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Latest press releases from Southend Foodbank

Year End Figures released by Southend Foodbank – May 2024

Southend Foodbank has released its year end statistics for April 2023 to March 2024, highlighting the number of people needing a food parcel in the area so far this year.  The figures show 20,491 parcels were given out in this period and this represents a 36% increase on the previous year.

Jan-Dec 2023 foodbank usage figures

The number of referrals received and the amount of parcels given out during 2023 are discussed in this press release. In 2023 we have out over 20,000 parcels, compared to the 12,800 we gave out in 2022.

Southend Foodbank releases its mid-financial year stats

In a joint press release with the Trussell Trust, Southend Foodbank have revealed the stark increase in the number of people needing a 3-day parcel.

Southend Foodbank’s busiest month in its 10-year history. ‘We’ve run out of pasta & beans’

In the first half of 2023, Southend Foodbank received 3,723 referrals to its distribution centres and gave out 9,664 food parcels. They have now fed more people this year than in the whole of 2021. In June, Warehouse Manager Simon Carter had to take to social media to ask foodbank supporters to start donating pasta and beans – the first time he had to ask this in his many years at the warehouse.

Southend Foodbank busiest month in its 10-year history

This year alone, the food bank has been forced to spend nearly £30,000 buying essential food items to create food parcels. A recent stock-take has shown that Southend Foodbank ended March with less than a week’s stock for most of their food.