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Trussell Trust national press coverage:

12/05/2012: New Statesman features the rise of foodbanks

06/05/2012: Nick Owens talks foodbanks and child poverty in Sunday Mirror

30/04/2012: The Mirror's Brian Reade meets foodbank clients in Birmingham

30/04/2012: International Business Times reports increase in foodbank figures

29/04/2012: Foodbanks debated on BBC Politics Show Scotland FF to 1hr 6mins

28/04/2012: The Mirror features incredible growth of foodbanks

28/04/2012: The Tablet reports on breadline Britain and the role of foodbanks

28/04/2012: BBC Online talks growth of foodbanks in Scotland; Press Association features record growth in Scottish foodbanks.

27/04/2012: London Evening Standard and BBC Radio London report 150 per cent increase in numbers fed by London foodbanks

26/04/2012: Foodbanks double numbers of people fed in one year reported by ITV Daybreak, BBC Breakfast TV, BBC News, ITV News, The Guardian, Financial Times, BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 4 Today Programme, BBC Radio 5Live

21/04/2012: Sky news reports on new foodbanks opening every four days

17/04/2012: The Times double page spread on growth of foodbanks in the UK

19/04/2012: Yahoo article explains how foodbanks help

17/04/2012: Great double page spread on foodbanks in The Times

6/04/2012: Foodbanks feature in Independent's expose on child poverty in the UK

15/03/2012: Foodbanks feature in BBC Radio 4 Thought for the Day

14/03/2012: Trussell Trust's Chris Mould talks to BBC Radio 4's Today Programme

29/02/2012: BBC Radio 4's Womans Hour talks about food poverty and speaks to a foodbank mum.

19/02/2012: Guardian mentions foodbanks in debate on Edwina Curry and food poverty

18/02/2012: Sunday Mirror reports on two new foodbanks opening every week

07/02/2012: Chris Mould talks foodbanks on BBC Radio 5 Live FF to 22.30mins

03/02/2012: The Sun meets foodbank families on the breadline

30/01/2012: The Guardian's Felicity Lawrence reports on foodbanks at Hammersmith and Fulham

15/01/2012: Sunday Times visits Plymouth foodbank and reports on national growth of foodbank network

10/01/2012: BBC Newsround meets the Clarkes, a foodbank family.

08/01/2012 - 09/01/2011: BBC Radio 4's Food Programme runs an update on foodbanks

04/01/2012: Trussell Trust asked to comment on government's new recipe cards on BBC Radio 4's You and Yours

24/12/2011: Independent on Sunday talks about foodbanks, debt and faith-based charities

22/12/2011: ITV National News visits Salisbury Foodbank

20/12/2011: Holyrood Magazine reports on rise of charity food handouts

17/12/2011: Observer feature on plight of foodbank families

17/12/2011: Lucy Siegle comments on foodbanks in Observer magazine

17/12/2011: Foodbanks are Day 13 in Guardian's Charity Advent Calendar

17/12/2011: Sunday Express mentions foodbanks

16/12/2011: Hayley from BBC Newsround packs foodboxes

10/12/2011: Sunday Express thanks readers for donating over £10K to foodbanks

04/12/2011: Sunday Times talks foodbanks

27/11/2011: Foodbank front page in Sunday Express

18/11/2011: Foodbanks feature on BBC's Hairy Bikers cookery programme FF to 25mins

10/11/2011: Chris Mould discusses foodbanks and impact of benefit delays with BBC Radio 4's You and Yours

22/10/2011: Polly Toynbee talks about The Trussell Trust launching a new foodbank every month in her Guardian column

20/10/2011: Sutton foodbank's Mark Tomlinson does a great job talking foodbanks on BBC Breakfast TV

18/10/2011: ITV News features Eastbourne Foodbank in headline piece about rising food prices

15th, 16th and 17th October 2011: Foodbanks feature in debated on UK hunger on BBC Radio 5Live

13/10/2011: Trussell Trust Director Chris Mould and Redbridge foodbank on ITV Daybreak

11/10/2011: BBC 1's One Show looks at foodbanks

09/10/2011: Foodbanks on BBC Radio 4's Sunday Programme

07/10/2011: Alex's epic 315KM Run features in Run England

01/10/2011: Jay Rayner talks foodbanks and fareshare in the Guardian

30/09/2011: Big feature on Bill Nighy and Foodbanks in the Mirror

26/09/2011: BBC Radio 1's Newsbeat reports on young people needing foodbanks

26/09/2011: Scottish Daily Record front cover and double page spread!

19/09/2011: The Mirror talks foodbanks

18/09/2011: BBC Radio 5 Live speak to a foodbank client about her experiences

18/09/2011: JCP refer clients to foodbanks: Independent on Sunday

11/09/2011: Radio 4 Food Programme's 25 minute report on foodbanks

20/08/2011: Trussell Trust Exec Chairman Chris Mould tells BBC Radio 4's Today Programme why foodbanks are experiencing such high demand.

