Foodbank Distributes Supplies Donated By Supermarkets To Military Veterans

NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME, ENGLAND - JANUARY 15: Geoff Harriman, chairman of Tri Service Support Centre collects food for the food bank on January 15, 2021 in Newcastle-under-Lyme, England. Early in 2020 the armed forces charity SSAFA, in collaboration with the Tri Service Support Centre in Newcastle-under-Lyme, created a bespoke foodbank for military veterans living in the the town. Every Saturday tinned goods, fruit, vegetables, dried food and snacks donated by local supermarkets via FareShare, a charity determined not to let food go to waste, is bagged up by volunteers and distributed. This service came into its own at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic when the service was extended to any person or family in need as well as veterans and they have since handed out over 100,000 food parcels. (Photo by Nathan Stirk/Getty Images)