Record year for emergency food parcels as 3million needed in UK in 2023

The number of emergency food parcels handed out across the UK in a single year has reached its highest level, at more than three million. The Trussell Trust food bank network said the figures had risen for packages for both adults and children and the total is now almost double that of five years ago.

A food bank in Leeds said it had seen the rise in families needing food support increase by a third and an “alarming” 27% rise for pensioners. Wendy Doyle, operations manager at Leeds South and East Foodbank said: “Our volunteers are telling us that they are dealing with pensioners who can’t afford to put food on the table due to having to pay higher energy costs and that is the choice they are having to make.

She added: “We need to come together to end the need for food banks in the UK and create a society where everyone can flourish.” Separately, the Charities Aid Foundation said the amount of money donated to food bank charities has increased by half year-on-year, with their research estimating the public gave almost £1 billion last year. The CAF said people donated £973 million to food banks in 2023, up from £635 million during the previous year.

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