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Trussell Trust is KGHs chosen charity partner. Trussel Trust supports a nationwide network of more than 1,300 food bank centres providing emergency food and financial support to people facing hardship - and campaigning for a future where everyone can afford the essentials in life, like food.
Last year, food banks in the Trusselll Trust network provided over 2.5 million emergency food parcels to people facing hardship. Thats's almost 50,000 parcels every week, over a third more than the previous year. Almost 1 million of these were for households with children - that is two food parcels for children every minute.
Trussell Trust's vision is for a UK without the need for food banks....
Trussell Trust's vision is for a UK without the need for food banks....
This graph shows the increased use of food banks over the last few years
How food banks work....
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, our network of food banks provides emergency food and compassionate, dignified support to people locked in crisis.
There are over 1,200 food bank centres in our network. The services provided by food banks 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 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 more than 28,000 volunteers, to be given to people in crisis.
Food vouchers
Care professionals such as health visitors, staff at schools and social workers identify people in crisis and issue them with a food bank voucher. This means people can receive a food bank parcel of three days’ nutritionally balanced, non-perishable food from their local food bank.
Additional support
Our food bank network 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 could include things like debt advice, mental health support, or benefits guidance . Food banks rely on the support of their local communities to support people in crisis.
But we know that emergency food is not a long-term solution to hunger. Hunger is a symptom of people being pushed deeper into poverty, caused by not having enough money for the essentials. That’s why the Trussell Trust are also campaigning to redesign our social security system to ensure it protects all of us when we need it.
A message from Sophie Carre, Head of Partnerships and Audience Engagement at The Trussell Trust
“Thank you so much to everyone at Kew Green Hotels for choosing the Trussell Trust as your next charity partner. You will be helping people and families facing hunger and poverty by enabling our network of 1,300 food banks to provide emergency food and support services across the UK.
We don’t think that it’s right that anyone needs to turn to a food bank, and we’re working towards a future where everyone has enough money for essentials. But we cannot do it alone, which is why we’re so grateful for your support. Thank you for standing alongside us, we’re thrilled to see what we can achieve together.”
For Events and More Information....
For Events and More Information....
Visit the Trussell Trust Web Page for more information
Visit the Trussell Trust Web Page for more information
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