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# Figures reveal scale of people needing support from Lichfield Foodbank
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/figures-reveal-scale-of-people-needing-support-from-lichfield-foodbank/
- Published: 2023-04-09T06:06:00.000Z
- Updated: 2023-04-14T18:07:52.000Z
- Description: Figures have revealed that almost one million meals have been provided by Lichfield Foodbank in less than a decade.
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: Charity, Community, Politics, News

Figures have revealed that almost one million meals have been provided by Lichfield Foodbank in less than a decade.

They have been supplied to people in need over the past nine years, the organisation said.

In March alone they helped to feed 992 people – up 90% on the figures in March 2022.

Lichfield Foodbank said more needed to be done to tackle the root cause of the need for food banks.

> “We have provided local people with 991,181 meals since we opened nine years ago –  
> it is not something to celebrate.  
>  
> “In March 2023 we helped to feed 992 people, compared to 523 from March 2022 – a 90% increase.  
>  
> “We’ll be writing to every local election candidate to ask them, is this right, and what will you do to change this?”  
>  
> Lichfield Foodbank spokesperson

The food bank said the figures demonstrated why it was still crucially important that people supported their efforts to help those in need locally.

> “We are spending approximately £1,500 per week on food supplies to meet the demand of people who need our service.  
>  
> “We are lucky that the people of Lichfield donate money as well as food, but this needs to change.  
>  
> “We want Lichfield to be a city without the need for a food bank.”  
>  
> Lichfield Foodbank spokesperson