Coronavirus pandemic donates volunteers

This group feeds struggling families. Demand for food parcels has DOUBLED during the lockdown - members need your help

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A group dedicated to feeding struggling families needs cash to maintain its vital service - with demand DOUBLING during the coronavirus lockdown.

Volunteers at the Horwich and District Hub, based in Horwich, Bolton, provide meals, clothes and other supplies for people in need.

The number of families needing help has rocketed in recent weeks. Organisers have very few options when it comes to raising cash as the outfit isn't a registered charity.

Graham Scull helps coordinate the hub's work, alongside Emma Gregson and Victoria Fidler. "Until three or four weeks ago we would have 25 or so people a week who were depending on us, but since the lockdown that number has virtually doubled - it's in the 40s now," he said. "Everything's got to be

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