6,860
three-day emergency food supplies given to people in crisis last year
2008
the year that Exeter foodbank opened
1 in 5
of the UK population live in food poverty
The Trussell Trust runs the largest network of food banks in the UK, giving emergency food and support to people in crisis. Fourteen million people live below the poverty line and in the last year 2,1 million three-day emergency food supplies were distributed to people in crisis.
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