At the end of the global Churches' Week of Action on Food, a number of charities (including non-faith groups) have formed a coalition called End Hunger UK.
They say more needs to be done to support those struggling.
Speaking to Premier, Niall Cooper from Church Action on Poverty said: "People that have no money to spare, no foods in the cupboards, and then when there's a crisis they literally don't have any food to put on the table.
"That's a situation that I find scandalous and that's not something... that anybody should have to experience."
He thinks churches can lead the way in bringing change.
"Churches have been fantastic in the last few years of stepping up to the plate, providing food banks," he said. "Churches are at the front line, at the sharp end, of trying to alleviate the immediate crisis."
"There's a role for churches also to ask the more difficult questions if you like - which is why is it that people are going hungry in a wealthy country? Why is it that people are facing chronic food insecurity? Literally not having any food in the cupboards."
A recent report from the United Nations Food & Agricultural Organisation found as many as 8.4 million people in the UK struggle to put enough food on the table, equivalent to the entire population of London.