THE Liskeard and Looe Foodbank will be holding a collection at the Morrisons superstore in Lisk-eard on Saturday, January 31.

This will be the first of the five foodbank appeals staged annually at the store.

Project manager David Berry said that with last year's experience in mind, when the demand in January for help increased greatly, the foodbank team has decided to get one of the larger collections in quickly.

'People were incredibly generous to the foodbank in December and stocks should last out this month, but after that, unless the donations of food continue to come in we will be dramatically depleted,' he said.

David said that crises which sometimes arise from families getting together at Christmas can lead to extra demand for help in January. In some cases, people have become homeless after the festive period.

David added that at Torpoint, which is also looked after by the Liskeard and Looe Foodbank, the number of people seeking help during the festive period went up by 100 per cent.

The foodbank is very much reliant on its permanent collection points in the Liskeard area: at Morrisons, the Co-operative, Barclays and HSBC banks, Seasons Cafe, all the churches and chapels in the town and district, and a number of schools. 'We cannot thank people enough for their valued and continuing support,' said David.