{"id":90087,"date":"2026-06-02T06:41:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T06:41:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=90087"},"modified":"2026-06-02T06:41:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T06:41:15","slug":"sharp-rise-in-demand-at-food-banks-since-start-of-iran-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2026\/06\/02\/sharp-rise-in-demand-at-food-banks-since-start-of-iran-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Sharp rise in demand at food banks since start of Iran war"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> < 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net\/tenant\/amp\/entityid\/AA24CqVM.img?w=768&h=576&m=6\" alt=\"An example of what The Felix Project is able to deliver for children and families in need for every \u00a330 donated (The Felix Project)\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Demand for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/foodbanks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;destination&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:1,&quot;c.t&quot;:7}\">food banks<\/a>\u00a0has shot up dramatically since the beginning of the war in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/iran\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;destination&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:1,&quot;c.t&quot;:7}\">Iran,\u00a0<\/a>with charities\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/london-marathon-the-felix-project-fundraiser-b2953800.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;destination&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:1,&quot;c.t&quot;:7}\">struggling to cope<\/a>, a leading\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/charity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;destination&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:1,&quot;c.t&quot;:7}\">charity<\/a> has warned.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-gb\/news\/uknews\/sharp-rise-in-demand-at-food-banks-since-start-of-iran-war\/ar-AA24C470?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=6a1e7a348f284b01ab44a0cfdf9d0b97&ei=30\"> Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>Demand for\u00a0food banks\u00a0has shot up dramatically since the beginning of the war in\u00a0Iran,\u00a0with charities\u00a0struggling to cope, a leading\u00a0charity has warned.\u00a0 Read More<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":83415,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Iran-on-fire.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90087"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90087\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90088,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90087\/revisions\/90088"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}