A 'timid man' and a 'disorientated woman' were among the latest to show up at a Merseyside breakfast club that is helping to feed more and more struggling people.
The breakfast club is held every Sunday at the Charles Thompson Mission building in Birkenhead. It is organised by volunteers from local law firm Carpenters Group and the Fans Supporting Foodbanks project.
Each week, volunteer Donna Scully uses social media to shine a light on some of the stories of the people being helped at the club and how difficult their situations are. She says the cost of living crisis is seeing more and more people coming to them for help.
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This weekend Donna shared the stories of a number of struggling people who turned up to the Sunday morning session. This included a woman who was in a very bad way.
Donna said: "Woman this morning at breakfast in her slippers with hospital band on, very disorientated and under influence of drugs. Calmed her, fed her and rang for medical advice on how we could help more. God, there really is so little support now - services stretched beyond limits. Devastating." She added: "It’s unbelievable. How did she just leave hospital? She was so vulnerable and unsafe."
In another tweet, she spoke of a 'very tiny timid man' who came in and stayed for two hours and drank 'a million coffees.' Donna, who has been running the breakfast club for several years, said this weekend's session had been the hardest. She added: "It was my toughest day yesterday. So busy and some very unwell vulnerable people."
The ECHO recently visited the breakfast club to speak to the organisers and hear from some of those relying on it for help and food. Donna told us: "When we opened initially, we were mainly aiming at homeless people, people with addictions and those with chaotic cycles of hostels and needing help. But what we are seeing this year is more people who have got homes, who are not in the system, but who can't afford to get by.
"You see the regulars come running in when we open, then you see others who are stood at the door, quieter and not sure what to do, feeling a bit ashamed, they don't want anyone to know they are here, we are seeing more and more people like that."
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