In Wigan, 640 parcels were handed over to young people, compared with 713 in the previous year
The charity said it was not right that so many people were at risk of poverty across the UK and warned that the need for blackboards would increase in winter.
In Wigan, the Trussell Trust distributed 1,785 emergency food packages with supplies for three or seven days between April and September.
However, that was eight percent less than the same period in 2020 and less than the 2,837 issued in 2019 before the Covid-19 pandemic.
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They were among 935,749 packages distributed across the UK by the charity over the six months, including 108,778 in the North West.
Although it was below the record 1.3 million spent in that period last year, it was 11 percent more than in 2019.
That means around 5,100 emergency food packages were provided to people across the UK every day, including nearly 2,000 for children.
The Trussell Trust said it expects this to climb to more than 7,000 a day in December as poorer families grapple with soaring fuel bills, inflation and the recent abolition of the universal loan increase of £ 20 a week.
The numbers do not include the number of people helped by thousands of other food aid groups such as community organizations and independent boards.
Emma Revie, CEO of Trussell Trust, said: “Everyone in the UK should be able to afford the essentials – to buy their own food and heat their homes.
“Nevertheless, the food banks in our network continue to see more and more people in need, with more and more food parcels being sent to children. That is not right.”
She added: “The answer must be that we have the stability of a sufficiently strong social security system to protect each of us when we need it.”
More than 350,000 parcels were sent to children between April and September this year – 15 percent more than in 2019.
In Wigan, 640 were handed over to young people, compared with 713 in the previous year.
Jonathan Reynolds, Labor shadow labor and pensions minister, said: “The thousands of food parcels given to children every day are honestly a shame – Britain deserves better.
“Conservative complacency and chaos has created a cost of living crisis with tax hikes, universal loan cuts, and rising bills weighing on families this winter.”
The government said universal loan applicants will benefit from a newly reduced interest rate and increased labor allowance, while a household support fund will help vulnerable families in England afford bare necessities in the coming months.
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