On Wednesday 26 April 2023, we released our stats on the number of emergency food parcels that King’s Lynn Foodbank provided within our local community between April 2022 and March 2023.
The alarming new figures reveal that we have provided 2764 emergency food parcels, feeding 6526 people who couldn’t afford the essentials in King’s Lynn and West Norfolk over the last year – and a third of this food went to children.
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: tinned fruit, longlife fruit juice or squash, tinned meat, tinned fish, tinned rice pudding, pasta sauce, shampoo, shower gel and deodorant.
- Volunteer in our distribution centre (11:40am-2:30pm), particularly on a Tuesday or Wednesday. Email [email protected] for more information.
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 King’s Lynn, 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.