In March 2024 we supported 710 people who visited our foodbank centres. Of these, 295 were children.
We don’t just give them food and toiletries though. We listen to understand their situation and to ask if they need any further support, advice or information – and then we seek to meet these other needs or signpost them to other local support services.
We offer holistic support to ensure that people who need to access the foodbank are given the respect and dignity they deserve, and that we are helping to meet their underlying needs so that hopefully they won’t need to keep coming back to the foodbank.
Look out for our newsletter at the end of this month, which will focus on Good Company’s support work.