Front-line agencies have sounded alarm at two-fold increase in severe food insecurity across Ballarat

By Maeve McGregor
December 4 2021 - 4:00pm
(L-R) Salvation Army Ballarat team leader John Clonan, Salvation Army volunteer and meals coordinator Karen Thomas, Uniting Ballarat welfare worker Tania Jennings and Salvation Army volunteer Max Walters. Photo: Luke Hemer
(L-R) Salvation Army Ballarat team leader John Clonan, Salvation Army volunteer and meals coordinator Karen Thomas, Uniting Ballarat welfare worker Tania Jennings and Salvation Army volunteer Max Walters. Photo: Luke Hemer

The long shadow of COVID-19 has seen hunger and growing desperation sweep the community, claiming demographics previously untouched by food insecurity.

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