MAY 2024 STATS: A 35% INCREASE IN FOOD PARCELS VS MAY 2023

FIGURES FOR THE NUMBER OF FOOD PARCELS PROVIDED BY SLOUGH FOODBANK DURING 1 – 31 MAY 2024, COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN MAY 2023

Total number of food parcels: 999, a 35% increase
Number of adults: 630, a 41% increase
Number of children: 369, a 24% increase

So disheartening to see the increase continues. More and more people are being left with no option but to turn to a food bank because Universal Credit is falling short. We know it doesn’t have to be this way. Our social security system should support any one of us when we need help and protect us from going without.

We need urgent action from the next UK Government to protect people from going without the essentials.  Parliament has been dissolved and now Parliamentary Candidates are running for election in every constituency. Together we can call on these Candidates to sign the Trussell Trust’s pledge, committing to advocate for changes which will help ensure our social security system protects people from needing a food bank to survive.

Will you take three minutes to email your Candidates and ask them to sign our pledge ?

Email your candidate now

Thank you for standing with us again as we call for a future where no one needs a food bank to survive.

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