Food banks were almost unheard of just a few years ago - now they are being opened in the UK at the rate of one every four days.For Kenny and Leanne Jones, spiralling debts caused by rising utility bills and high rents led them to the St Andrew's Community Centre in north Liverpool.
The goods they will take home from the food bank there to their four children will mean, for a few days at least, there will be meals on the table.
"You develop a survival instinct when you're short of money," said Leanne.
"It's a really dark place you go into when you feel no one is there to help you, but just coming here today is like a weight off my shoulders. It gives me some breathing space."
Kenny, unable to work because of spinal injuries yet still acting as a carer for his wife, says sometimes the choices they have are brutally simple.
"You just put the children first, every time," he said. "If there's only enough food for the children, I'll always say let them have it, and I'll go without." Read More
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