New statistics highlight why we need your help ending hunger in North and West Leeds this winter

Shocking new statistics reveal that Leeds North and West Foodbank provided 9112 emergency food parcels to people facing hardship between April and September 2024. 3122 of these parcels went to children.

Together with food banks in the Trussell community, we have provided more than 1.4 million emergency food parcels across the UK during this time.

Whilst the need for food banks remains extremely high, your support continues to be hugely valuable and vital so that we can be there for people struggling to afford the essentials.

Winter is our busiest time of the year and we can’t let this go on. Will you play your part in ending hunger in North and West Leeds?

Your generous support makes an incredible difference. As we strive to meet the need for our services this winter, we would be incredibly grateful if you could do any of the following:

Donate Food

• Donate food and toiletries via our supermarket collection points.
• Follow our website and social media channels to see what items are needed most right now.
• Download the BanktheFood app and keep up to date with what we need most as you do your weekly shop.
• Purchase items from our online shop to be delivered directly to us
• Donate to us at our upcoming Tesco Collections on 28 29 and 30 November.
• Share this message around and encourage your friends and relatives or work colleagues to support us with donations.

Donate Financially

• Make a financial donation online or via bank transfer direct to our account
• Get in touch if you would like to support us by fundraising for us – whether that be through a challenge, event or partnership, or to explore further opportunities. Contact Karen our CEO via email or phone 07860952343
• Share this message around and encourage your friends and relatives or work colleagues to support us with donations.

Volunteer 

• Volunteer with us to help, at a foodbank centre or even as a trustee. More information about how to get involved is available online at Leeds North and West Foodbank or you can contact our volunteer coordinator by email

Campaigning and advocating for change

• As part of the Guarantee our Essentials campaign, read and share ‘The Hardship Times’ – a newspaper made up of stories of hope and hardship collected from hundreds of communities across the UK.
• Continue having conversations with your friends, family and neighbours about the impossible decisions that people visiting the food bank are facing, the solutions and ways we can end hunger, and how they can play their part in helping us to do this.
• Follow us on our channels Instagram, X and Facebook to see how you can get involved and support us on our journey for change.

• Hold Leeds North and West Foodbank in your thoughts and join us in praying together for a more just future where no one needs emergency food to get by and everyone can afford the essentials we need to live.

Thank you for standing together with us. 

Your support means that we can make a transformational difference to people facing hardship today, and pave the way for a more hopeful future where everyone can afford the essentials we all need to live.

When everyone plays their part and takes positive action, together we can turn the tide on hunger in North and West Leeds.

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