Having to prove you are struggling to get a food voucher creates more stigma, research suggests.
"I've spoken to people who were afraid to ask for a voucher from social services," said Dr Williams, who argued that community food hubs would have less stigma.
"I've spoken to people who have walked 12 miles to go to a different town so they would not get a food parcel from their children's teacher who works at the food bank," he said. She is now a full-time carer for her husband, and has become involved with a local group, H Factor, which is setting up a food pantry where anyone living locally can buy food at low prices.
"I don't think we know who the poorest are anymore. We have assumed the poor are people on benefits and we know that the poor are now people who are working," she said.She had a small garden to grow vegetables and has 40 hens providing free eggs for the community.
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