Sue Hodgkiss (left, 68), Naomi Gilbert (centre, 64) and Eva Upton (right, 63) sort through donations to the food bank at Rugeley Community Church. In 2012, the food bank was relatively new. Since then it has expanded, and during the coronavirus pandemic donations from the local community surged. Food is stored on floor to ceiling shelves in three separate rooms, and eventually it was necessary for the food bank to purchase a freezer with help from the council.