Figures from the food poverty charity Fareshare suggest there has been a sharp rise in demand on charities for food donations.
Manchester City Football Club is inviting local charities to apply for cash grants of up to £50,000.
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Tens of thousands of new mothers are suffering in silence from postnatal depression with many not speaking up for fear of having their children taken away, a study by the charity 4Children has revealed.
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Women's rights in Afghanistan are under threat after 10 years of progress, the aid charities Oxfam and Action Aid have said.
