'We want struggling people to have enough food'
Miranda Wixon said some people in rural areas do not come forward to say they need helpVolunteers who help run food schemes for those in need say they have seen demand increasing.
Inflation remains near a 40-year high, although the rate at which prices are rising has dropped back slightly,One scheme in Northamptonshire, run by the Hope Centre charity, provides food deliveries and community larders for 2,000 people in rural communities. Miranda Wixon, a volunteer at the charity, said: "We want to reach out to everybody that is struggling through this cost-of-living crisis to make sure they have food."
The former nurse said those in rural areas were "very often proud and don’t come forward" when they have financial problems. "Rural communities have traditionally hidden a lot of the people that are suffering with hardship," she said.'A massive difference'
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