About us
About the Trussell Trust Network
East Lothian Foodbank is part of the Trussell Trust's nationwide network of food banks.
Our network of more than 1,300 food bank centres in the UK provide a minimum of three days’ nutritionally balanced emergency food to people who have been referred, as well as support and advice to help people maximise their incomes and lift themselves out of poverty.
Between April 2022 and March 2023, food banks in our network provided almost 3 million food supplies to people in crisis, a 37% increase on the previous year. Of these, 1,139,553 were distributed for children. In Scotland our foodbank network distributed emergency food and essentials to 259,744 people.
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We recognise that ending hunger is about more than food. We support and encourage our food banks to provide compassionate, practical support to people in crisis to tackle the root causes that lock people into poverty and build people’s resilience so they are less likely to need a food bank in the future.
How will we end the need for food banks?
We know it takes more than food to end hunger. That’s why we launched our five-year strategic plan. We know our goal to end the need for food banks is ambitious, but by working Together for Change, we believe it is achievable.
We’re calling on the UK government to ensure Universal Credit covers essential costs such as food, travel and household bills. Find out more