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for The First Time , Donna Kennedy attended a panel, she hung around outside for 20 Minutes of courage to go in.

if you are unable to earn a health care worker, Donna , of Maghera, Londonderry, after a series of mini-strokes.

"It was so embarrassing," she says. "I was the person in charge of The Family for so long. "

and Now a three-year study, the concentration of More Than 1,000 food-bank-users, suggests that three-quarters of affected homes by illness or disability.

The UK-wide project by researchers from the Heriot-Watt University, with input from The Department for work and pensions, was to trust an order of The Charity Trussell.

Its first annual report indentifies three key elements that people will leave "no protection against hunger and poverty":

Donna , 47, is a single mother with two adult children and a 10-year-old son.

your mini-strokes, five years ago, that affected their mobility.

Donna worked in hospitals before he was sick

At first, she borrowed money, of which I don't know that you have", one of the members of The Family .

And without the "food bank," she says: "I don't think my Mental Health would have coped with it at All . "

About one in five food bank users is a single mother, compared with about 20 of the population in working age as a whole, the research suggests.

The researchers also found many people using food banks have had an income of just £50 a week after rent, with almost one in five without money, All In the month before, for the above-mentioned emergency food.

The researchers also found the majority of people food banks referred to had a challenging life event in the previous year.

Hammersmith and Fulham Food Bank in west London, "Sally", asked, Bbc News , not your real name, says her husband died a year ago.

at the age of 50, she had pushed had a good job in The Local Council, but also the long-term illness and the death of her husband in the misery.

"Some nights you get to starve to death," she says. "I've got zero in my cupboards until I get here.

"It means they can eat. It means that I can to be healthy. "

Two-thirds of the users interviewed said that they had problems with services in The Past year, including:

In west London, a man, Otis Taylor , says he was on benefits for a year, while freelancing as a Graphic Designer .

As he was leaving, with less than £50 a month To Live on.

Another, Douglas, 32, who works as a construction worker or a craftsman, if he can, is homeless, either couch-surfing or sleeping rough.

"As to where you live on the breadline, so any kind of help is welcome," he says.

The Trussell trust wants to cover one end and to the services, the payments to "the true cost of living".

funding for the crisis, the support of The Local councils should have a specific purpose and be increased, it says.

"Hunger in the UK is not about the food, it's about people, not enough money," says chief executive Emma Revie.

"Any one of us could be affected by a health Problem or the loss of a job. "

Ms Revie, says an important question is, why the income of the people to food banks are so low, despite being supported by the benefits.

"Our advantages system could be The Key to releasing people from poverty, if our government says the steps and make the changes that are necessary," she said.

"How we treat each other when life is hard, speaks volumes About Us as a Nation . "

In a statement, the said Department for work and pensions, it took The Report very seriously and continue to work closely with the Trussell trust on the issue.

"We spend More Than £95bn a year to the welfare, the safety net but we will continue to make improvements in order to support the people who need them and to prevent them from falling through the cracks," she said.

"we Already have the advantage of the simplified universal credit card, Making It easier for people to access support - and This Week we have announced to working age benefits rise in line with inflation from April, what millions of people more money in their pockets. "

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Source of news: bbc.com