News
30 Apr 18
Do you have a van and some time on Monday 14th May to help us?
We have a food collection day in Haddington, North Berwick and Musselburgh Tesco stores on Saturday 12th May and on Monday 14th May we are hoping to have lots of food to collect and bring back to the foodbank. Only one hitch in the plan we don’t have access to our usual van. If you […]
25 Apr 18
Trussell Trust’s foodbank network sees a 13% increase in parcels given out compared to previous year
Between 1st April 2017 and 31st March 2018, The Trussell Trust’s foodbank network distributed 1,332,952 three day emergency food supplies to people in crisis, a 13% increase on the previous year. 484,026 of these went to children. This is a higher increase than the previous financial year, when foodbank use was up by 6.64%. Read more here. […]
26 Mar 18
Trussell Trust calls for child benefits freeze to be lifted as new report shows families with children are most likely to need foodbanks
Read the full report here
20 Feb 18
The Red Box Project @ East Lothian Foodbank
We were very excited to deliver our first Red Box to Dunbar Grammar earlier this month. At the foodbank we see a lot of women and girls who are struggling to afford sanitary products. If a family is unable to afford food and has been referred to us, that household may inevitably include women and girls […]
7 Feb 18
Why does having a disability or health issue make you more likely to face hunger?
Laura from Exeter Foodbank shares her view from the frontline following the publication of Trussell Trust research into disability, health and hunger earlier this week. You can read more from Laura here Why does having a disability or health issue make you more likely to face hunger?
7 Feb 18
Disability, Health & Hunger
Garry Lemon, Head of External Affairs at The Trussell Trust, shares insights from a new report into disability and health conditions at foodbanks. Disability, Health & Hunger
6 Feb 18
We can’t end hunger without knowing its scale
Click here for Garry Lemon, Head of External Affairs, The Trussell Trust, on why the Government needs to measure household food insecurity.
22 Jan 18
235 food parcels, 272 jingle bags and 19,786kg of food!
To find out more take a look at January’s newsletter.
27 Nov 17
Every can helps
Help us support people facing hunger this winter by joining us for the UK’s biggest food collection Helping the hidden hungry in East Lothian this Christmas is what we’re all about! This weekend from Thursday 30th November to Sunday 2nd December, we’ll be collecting food donations at Haddington, Musselburgh and North Berwick Tesco stores. If you […]