Littlehampton foodbank appeal: These items are urgent needed

The amount of food distributed to local people in need, in the first three months of 2023, was ‘more than double’ than what was recorded in the same period last year, according to the Littlehampton and District Foodbank.

The charity provided three days’ emergency food parcels for 833 people since the start of the year – a 63 per cent rise on numbers for the first quarter of last year.

And while donations of food increased, ‘this has not kept pace with demand’ for emergency food which is up by 102 per cent.

Foodbank manager Hazel Lodge said: “Demand has outstripped our donated food, despite the generosity of the local community. We have noticed a slight dip in donations as the cost of living increases bite for everyone. This means we have to buy more items.”

The foodbank said low income was the most common cause of financial crisis for 61 per cent of people needing help, against a figure of 48 per cent last year. And families accounted for 36 per cent of all vouchers, up from 30 per cent last year.

These are the items needed most urgently needed by the foodbank:

- Tinned tomatoes;

- Tinned fruit;

- Tinned meals;

- Jam and peanut butter;

- Tinned vegetables;

- Sugar;

- Hot chocolate;

- Rice;

- Bladder weakness pads;

- Household cleaning products (washing up liquid, laundry detergent etc);

All the information on our collection points can be found at https://littlehamptondistrict.foodbank.org.uk/give-help/donate-food.

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