Tackling poverty

  • Volunteer with tins
  • Oxfordshire has 83 areas, 10 of which are amongst the 20% most deprived in England

    Source: Oxfordshire County Council

  • 29% of children in Oxford live below the poverty line

    Source: Oxford City Council, Index of Multiple Deprivation

  • Food bank usage grew 47% in 2020 alone

    Source: Trussell Trust, Apr-Sep 2020 statistics for emergency food parcel distribution

  • The number of rough sleepers in Oxford has increased by 400% since 2012

    Source: homelessoxfordshire.uk

We work with food banks, community groups and schools to distribute surplus food from supermarkets, wholesalers and retail distributors. We don’t support individuals directly, but have a number of partner organisations who do.

Since 2021, the number of groups receiving our food has doubled. We now distribute our surplus food to over 240 charities and community groups, supporting homeless shelters, food banks, hospices, refuges, mental health support centres and many more important causes.

Trussell Trust, 2018 – 2023 statistics for emergency food parcel distribution