4,159
three-day emergency food supplies 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 1,9 million three-day emergency food supplies were distributed to people in crisis.
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