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Indepdepent Food Aid Network. (2022).
Member Survey May 2022. [Online] Available at: https://www.foodaidnetwork.org.uk/surveys/member-survey-may-2022 [Accessed 17 June 2025].
Independent food banks saw dramatic increases in need for their services since the Autumn of 2021 with patterns replicated across the country. Read our May 2022 survey press release here.
93%
of organisations reported an increase in the need for their services since the start of 2022.
More than 80%
of organisations reported that they have struggled with food supply issues over the last four months.
78%
of these organisations saw a drop in food and/or financial donations and half of these organisations have needed to dip into their financial reserves to pay for food or vouchers.
101 Independent Food Aid Network (IFAN) organisations running 194 independent food banks operating in 94 local authorities across England, Scotland and Wales took part in the survey that ran from 4.5.22 to 9.5.22
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