Food banks in Scotland provided almost 20,000 food parcels to people facing financial hardship across the country last year, new figures reveal.
Data released today shows that food banks in the Trussell Trust’s network in provided some 197,000 food parcels to struggling families between 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022. Alarmingly, more than 70,000 parcels were provided for children.
The figures show that need for emergency food across the charity’s network has decreased in comparison to the same period in 2019/20 (17% lower), with significant numbers of people being helped in the last year by other food aid providers and community-based groups which emerged during the pandemic.
