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Indepdepent Food Aid Network. (2022).
Member Survey August 2022. [Online] Available at: https://www.foodaidnetwork.org.uk/surveys/member-survey-august-2022 [Accessed 17 June 2025].
Independent food banks reported that the number of people they were supporting had grown dramatically and that, heading into winter, they fear they will not be able to meet demand. Read our August 2022 survey press release here.
Nearly 90%
of organisations saw demand rise yet further since April 2022.
80%
of organisations reported being impacted by supply issues since April 2022 with one in five needing to reduce the size of their food parcels.
72%
of organisations reported that food donation levels have dropped since April of this year while more than half had needed to dip into reserves to pay for supplies.
As reported by 84 organisations running 169 independent food banks in 71 local authorities across England, Scotland and Wales in survey running from 15th to the 23rd August 2022.
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