@Lazarus I'm curious about your comment on TT?
Where to start?! I’ll come back to this, as I’m really busy at work today.
some others from the Jack Monroe thread may be able to give a brief summary in the meantime.
my beef partly comes from their association to her and partly that they charge independent food banks £1,600 to join their network plus an annual fee. They work on a referral only basis, which excludes some from going. They apparently will only give 3 parcels maximum.
Additionally they patronise those using their service by offering prayers to those going in need of food.
They carried over around £39m last financial year,
and this is before I touch on their really unhelpful association with Jack Monroe.
There is a thread on them on here.
TLDR - I would NEVER, for as long as I have breath in my body, give a single copper coin to anything the TT have any link with.