'So many parents are missing meals to feed their kids – it’s so common we’re not shocked anymore, we must help them'
"I just thought this £10 wasn't going to change my life and I'd much rather have given the clothes to a family that needed them, but there wasn't anywhere to do that."
As the weeks passed, more and more families came along until eventually, the food bank asked Bianca to take over all of the kids stuff - including clothes, nappies and formula. I've heard stories where parents will empty out the dirty nappy and put it back on again because they just haven't got enough to go round."I wrote a post about it on Facebook to my friends explaining what had happened, and asked them to please consider donating the cost of a box of formula or any they may have that they're not using anymore."It was a huge turning point for the mum-of-two, who knew people were keen to help, but just didn't have an obvious way to do so.
The mum-of-two regularly hears stories of parents who skip meals to feed their kids and have no choice but to re-use soiled nappies. Recalling another heartbreaking story, she says: "One time a school made a referral for a little girl because she kept going to school without knickers on.
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