5,488
three-day emergency food supplies given to people in crisis in 2016
2011
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 foodbanks in the UK, giving emergency food and support to people in crisis. Thirteen million people live below the poverty line and in the last year we gave 1,182,954 three-day emergency food supplies to people in crisis.
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