News | Slough Foodbank

2 May 24

April 2024 stats: a 19% increase in food parcels vs April 2023

FIGURES FOR THE NUMBER OF FOOD PARCELS PROVIDED BY SLOUGH FOODBANK DURING 1 – 30 APRIL 2024, COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN APRIL 2023 Total number of food parcels: 1010, a 19% increase Number of adults: 682, a 30% increase Number of children: 328, a 2% increase This month we saw a large increase […]

29 Apr 24

Closed Bank Holiday Monday 6th May

Our Distribution Centre, Warehouse and Office are closed on Monday 6th May. We will be back to normal operating hours from Tuesday 7th May.

25 Apr 24

Slough Foodbank receives £5000 from Berkshire Community Foundation to help those in food poverty crisis in Slough and the surrounding areas.

The money will go towards the purchase of basic toiletries for the toiletry pack that we give alongside a food parcel. Including: toilet roll, soap, shampoo, laundry detergent, toothpaste, toothbrushes, deodorant, shaving foam, razors, sanitary pads, baby wipes, nappies and washing-up liquid. The demand for Slough Foodbank has increased year on year. There were 11,300 […]

18 Apr 24

March stats

FIGURES FOR THE NUMBER OF FOOD PARCELS PROVIDED BY SLOUGH FOODBANK DURING 1 – 31 MARCH 2024, COMPARED WITH THE March 2023 Total number of food parcels: 988, a 19% decrease Number of adults: 648, a 10% decrease Number of children: 340, a 32% decrease Whilst this decrease may at first seem encouraging we do […]

25 Mar 24

Easter Closures

Please note the changes to our Distribution Centres, Warehouse and Office over the Easter Bank Holiday Friday 29th March– All closed Saturday 30th March – Britwell open Monday 1st April – All closed We will be back to normal operating hours from Tuesday 2nd April. https://slough.foodbank.org.uk/locations/

7 Mar 24

FEBRUARY STATS: 4% INCREASE IN NUMBER OF FOOD PARCELS BUT A 10% INCREASE IN ADULTS

FIGURES FOR THE NUMBER OF FOOD PARCELS PROVIDED BY SLOUGH FOODBANK DURING 1 – 29 FEBRUARY 2024, COMPARED WITH THE FEBRUARY 2023 Total number of food parcels: 953, an increase of 4% Number of adults: 619, an increase of 10% Number of children: 334, a decrease of 6% There was a 4% increase in the […]

5 Feb 24

January Stats: 8% increase in number of food parcels but a 20% increase in adults as more single people in need

FIGURES FOR THE NUMBER OF FOOD PARCELS PROVIDED BY SLOUGH FOODBANK DURING 1 – 31 January 2024, COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 2023 Total number of food parcels: 1,132, an increase of 8% Number of adults: 765, an increase of 20% Number of children: 467, a decrease of 11% January continued to be a […]

18 Jan 24

Food poverty crisis at its highest as Slough Foodbank publishes full year statistics for January – December 2023

Food poverty crisis is at its highest as Slough Foodbank publishes statistics showing that more emergency food parcels were given out during 2023 than any previous year, with a 21% increase in the number of food parcels distributed versus same period in 2022. Full year stats released – 01 January 2023 to 31 December 2023 […]

4 Jan 24

December STATS: 1,159 FOOD PARCELS and 370+ Christmas hampers

FIGURES FOR THE NUMBER OF FOOD PARCELS PROVIDED BY SLOUGH FOODBANK DURING 1 – 31 DECEMBER 2023, COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 2022 Total number of food parcels: 1,159, a decrease of 5% Number of adults: 727, an increase of 1% Number of children: 432, a decrease of 13% December was a busy month, […]

12 Dec 23

November stats: 31% increase in number of food parcels

FIGURES FOR THE NUMBER OF FOOD PARCELS PROVIDED BY SLOUGH FOODBANK DURING 1 – 30 NOVEMBER 2023, COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 2022 Total number of food parcels:1008, an increase of 31% Number of adults: 639, an increase of 35% Number of children: 369, an increase of 26% It’s really sad to see such […]

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