Out of date sardines and donations: inside Britain's foodbanks

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Out of date sardines and donations: inside Britain's foodbanks
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Metro visited Epping Forest Foodbank in Essex, run by the Trussell Trust, to mark National Foodbank Day and meet volunteers and clients.

Metro visited Epping Forest Foodbank in Essex to mark National Foodbank Day Susanna bumped into a friend while she walked through the Essex town of Loughton. Exchanging small talk, she was asked what she was up to. ‘Oh, just shopping,’ Susanna replied, holding on tightly to her bag. In actual fact, the 61-year-old, who is going by a pseudonym, was on her way to St Mary’s Church.

Bob Glasgow wanted to make a difference in his local community Tuna will go into a tinned fish crate, gluten free pasta into a crate for people with Coeliac disease or food intolerances, tins of beans and sausages into an ‘extras’ crate and sanitary pads into a ‘toiletries’ box. Of course, sometimes unwanted donations come in. Sardines from 1990, biscuits turned to mush inside aged packaging, expiry dates too faded to read; volunteers have seen it all.

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