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The Policy Ask with Emma Revie: “The national housing crisis is driving food bank need”

The chief executive of the Trussell Trust on the effects of the pandemic, social security and the shortage of homes.

By Spotlight

Emma Revie is the chief executive of the Trussell Trust charity, which operates more than 1,300 food banks across the country. Nearly three million emergency food parcels were distributed by Trussell Trust food banks in the 12 months between last April and March 2023. Revie was appointed to her role in 2017, after previously leading the youth charity Ambition (which was later merged with the bigger UK Youth organisation). 

I like to wake up early so that I can have a bit of time reading the news and getting my thoughts together before the rest of the house awakes and the day gets going. Then, come rain or shine, it’s off out for a walk with the two dogs.

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