My charity helps people put food on the table - working parents need us more than ever before |
By Rachel Ledwith
There is something very wrong about hearing a mum say I'm not doing any Christmas shopping.
"I'm not buying presents, because I don't want to be in debt. My children know mummy’s not going to buy them anything tangible."
But as Head of Community Engagement at The Felix Project, this is something I have been hearing again and again - and not from the kind of people you might expect.
The Felix Project is a food redistribution charity; it rescues food that would otherwise go to waste and delivers it to organisations helping feed people who are struggling to afford to put food on the table. This month, we released new figures that revealed around one in four working parents are now turning to food support services to ensure they can feed their children.
The lady who said the above is one example. Edith works for a school, but her wages only........