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Surge in number of 18 to 25-year-olds coming to food charities for help for the first time

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Young people are increasingly turning to charities and food banks for urgent help for the first time, new data has shown.

The number of charities seeing 18-25 year olds asking for food support has doubled in the last year as theOne charity supporting young people aged 14 to 25 in Hull, The Warren, said they had seen a “substantial increase” in the number of people needing emergency food.

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