Member Survey February 2023
Published February 2023
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Indepdepent Food Aid Network
foodaidnetwork.org.uk
foodaidnetwork.org.uk
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Indepdepent Food Aid Network. (2023).
Member Survey February 2023. [Online] Available at: https://www.foodaidnetwork.org.uk/surveys/member-survey-february-2023 [Accessed 17 June 2025].
As food inflation hits 16.7%, independent food bank teams are overwhelmed by escalating demand. Read our February survey press release.
89%
of organisations saw demand increase comparing December 2021/January2022 with December2022/January2023
Over 80%
of organisations reported supporting a significant number of people needing help for the first time as well as people needing regular support
Half
of contributing organisations said if demand increased, they would have to reduce the level of support they could provide and turn people away
For February's survey, 85 organisations running 154 independent food banks in 81 local authorities in England, Scotland and Wales contributed to IFAN. 67 organisations contributed figures from the 10th to the 16th Feburary 2023.
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