Britain’s food bank charities are buying in counselling, GP and mental health support services to help staff and volunteers cope with stress and exhaustion triggered by the explosion in demand for emergency food.
The wellbeing services are a response to a rise in burnout and stress among frontline food bank workers as they deal with expanding workloads and the emotional burden of supporting increasing numbers of destitute and emotionally traumatised clients.
What messed up world we live in.
vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year ago
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Blake@feddit.uk 1 year ago
It’s not really entirely to do with Brexit. If the state didn’t actively want poor people to suffer then food banks wouldn’t need to exist, regardless of whether we’re in or not in the EU.
vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year ago
At this point it’s hard to isolate the factors, whether austerity, Brexit, inflation due to the war in Ukraine etc.
Still, it’s not exactly surprising that fucking up business with your largest trading partner has an impact on poverty.
mannycalavera@feddit.uk 1 year ago
I think their point is that there is no need for food banks in the EU or something like that. To be honest I can’t understand what they’re trying to say 😂.
FatLegTed@feddit.uk 1 year ago
Sadly very true.