BOURNEMOUTH Foodbank say it will have to resort to locking its private car park after people superglued the barriers to gain access.

It comes after a member of the public blocked in the foodbank's van, preventing it from delivering food.

In a post on social media, Bournemouth Foodbank said: "Someone has decided it's OK to block our Foodbank van in our own private car park.

"We feed hundreds every month and our drivers make it possible, delivering parcels to our locations.

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"BCP Council & Bournemouth Police say they can't do anything. Our drivers have been waiting around all morning."

A spokesperson from Bournemouth Foodbank said issues with car parking have become a regular occurrence.

It said: "We do have regular problems with unauthorised vehicles parking. We tried to exercise leniency and allow our neighbours to park outside of our working hours. However this has not worked.

"We consistently have cars parking who are not using the building. Some block entrances and exits. Our volunteers often end up paying to park in the multi-storey. Which again is not ideal when they are already giving up their time for free.

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"It is now becoming a frustration and to top it off not being able to even get out with the food parcels yesterday was the last straw. We will now have to lock the car park, so no one with out the codes can park.

"We have clear signs up saying it is a private car park but get a lot of verbal abuse if we say anything or lock the car park with peoples cars inside. We have even had superglue poured into the locks of the bollards so that we can’t bring them up and down. It’s crazy."

Foodbank staff will now have to lock the car park in future to prevent unauthorised vehicles from gaining access.