It's a sad reality of life in 2022 that more and more people need to use food banks or schemes to help them get food for themselves or their families. All across Wales, volunteers, religious groups and charities run different types of schemes.
Food banks are community organisations that can help if you can’t afford the food you need. You’ll usually need to get a referral to a food bank before you can use it. There are other types of schemes where you can get a one-off meal or heavily discounted food parcel to help when times are hard.
Pressure on food banks has been widely reported in recent months. Here's our report on volunteers at a food bank in Swansea explaining how their shelves had been stripped bare within two hours of opening. Food banks in the Trussell Trust network distributed over 2.1 million food parcels in 2021-22. You can see a thorough list of exactly what food banks in Wales need right now here.