09/08/2011: Swindon Foodbank and Trussell Trust's Chris Mould featured in Financial Times

21/07/2011: Foodbanks part of ITV Tonight's Food Inflation programme

24/06/2011: Foodbanks and food inflation feature on BBC One Breakfast TV

21/06/2011: Clapham Park foodbank features on BBC London News

21/06/2011: Herald Scotland's hidden hunger story talks foodbanks

18/06/2011: Sky News reports how foodbanks are helping some of the UK's 1.6 million children in poverty

15/06/2011: Surge in foodbank numbers as more are hit by inflation reported in Bloomberg, San Francisco Chronicle and Philanthropy Chronicle

14/06/2011: 'Gone to bed crying with hunger' BBC Radio 4's Today Programme tells foodbank story, also featured on BBC online

10/06/2011: Foodbanks get front page of the Church Times!

14/05/2011: The Guardian meets foodbank clients and reports on 50% increase in numbers

16/04/2011: Actor Bill Nighy visits a foodbank: watch Guardian online's video

23/03/2011: The Daily Mail report on Okehampton Foodbank and amazing community support

16/03/2011: The Daily Telegraph talk foodbanks in their feature on farmers...

15/03/2011: Okehampton Foodbank's sudden surge in demand is reported in The Guardian, on Radio 2's Jeremy Vine Show, BBC NewsThe Daily Mail, The Mirror and The Sun.

11/03/2011: First virtual foodbank! Radio 4's 'The Archers' has launched Felpersham Foodbank which is the beneficiary of Ambridge's Lent Appeal

09/03/2011: Foodbanks featured on Radio 4's 'You and Yours'

07/03/2011: Foodbanks feature on BBC Inside Out South (fast forward to 20.05mins), plus watch River Cottage chef Tim Maddams cook wild rabbit pasta or pig's head with lentils in Salisbury foodbank centre

16/02/2011: Read about how food poverty is on the rise on the Channel 4 News Website 

02/02/2011: Money Market magazine features foodbanks

22/01/2011: Chef Mark Hix writes thrifty recipes inspired by foodbank in The Independent

21/01/2011: Foodbanks feature on Christian World News

04/01/2011: Trussell Trust Director, Chris Mould, features on BBC One Breakfast TV

04/01/2011: Trussell Trust Director Chris Mould talks to BBC Radio 5Live

21/12/2010: The Guardian reports on Jobcentre Plus giving out food vouchers: Read Guardian article

18/12/2010: Jobcentre Plus to give out foodbank vouchers: Read BBC Online article

12/12/2010: Life on the poverty line: Read The Independent on Sunday's foodbank feature

05/12/2010: Trussell Trust foodbank client featured in Independent on Sunday's child poverty report

Listen to BBC Radio 2: Jeremy Vine Show interview Chris Mould and a foodbank client

Click here to watch our spot on ITV Meridian News

Listen to BBC Radio 5Live interview Chris Mould and a foodbank client talk about how foodbanks work: Click on 08/10/10 and fast forward to 47.24mins

Read about how Haverhill foodbank feed the hungry on BBC Cambridgeshire

Read about the 'hidden hunger" in the UK on the BBC News Website

Read how benefits reassessments could affect foodbanks in Independent on Sunday

Read about foodbanks and Jobcentre Plus in The Guardian

Phillip Blond, Director of ResPublica think tank blogs about foodbanks, benefit delay and how the government needs to support foodbanks: Click here 

Read The Trussell Trust's briefing on foodbanks, benefit delay and the DWP here

Watch how foodbanks are meeting a growing need across the UK on BBC Politics Show

Foodbank clients and staff tell BBC Radio 4's World Tonight how foodbanks are needed more than ever

Cold weather hits foodbank clients hard, read more in the Guardian's feature

BBC News Channel, Monday 26th October, the foodbank network explained how recession is affecting UK hunger and how foodbanks are stepping up to meet this challenge.

The Trussell Trust's foodbank network featured on BBC One News on Weds 16th September, and on BBC online and BBC News Channel! Click here to see the online version.

Read The Sun's article on Salisbury foodbank helping to feed struggling army families, see this story in The Daily Mail or Daily Telegraph too.

Foodbanks in The Tablet Read more here

MSN's 'Frugal Life' blogs about how foodbanks are helping meet the recession need: 'foodbank for thought'

Recession impacts foodbanks, Daily Telegraph, click here to read article

Watch Highland foodbank on the BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/8026362.stm

Foodbank featured on BBC Five Live breakfast.. http://http://www.bbc.co.uk/fivelive/.

Foodbanks on BBC Radio 4's Today Programme (Download MP3)

Foodbanks featured on Sky News on Easter Sunday, alongside the Pope and Archbishop of Canterbury!

BBCPoints West: Watch Gloucester foodbank explain how recession has affected them

Read about foodbanks on msn news

Watch Salisbury foodbank on France 24 International TV News  Following enquiries, we would like to confirm that the foodbank centre gives food to clients like this family in used supermarket carrier bags, as if they had been shopping.

Watch Haverhill foodbank on the BBC and hear the story of one of it's first clients

Read about the foodbank in The Independent on Sunday