In 2016-17, South Lakes food banks gave out 674 parcels, 183 to children. In 2019-20, that figure rose to 1,091. From April 2021 to March 2022, two small food banks gave out 2,486 food parcels
Half a mile from the shores of the lake lies Windermere’s only food bank, in the basement of a grey slate Methodist Church.
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