On Wednesday 26 April 2023, we released our stats on the number of emergency food parcels that Fallowfield & Withington Foodbank provided within our local community between April 2022 and March 2023.
The alarming new figures reveal that we have provided 3894 emergency food parcels to people who couldn’t afford the essentials in South Manchester over the last year – and 1387 of these went to children. Overall the demand for our emergency support has risen by 119% in just one year.119
In addition to this, food banks across the Trussell Trust network provided nearly 3 million (2,986,203) emergency food parcels to people experiencing hunger during this time – with over 1 million of these going to children.
This is the most parcels food banks in our network have ever distributed in a single year and represents a 37% increase compared to last year, and more than double the amount distributed by food banks in the same period five years ago.
This isn’t right and we can’t allow this to go on.
Together, with food banks across the Trussell Trust network, we are calling for MPs across the UK to support a social security system that guarantees our essentials, by making sure that the basic rate of Universal Credit is at least enough to afford the essentials we all need to live.
If you would like to support us by writing to your local MP, please click here to find out more.
No one should need the support of our food bank because everyone in our local community should be able to live lives free from hardship and poverty.
That’s why your support is needed now more than ever.
As we navigate these challenging times and do our utmost to meet the increasing need for our services, we would be most grateful if you could:
- Please donate the following food or toiletries found on our latest shopping list and locations to drop-off are here.
- Get involved and volunteers. We always need support in our sessions, with warehousing and community outreach. We know that preventing crisis is our community mean going further than food and we need you support to do so. Get in touch at [email protected] if you have time to help.
We recognise how difficult times are right now, which is why we really appreciate all and any support you are able to offer. Together, we can ensure help is here for everyone who needs it in Fallowfield & Withington, whilst we also collectively work towards a more just future where no one needs our food bank to get by.
Thank you for all that you’re doing.