A number of RAF personnel and their families have turned to food banks amid the cost of living crisis. A charity said the number of enquiries they’d received from servicemen and women needing financial support had more than doubled over 12 months.
Airbases RAF Benson in South Oxfordshire and RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire ‘are reporting the highest use of food banks’, the report said.
Asked how personnel felt about using the food bank, which is run by a Christian group called Destiny Outreach Coningsby, the source replied: ‘Incredibly angry and frustrated that we had got to the point where service personnel had to rely on charitable agencies just to exist.’ The chaplaincy report also states there’s a ‘sense of looming discontent’ among service personnel having to fill in for striking public sector workers wanting better wages when they themselves are not allowed to strike.
When questioned about the food bank at RAF Coningsby, an RAF spokesperson told Metro: ‘The food bank at RAF Coningsby was set up as part of an initiative to support the local community, reflecting current pressure across society.’
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