Or you can contact your local food bank using the below map. If you are in financial crisis and live in england or wales please call our confidential free helpline on 0808 208 2138 open monday to friday 9am 5pm. Food banks are grassroots community organisations aimed at supporting people who cannot afford the essentials in life.
In the uk more than 14 million people are living in poverty including 4 5 million children. We support a nationwide network of food banks and together we provide emergency food and support to people locked in poverty and campaign for change to end the need for food banks in the uk. 6 jun 2020.
More than 100 000 carers forced to use food banks in uk lockdown americans turn to home farming as they fear for their food supply. In the uk the largest food bank operation is run by the trussell trust which accepts food donated by the public donation points are known as food banks which is then sorted by the trust s volunteers. Food banks help collect and distribute unwanted food from households to people who are in most need.
How food banks could be contributing to malnutrition in the uk obesity is an increasing problem and all the evidence suggests that low income is associated with being overweight rather than hunger. The 2000 food banks in the uk of which 1 200 are run by the trussell trust and over 800 are independent food parcel distribution statistics including the 19 rise from april 2018 to march 2019 in trussell trust figures and the 23 rise in trussell trust mid year statistics for april september 2019. Food banks across the uk already working at maximum capacity have struggled with food stocks as covid 19 hit with five trussell trust food banks and a handful of ifan food banks forced to.
This was more than ever before and a 19 annual increase. The uk s biggest food bank network the trussell trust gave 1 6 million packs of food supplies in the past year. There are 2 000 food banks across the uk with the majority of them run by the trussell trust and the others run by the independent food aid network.
In 2014 1 500 000 people used food banks once a week in germany. Food bank use in germany and france is much higher than in the united kingdom. Comparison to other countries.