The UK
Foodbank Network

The Trussell Trust runs a network of over 400 foodbanks, giving emergency food and support to people in crisis across the UK, where thirteen million people live below the poverty line. In the last year we gave 1,109,309 three day emergency food supplies to people in crisis.

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TOGETHER WE CAN help stop hunger.

From donating food, volunteering your time or taking on an exciting fundraising challenge, there are lots of ways to get involved with raising awareness of poverty and helping stop UK hunger.

How you can help
Image of foodbank donations in Scotland

Scotland: 133,726 three-day emergency food supplies given to people in crisis in 2015/16

Image of foodbank donations in the Northwest

North West: 160,048 three-day emergency food supplies given to people in crisis in 2015/16

Volunteer stacks shelves at a foodbank in the Northeast

North East: 76,336 three-day emergency food supplies given to people in crisis in 2015/16

A volunteer sorts foodbank donations in the Midlands

Midlands: 152,690 three-day emergency food supplies given to people in crisis in 2015/16

Shelves of food at a Southwest foodbank

South West: 99,586 three-day emergency food supplies given to people in crisis in 2015/16

Packs of donated pasta at a Southeast foodbank

South East: 97,216 three-day emergency food supplies given to people in crisis in 2015/16

Wales: 85,656 three-day emergency food supplies given to people in crisis in 2015/16

Northern Ireland: 25,755 three-day emergency food supplies given to people in crisis in 2015/16

Help us plan ahead

£10 could help give a mother peace of mind that her family will not go hungry tonight.

£20 could help support someone take their first steps out of poverty.

£50 could help us give more people a place to turn to in times of crisis.

£2.50 could help to provide the ingredients and materials for one person to attend an Eat Well Spend Less course.

£5 could help us to provide a secure environment in which people can discuss their problems freely and openly.

£10 could help to provide fuel for one of our vans to transport food from our Warehouses to our Foodbank Centres.

SOCIAL ENTERPRISES
SUPPORTING OUR WORK

Our social enterprises provide valuable volunteering opportunities, whilst also helping to support our work.

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