Ending the need for food banks

It’s not right that anyone needs a food bank. We can change this by ensuring everyone has enough income for the essentials.

We shouldn’t need to distribute emergency food parcels. We won’t stand by and let this continue. We want to live in a society where people involved in food banks right now can instead support their communities in ways that don’t need to include large-scale emergency food provision.

A man and a woman at Lewisham food bank packing away supplies

People need food banks when they don’t have enough money and face impossible decisions – whether to put food on the table or pay for heating, whether it’s possible to go without toiletries like shampoo, toilet roll or tampons. Hunger in the UK isn’t really about food. It’s about people not having enough money for the essentials. 

Our mission

We exist so everyone in the UK can be free from hunger. We work together to ensure no one needs a food bank to survive. Until that happens, we provide emergency food and practical support for people left without enough money to live on.

A man and a woman at Lewisham food bank making tea and offering a bowl of biscuits.

Our strategy

Our vision is for a UK without the need for food banks. Our strategy sets out how we’re going to get there.

Two women working at the Peeblesshire food bank warehouse

Our impact

Learn about the difference we have been making together with our community of food banks, local churches, corporate partners, and supporters.

Guarantee Our Essentials

Join our campaign for an Essentials Guarantee within Universal Credit, so we can ensure everyone has enough money for the essentials and no one needs a food bank to survive.

How we work

We bring together experiences, evidence and solutions from food banks – and people who've needed them – to build a compelling case for change.

A photo of a volunteer having a cup of tea with a client without their heads in shot

Lived experience partners

We work alongside people who have first-hand experience of struggling to afford the essentials, and who have used a food bank, to help shape our work.

Team members packing raw meat in to containers in the Lisburn food bank kitchen

Equity, diversity and inclusion

Equity, diversity and inclusion are central to Trussell's work to end the need for food banks in the UK.

Fresh peppers in a cardboard container at the Bradfood foodbank

Youth participation

Find out how young people across the UK are working together to fight the causes of poverty and create a better future.