article_snippet.sent: The country’s biggest network of foodbanks charges volunteers £1,500 to hand out free food in The country’s biggest network of foodbanks name, The country’s biggest network of foodbanks emerged yesterday.
article_snippet.sent: But the hefty bill has come under scrutiny following controversy over the false Trussell Trust claim that Trussell Trust fed more than a million hungry people last year.
article_snippet.sent: In fact, the one million figure was the number of food parcels handed out –
article_snippet.sent: The number of Trussell Trust foodbanks has risen eight-fold in just five years, to 445.
article_snippet.sent: A pitch to prospective volunteers says: ‘We’ll provide you with all the tools, training and know-how that you need to start a foodbank so that people in crisis in your town don’t have to go hungry.
article_snippet.sent: ’ people in crisis in your town are told people in crisis in your town will be given a website, publicity materials and ‘opportunities to talk to the Press’ among other benefits.
article_snippet.sent: One foodbank volunteer leader said One foodbank volunteer leader saw ‘no benefit paying £1,500 upfront to TT which could be used to buy food’.