Worcester Foodbank is no longer accepting school uniform as demand for food parcels spikes.

The increase in hungry families needing food parcels over the last year has meant warehouse space is at a premium.

Volunteers have had to stop stocking donated school clothing at its warehouse in Lowesmoor Wharf to make more room for extra shelves of food.

In June, the foodbank fed 752 people in Worcester which was 28 per cent higher than the same month last year.

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A Worcester Foodbank spokesman said: "We’ve not been able to accept donations of school uniform due to the unprecedented demand for emergency food which has placed enormous pressure on our warehouse space and volunteers.

"In the past two months alone we’ve seen referrals running at nearly a third higher than the same period last year."

Foodbank volunteers were in talks with other organisations hoping to hand out preloved uniform to Worcester's disadvantaged families.

"We are exploring with some interested parties the potential for establishing a clothing exchange that would include school uniform.

"It would operate independently of foodbank but these plans are at an early stage.

"In the meantime people who’d like to donate uniform might want to consider approaching the school.

"Many schools do stock second-hand uniform to support disadvantaged children."