to pack and distribute our Holiday Hunger parcels.

**MATCHDAY **
Heading to Old Trafford for the today??
We will be open from midday up until kick off to accept your donations of
Non perishable,tinned or long life food or cash in support of Mcr South Central Foodbank (Bridging the Gap) & Stretford foodbank
#HungerDoesntWearClubColours
FANS SUPPORTING FOODBANKS #RightToFood

We are very excited to be at the Albert Hall tonight collecting vital funds to support our anti poverty work 🫶

WEEKEND PLANS ??
Saturday : Doing the big shop
Sunday : Off to Old Trafford to support the reds in the cup.

Why not add a couple of tinned / dried or non perishable food bits to your shopping list for tomorrow & then drop them with us on SMBW on your way to the game on Sunday

We can be found here !!

Not going to get chance to do the big shop ? We can also take cash donations on behalf of Mcr South Central Foodbank (Bridging the Gap) so you can still come and support those in the local community who need our support
#HungerDoesntWearClubColours

It's International school meals day

Do you believe that all children deserve a hot meal at school?

We do, that's why we are supporting the National Education Union’s ‘No Child Left Behind Campaign’

Show your support 👉manchestersouthcentral.foodbank.org.uk/news/

What a lovely afternoon spending time with some of our volunteers to say thanks for all their hard work and dedication. We really can not provide our services without them 🫶

Popping to the shops this weekend?
We know things are still tough for everyone but if you can spare an item or two off our list it would make the world of difference to your community 🫶 #supportlocalcommunity #foodbanks

**MATCHDAY **
Heading to Old Trafford for the today??
We will be open from 9am up until kick off to accept your donations of
Non perishable,tinned or long life food or cash in support of Mcr South Central Foodbank (Bridging the Gap) & Stretford foodbank
#HungerDoesntWearClubColours

What an amazing achievement, it was a pleasure working with this talented year 6 group William Hulme's Grammar School. Thank you for raising awareness 💚💚