About us
About our foodbank
Empowering communities, challenging inequality, inspiring change
We support people and families across East Lothian who are referred to us in severe hardship
East Lothian Foodbank was set up in 2012 as a direct response to a growing need seen in our community. Our MP and local ministers were being appealed to by people who had no-one else to turn to. It became apparent very quickly that this need was not going to be a temporary one and that there was a growing number of people in our community experiencing severe food poverty.
In 2022 we provided 11,373 emergency food supplies to local people, one in three emergency food parcels were for children.
Our mission is the prevention and relief of poverty in East Lothian through the provision of emergency food, signposting services and ‘More than Food’ projects, working with service users and in partnership with our stakeholders. Compassion, care & dignity are at the heart of everything we do. You can find out more about our values and strategy here. We’ll always be there for anyone who needs our support, but we want to see a future where emergency food isn’t needed at all.
We have a volunteer Trustee board, a small staff team, a huge team of volunteers and a vast number of community supporters. Our Foodbank would not run without the support from any one of these individuals. Thankyou!