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To: Councillor Steve Curran
Feed the hungry in Hounslow
As Chair of Hounslow Food Bank we are calling on you to make help available to all those who are hungry and cannot feed themselves.
Hunger does not discriminate, people should not be divided into deserving and undeserving.
Why is this important?
It is obscene that in a country like the UK in the 21st century people should be going hungry and having to resort to food banks to feed themselves and their families. Most of us have so much; let's be compassionate towards those that have nothing.
The government’s welfare cuts are hitting people hard. There are now 500,000 people struggling to feed themselves across the UK who are being forced to turn to emergency food handouts. This is five times more people than two years ago.
In Hounslow the council-run food bank has started picking and choosing who they think deserves help. They’re turning away people they describe as having “chaotic lifestyles” or those who’ve been given “benefits sanctions” from the Jobcentre.
http://www.hounslowfoodbox.org.uk/how-it-works.php
No one comes to a food bank out of choice. Trying to divide people who are hungry into deserving and undeserving is cruel. We are calling on Councillor Steve Curran who is chair of the food bank to provide assistance to all those facing hunger in Hounslow.
