Independent food banks operating across the UK have continued to see unprecedented increases in need for emergency food parcels through November 2020. 83 independent food banks (of a total of at least 961 UK-wide) distributed a total of 354,613 emergency food parcels from February to November 2020 compared to 168,560 emergency food parcels from February to November 2019 - a rise of 110% rise. Read our full report here.

Figure Percentage change in the number of emergency food parcels distributed by 83 UK independent food banks 2019 and 2020