Salisbury Foodbank is still at "critical" supply levels, although the foodbank has seen a recent influx in donations following the Journal's story last week.

According to Maria Stevenson, manager of the foodbank, many people "said they saw the article in the Journal" and brought in donations.

"We really did see an impact," she explained.

She added that the recent support from the community has been "wonderful".

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However, the foodbank is still busy and is "low in stock" in the key items - which are tomatoes, potatoes, fish and fruit, rice pudding and custard, long life milk and juices, and tea bags.

Last week, the charity was said to be experiencing “unprecedented demand” and was "pretty much hand-to-mouth" with the staples.

Maria said she was starting to "worry for the first time in a very long time" about stock levels in the foodbank warehouse.

The foodbank is run in partnership with churches in the city, and it was the first Trussell Trust foodbank in the UK.

It offers food to those in crisis who have been issued with a foodbank voucher, which is exchanged for three days' emergency food.

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It is asking for donations - food and financial donations - to help it continue.

For more information, visit the Salisbury Foodbank website.

According to new figures, FareShare, a UK charity tackling hunger and food waste, delivered 1,089 tonnes of food between April 2021 and March 2022 to people at risk of hunger across the Southern Central region, which includes the South West.

In the charity's recent annual survey of its charities and community groups, nine out of ten said they were being affected by the cost of living crisis, and many are struggling to survive with rising costs.

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