2019-08-09
38 分钟Lots of people ask me what sort of people come to food banks and I say that people like you and me,
because you know, these are people in crisis.
They don't want to be here.
You know, this idea that they're people who don't need to come, they're just,
the people who come there are in despair a lot at the time and they don't want to be here.
Welcome to LSEIQ.
I'm Joanna Bale and this is the podcast where we ask leading social scientists and other experts to answer an intelligent question.
In this episode, I explore the question, why do we need food banks?
The UK is the world's fifth largest economy with low levels of unemployment,
yet the use of food banks has reached a record high.
1.6 million emergency parcels were given out in 2018 by Britain's largest food bank network, the Trussell Trust.
This made it the busiest year in the charity's history.
Many believe the growth in demand for food banks is a reflection of an increase in poverty.
Others suggest that maybe supply is fueling demand.
How long have you been coming to the food bank?
About three months now.
It's kind of different from what I used to do.
I used to actually work for the DHS in the last few years.
So what changed?
Changes, redundant, and then it went down really bad.