The Conwy Foodbank food bank, has seen the need for its service surge by 50 per cent since the Government scrapped the £20 a week uplift on Universal Credit last autumn.

That has put more pressure on the charity which delivers parcels by van through its volunteer drivers from Monday to Friday 

Nancy Hughes, the Conwy Food Bank Co-ordinator for over three years, said the number of families with children receiving food parcels had doubled since September.

She said: “We’re so grateful to Cartrefi Conwy because we desperately need this help at a time when prices are going sky-high.

“Before the cut to Universal Credit we were helping 25 families with 50 children across Conwy County – last month we sent out 50 food parcels to families with a total of 110 children.

“In
one month in the winter those figures were 52 families and 117 children but we
are expecting the numbers to rise again in the autumn when heating bills start
to rise again.

“Getting this support from Cartrefi Conwy, who act as one of our referral agencies, is so vital. It’s an absolute godsend.”