In 2023/24 there were 1,699 food bank distribution centers run by the UK's main food bank distributor, the Trussell Trust, compared with 1,646 in the previous year. In this year, over 3.12 million people used a food bank in the UK, compared with just under 26,000 in 2008/09.
Number of Trussell Trust foodbank distribution centers in the United Kingdom from 2017/18 to 2023/24
Trussell Trust is the largest foodbank organization in the United Kingdom. Statistics are collected using an online data collection system into which foodbanks enter the data from each foodbank voucher. The system records the number of adults and children given three days’ emergency food.
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The Trussell Trust. (May 15, 2024). Number of Trussell Trust foodbank distribution centers in the United Kingdom from 2017/18 to 2023/24 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1382807/uk-number-of-foodbanks/
The Trussell Trust. "Number of Trussell Trust foodbank distribution centers in the United Kingdom from 2017/18 to 2023/24." Chart. May 15, 2024. Statista. Accessed November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1382807/uk-number-of-foodbanks/
The Trussell Trust. (2024). Number of Trussell Trust foodbank distribution centers in the United Kingdom from 2017/18 to 2023/24. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1382807/uk-number-of-foodbanks/
The Trussell Trust. "Number of Trussell Trust Foodbank Distribution Centers in The United Kingdom from 2017/18 to 2023/24." Statista, Statista Inc., 15 May 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1382807/uk-number-of-foodbanks/
The Trussell Trust, Number of Trussell Trust foodbank distribution centers in the United Kingdom from 2017/18 to 2023/24 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1382807/uk-number-of-foodbanks/ (last visited November 21, 2024)
Number of Trussell Trust foodbank distribution centers in the United Kingdom from 2017/18 to 2023/24 [Graph], The Trussell Trust, May 15, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1382807/uk-number-of-foodbanks/
