The highest levels of food insecurity were among single parents and single adults under the age of 65.
Food Insecurity Sees Many Scots Running Out of Food
Food Poverty in Orkney
Between 1st April 2021 and 31st of March 2022, Orkney’s Foodbank distributed 940 emergency food parcels to islanders: 566 to adults and 374 to children.
Rhoda Grant MSP “I intend to bring forward a Bill this session to enshrine the right to food into Scots Law.”
“Access to food is a human right, but it is being denied to too many people in our country. “
Increased Reliance on Foodbanks in Orkney
in 6 months 265 three day emergency food supplies were provided to people in crisis
Ignorance and Want
“British compassion for those who are suffering has been replaced by a punitive, mean-spirited, and often callous approach”
Local MSP Condemns Tory UK Government For Rise in Food Bank Use
“It’s a disgrace that families in Orkney and across Scotland are having to rely on emergency food parcels just to get by.”
MSP Concerned Over Rise in Foodbank Use
“170,625 three day emergency food supplies were handed to people in crisis, with 55,038 of these provided for children.”
