Food banks perform a vital service in tough economic times.

Since the 1980s foodbanking has spread around the world. There are over 40 countries and regions with active food bank groups under the umbrella of The Global FoodBanking Network.  Please support our community food bank by making a gift today.
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much-needed help for foodbanks

Food banks need extra donations during the summer holidays

School children do not receive free school meals

There are over 40 countries and regions with active food bank groups under the umbrella of The Global FoodBanking Network.

Since the 1980s foodbanking has spread around the world.

They hold that their shared capabilities can make the basic aspiration of universal access to food a reality.

In total, around 3.5 million people rely on food banks in France.

According to an all-party parliamentary report released in December 2014, key reasons for the increased demand for UK foodbanks are delays in paying benefits, welfare sanctions, and the recent reversal of the post-WWII trend for poor people's incomes to rise above or in line with increased costs for housing, utility bills and food.


In 2013, the UK Government blocked a £22,000,000 European Union fund to help finance food banks in the UK. This disappointed Labour MEP, Richard Howitt, who assisted in negotiating the fund. Howitt stated:

As of 2013, there were over 900 food banks in Germany

Delhi Food Bank is an organization that feeds, empowers and transforms lives in the New Delhi–NCR Region. They hold that their shared capabilities can make the basic aspiration of universal access to food a reality. They attempt to pursue this vision through high quality and standards for processes leveraged by technology to get the right aid to the right people at the right time.

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