Bildeston - Wikipedia

#Bildeston is not *that* near #Ipswich - its a good half hour drive from the town, an hours bike ride if you are fit/brave enough (maybe 45 minutes on an e-bike?) and has little public transport.

It only has a population of around 1100.

If 110 families are being helped by the #foodbank, assuming the average UK family size of 2,36 - thats 260 people so *24%* of the village population are having to make use of it.

This is a significant level of #RuralPoverty, approaching that of the same village in the late 1600s, when 33% of the population were in the village #workhouse

#Suffolk #England

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c707z0pevk7o

Bildeston foodbank in 'desperate' need amid 'growing demand'

The foodbank says it is seeing the highest demand it has ever witnessed since opening in 2020.

BBC News