2010
three-day emergency food parcels given to people in crisis last year
2012
the year that our foodbank opened
1 in 5
of the UK population live below the poverty line
The Trussell Trust runs the largest network of food banks in the UK, giving emergency food and support to people in crisis. Fourteen million people live below the poverty line and in the last year close to 3 million emergency food parcels were distributed to people in crisis.
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