Originally Posted by TruBlue wrote on Mon, 20 April 2015 19:46TBG posted the other day that this government has made it a lot easier for people to get parcels from foodbanks and if you make it easier for people to do something then more of them will do it.Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie wrote on Mon, 20 April 2015 19:41I don't know what the answer is - if the government go back to making it harder to get parcels and the figures fall then I imagine they would be called heartless but if they make it easier they are castigated for leaving others behind.Originally Posted by Heisenberg wrote on Mon, 20 April 2015 16:14What does this mean?Originally Posted by The Local Boy wrote on Mon, 20 April 2015 16:00in May 2010 you had to have permission from the job centre (IIRC) to get a food parcel, now you don't. If the government went back to that process it would be harder for people to get food parcels and we could see the numbers drop (then again we might not).Originally Posted by Heisenberg wrote on Mon, 20 April 2015 15:57but if that did happen then you can be sure that some would claim the government are trying to massage the figures, ignoring the fact apples are now being compared with apples rather than orangesOriginally Posted by The Local Boy wrote on Mon, 20 April 2015 15:50It's The Trussel Trust who run the Foodbanks, they say which professionals and agencies are allowed to refer people to them for parcels. I highly doubt TBG knew what he was saying when he said it was "easy" to get a food parcel, it sounded like he thought people just turned up and asked for one.