How food banks work
As a nation, we know it isn’t right that anyone should be left hungry or living in extreme poverty. But whilst we work for long-term change, King’s Lynn Foodbank provides emergency food and compassionate, dignified support to people locked in crisis.
Donate to our food bank
There are over 1,300 food bank centres in the Trussell community. The services provided by foodbanks may vary from area to area as they react to the needs of their community to provide help and support to local people in crisis.
Food donations
Non-perishable, in-date food is donated to us by the public at a range of places, such as schools, churches, and businesses, as well as supermarket collection points. It is then sorted into emergency food parcels by volunteers, to be given to people in crisis.
Food vouchers
Professionals such as health visitors, staff in schools and housing associations, and social workers identify people in crisis and issue them with a foodbank voucher. This means people can receive a food bank parcel with three days’ nutritionally balanced, non-perishable food from their local foodbank.
Additional support
Our food bank in King’s Lynn helps people break free from poverty by providing additional support to help people resolve the crises they’re facing so that they don’t need to use a food bank again in the future. This includes debt advice, benefits guidance, and housing advice. We rely on the support of our local communities to support people in crisis.