FareShare, the charity fighting hunger and food waste, has published new figures which show the devastating impact the pandemic has had on communities and families across Glasgow and the West of Scotland.
FareShare’s annual statistics confirm that between April 2021 and March 2022, it redistributed 1,466 tonnes of food to people at risk of hunger across Glasgow and the West of Scotland. That’s the equivalent of 3,489,843 meals.
Across the UK, in 2021/22, FareShare redistributed 4 meals per second of every second of the year, or 128,321,002 meals.
Lindsay Boswell, FareShare’s Chief Executive, said: “These figures show the scale of just how many people have been struggling to get enough to eat, during the last year across Glasgow and the West of Scotland and all across the UK.
“Our warehouses, staff, volunteers and our network of charities have been working flat out, to support the millions of people and families who are going hungry. But just because the lockdown is easing, doesn’t mean people won’t still be struggling. Our charities tell us need is still high, and our work continues.”
