Food bank volunteers forced to wear body cams after manager threatened with knife

The labored was informed her face could be ‘slashed’ if she didn’t hand over a meals parcel (Image: Getty)

Meals financial institution volunteers have been pressured to put on physique cams after a consumer held them at knife level.

Supervisor Lesley Main had a weapon brandished at her and was informed her face could be ‘slashed’ if she didn't give a consumer a parcel at Littlecoates Meals Financial institution in Grimsby final week.

The terrifying incident has led to all centres within the space utilizing bodycams and radios.

In a submit on social media, the meals financial institution mentioned: ‘A few of you might need heard that certainly one of our feminine meals financial institution managers in Grimsby had a knife pulled on her by a consumer final Friday, which is actually regarding.

‘After viewing our security and responsibility of care insurance policies in the direction of our volunteers and purchasers, we’ve determined from at the moment our reception staff and centre managers could have radios to allow them to contact one another if incidents occur.

‘They may also be carrying physique cameras which shall be used for evidential functions if we ever have an incident like this.’

The meals financial institution have confirmed they received’t ‘assessment’ any footage of purchasers and the cameras are solely in place within the occasion of one other risk.

This comes as on-line searches for the closest meals banks have soared by 250% amid the price of dwelling disaster, with the pandemic and the battle in Ukraine pushing up the worth of groceries.

Caistor Meals Financial institution is one centre within the space which is introducing physique cams

The risk was amid amid rising meals financial institution utilization, with on-line searches for centres hovering by 250% (Image: Shutterstock / HASPhotos)

It's not the one crime to have been dedicated in a meals financial institution, as final 12 months thieves stole a London centre’s van and all of the meals inside.

Brent Meals Financial institution mentioned its automobile was stuffed with inventory which was meant to be delivered to individuals dwelling in meals poverty.

The centre tweeted: ‘I'm very unhappy to report our meals financial institution van was stolen simply earlier than midnight proper exterior our Neasden Centre.

‘I’m even sadder to say that it was stuffed with inventory that ought to have been given to individuals needing emergency meals parcels over the approaching weeks.

‘This can be a large blow for us as you may think about.’

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