Food banks

One in three children in Easington and almost one in three children in Sunderland are living in poverty.

Shocking figures reveal extent of children in poverty on Wearside

Employment Minister Dame Diane Johnson was at St Thomas's Church in Pennywell speaking about the launch of the new £1bn Crisis and Resilience Fund.

Here's why the employment minister was visiting Pennywell today

Si King has launched a new whisky collaboration

Si King creates whisky to be paired with his Sunderland pies

(Photo: JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

UK's largest supermarket to give away free food items to cut waste

For every gift sent, a donation is made to a local or national charity

Ad Feature This UK company is taking ‘gift giving’ to a new level

People’s shelves are empty, so food banks can’t be - Lynda Battarbee

Store manager Richard Shepperson (far left) and his team help Silver medal Olympian Charlie Tanfield cut the ribbon at the all new Aldi store.

New Aldi in Hetton-le-Hole opens its doors to customers

Aldi wants its shoppers to nominate local charities.

Shoppers asked to nominate Christmas charities

Kids eat free at Marco Pierre White's

Video: Kids can eat free or for £1 in summer holidays at these places

Foodbank distributing food

Outcry from celebrities as UK foodbank usage doubles

Tyler with his food parcel.

Wearside RSPCA food bank sees 50% increase in need for help

Sustainability experts, Business Waste, found that Brits fill around 7 million bins worth of food waste over the festive season.

Unique ways to reuse leftovers and save money this Christmas

Left to right, County Durham and Sunderland Food bank's debt adviser Penny Oxley, network support officer Simone Green, Dalton Park manager Richard Kaye, and food bank volunteers Debra Wright and Judith Mclaren.

Dalton Park teams up with food bank to support Wearsiders in need

'The new deputy chairman of the Conservative Party, Lee Anderson is wrong to believe that charities supporting asylum seekers in Calais are involved in a multimillion-pound industry'. PIC: UK Parliament/PA Wire

Lee Anderson: ‘myth’ those on Universal credit are in poverty

Foodbank on Ward 10 at Walsall Manor Hospital with Claire Cooper, Senior Sister.

Hospitals forced to open food banks for their own staff

Meet some of the volunteers at Trussell Trust food banks in the UK
Shining a light on Trussell Trust’s Food Bank Friends as a part of National World’s partnership with the charity.
Ethan Evans

Here are some of the best non-paying opportunities to give something back on International Volunteer Day (Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)

International Volunteer Day - Ways to get involved in Sunderland

Crates of food at a Trussell Trust food bank (Photo: Trussell Trust)

Trussell Trust foodbanks need people to donate these items

Can you help with a donation to your local foodbank? Picture: Peter Summers/Getty Images.

Food bank donations: The items you can give to lend a hand

Food banks are set up across Sunderland. (Photo by Hugh Hastings/Getty Images)

Where and how to support food banks across Sunderland this Christmas

Some of the food ready to go

Council steps up support for food banks as crisis hits supplies

Here's how you can help vulnerable people during the coronavirus pandemic - with...

Food banks run by the Trussell Trust have handed out 13% more than they did a year ago. Pic: Andy Buchanan/PA.

Universal Credit is driving more people towards using food banks

Have you donated to your local food bank?

Food banks handing out record amount of emergency supplies, study finds

The Mayor of Seaham Coun Sonia Forster and Coun Dave McKenna, are joined by fellow town councillors to launch the towns Christmas Food parcel appeal.

Bags of good wishes are gifted to food bank by councillors

Foodbanks could struggle to meet demand this winter unless urgent action is taken to improve Universal Credit.

Charity urges action over benefit issues as food bank demand 'soars'

Sharon Hodgson.

MP in line for award over holiday hunger campaign
Washington and Sunderland West MP Sharon Hodgson has been shortlisted for an award for her work in ensuring children do not go hungry during school holidays.
By The Newsroom

News you can trust since 1873

© 2026 Iconic Media Group Ltd. All rights reserved.Terms and Conditions Privacy notice