A looming crisis of children suffering abuse, neglect and poverty has been exposed, with growing numbers of young people taken into care in some of England’s most deprived communities during the pandemic.
With over 500 Food Partners across the industry, FareShare has been included as part of new online hub, featuring practical tools to help food businesses increase the amount of food that is redistributed.
Increases in emergency food parcels distributed by food banks accelerated over the coronavirus pandemic. The Trussell Trust reported a 33% increase in the number of food parcels distributed in 2020-21.
Between 1 April 2020 and 31 March 2021, food banks in the Trussell Trust’s UK wide network distributed 2.5 million emergency food parcels to people in crisis, a 33% increase on the previous year.
Central England Co-op launched a campaign to help support food banks after its’ food bank partners reported that they had seen donations drop. Since then there has been an inspiring community response.
Waitrose customers have provided the equivalent of five million surplus meals through FareShare. Over 300 Waitrose stores redistribute end of day surplus food to local charities and community groups.
