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| Coventry food charity user says missing meals to feed kids is the norm | Coventry food charity user says missing meals to feed kids is the norm |
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| Diane Williams, who runs the Grub Hub, said recent rises in the cost of food left families "really struggling" | Diane Williams, who runs the Grub Hub, said recent rises in the cost of food left families "really struggling" |
| Parents using a social supermarket in Coventry have said they would struggle to feed their children without it, with one recipient of free school meals describing the lack of them during summer holidays as "horrendous". | Parents using a social supermarket in Coventry have said they would struggle to feed their children without it, with one recipient of free school meals describing the lack of them during summer holidays as "horrendous". |
| Claire said regularly going without meals so her children could eat had "become the norm". | Claire said regularly going without meals so her children could eat had "become the norm". |
| The Grub Hub on Wyken Road has been helping people in the community deal with the cost of living crisis, offering discounted food parcels. | The Grub Hub on Wyken Road has been helping people in the community deal with the cost of living crisis, offering discounted food parcels. |
| The mum, who has two school-age children with special needs, said the facility was a "lifeline", adding: "It's so difficult, I don't know what we'd do without it". | The mum, who has two school-age children with special needs, said the facility was a "lifeline", adding: "It's so difficult, I don't know what we'd do without it". |
| Alainea Stark volunteers at the charity | Alainea Stark volunteers at the charity |
| Another mum, Precious, explained she was initially embarrassed about using the charity to feed her three children, "but it has become a chance to meet others and share life's issues". | Another mum, Precious, explained she was initially embarrassed about using the charity to feed her three children, "but it has become a chance to meet others and share life's issues". |
| She lives with her partner who has a full-time job but, she added: "He carries a lot but it's not always a light burden to carry". | She lives with her partner who has a full-time job but, she added: "He carries a lot but it's not always a light burden to carry". |
| "I can't tell you how much this place helps." | "I can't tell you how much this place helps." |
| Coventry Foodhub is described as a "lifeline" by struggling parents | Coventry Foodhub is described as a "lifeline" by struggling parents |
| Alainea Stark is a carer for her nine-year-old daughter and volunteers at the centre. | Alainea Stark is a carer for her nine-year-old daughter and volunteers at the centre. |
| She said it could be "incredibly daunting" the first time people came but "you get to know other people and it's a good sense of community". | She said it could be "incredibly daunting" the first time people came but "you get to know other people and it's a good sense of community". |
| Users pay a membership fee in return for discounted weekly groceries. | Users pay a membership fee in return for discounted weekly groceries. |
| "When people pay they feel they are contributing," she added. | "When people pay they feel they are contributing," she added. |
| Diane Williams, chief executive of Moathouse Community Trust, which runs the Grub Hub, said recent food cost increases had left people "really struggling". | Diane Williams, chief executive of Moathouse Community Trust, which runs the Grub Hub, said recent food cost increases had left people "really struggling". |
| Over the summer the charity plans to provide activities and hot lunches for children at its Winston Avenue centre. | |
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