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Our Annual Report 2023-24
22nd November 2024
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The cost-of-living crisis the UK has faced this year has had a significant impact on the food bank. This financial year 2023-2024, we have provided three days of food to 4962 adults and 2625 children. An increase of 672 adults and 225 children fed over the previous year.
Demand for our food bank services continues to increase. This financial year, food distributed to clients amounted to 53302 kg. (an increase of 2038 kg over 2022-2023). A total of 3019 referral vouchers were fulfilled across the centres, an increase of 413 over 2022-2023.
1958 at St Anne’s
1035 at Kirkham
20 at Warton
During the year we provided support for many asylum seekers re-locating in Fylde. The families arrived with no recourse to public funds and were extremely grateful for the assistance the food bank was able to give.
We also helped many Ukrainian families until they managed to begin work or claim benefits.
Thank you to our local supermarkets – Booths, Sainsbury’s, Morrisons, Aldi, Lidl, and the Co-op for their continued support. A total of 13263 kg was collected from customer in-store donation points over the year.
Many local Churches, schools, doctors’ surgeries and business groups regularly help with donations, as do the residents of Fylde. A big thank you to everyone who drops a tin or a packet into our in-store donation bins. It is so much appreciated. Total food donations received in 2023-2024 was 33814 kg.
Donations remain very generous from the community, however this year has seen a decrease of approximately 20%, when the need for food parcels is steadily increasing.
This year Kirkham worked with Homestart and Fylde Borough Council to collect and give out school uniforms to any families in need. 564 uniforms were collected which supported 148 children.
Fylde Foodbank is extremely grateful for all the support we have received throughout the year. Thank you!