Debbie Fixter and the team at Sprouts Community Food Charity help their community by providing food, clothes, activities and other support for little or no cost
Manager Debbie Fixter said 75% of clients at Thornaby's Sprouts Community Food Charity were affected students and the situation had pushed it to "maximum capacity". Over the course of recent months, the charity said its clientele had noticeably changed with the majority of those visiting being Nigerian masters degree students from Teesside University., with the value of the naira depreciating by more than 200% against the dollar in the past 12 months.
An increasing number of students who come to the UK are turning to community charities and organisations for much-needed help, according to SCFC manager Ms Fixter.Client Boluwatife Elusakin said he has had to "dive deep" to afford the cost of living and studying in the UK."Things are no longer the same," he said.
He said students who hoped to find jobs to help plug funding gaps were limited by the amount of hours they were legally allowed to work.
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