Foodbanks
Table 6.1
Food Aid Stats for Leeds | 2022/23 | 2021/22 | 2020/21 | 2019/20 | 2018/19 | 2017/18 | 2016/17 |
The number of times people accessed foodbank / parcels by referral | 59,117 | 41,703 | 61,137 | 41,606 | 33,645 | 27,902 | 26,831 |
Number of meals/sandwich batches given out from Drop ins and Street Outreach | 92,353 | 77,125 | 100,707 | 108,345 | 108,389 | 81,024 | 60,474 |
Number of food parcels given out informally | 67,616 | 65,829 | 153,335 | 15,968 | 15,613 | 13,715 | 15,681 |
Source: Leeds Food Aid Network (FAN), June 2023 |
Leeds FAN helps bring different people, initiatives and institutions together who are involved in tackling food poverty in Leeds. This includes foodbanks, drop ins / soup kitchens, Street Outreaches, specialised services providing food for Asylum seekers / Refugees, informal parish pantries and certain forms of Social Enterprise run on a community café/pay as you feel models.
· 59,117 people have accessed a foodbank by referral in 2022/23. This is a 42% increase on the support level required during 2021/22.
· 92,353 meals were given out through a drop in or through Street Outreach, up 20% on last year.
· 67,616 food parcels were given out informally without the need for referral, this is up 3% on last year.
· New insights in 2022/23 also revealed that 30,597 allocations were accessed from Food Pantries, and Fuel Banks were used 13,375 times.