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Nourish the Nation 2022-2026 Impact Report

Comic Relief's Nourish the Nation 2022-2026 Impact Report covers the community food programme it launched with Sainsbury's in 2022. The programme has raised over £26 million to support more than 2.4 million people facing food insecurity. Funding for Feeding Britain, The Bread and Butter Thing and FoodSavers Network has supported nearly 600 food clubs across the UK, enabling them to support over 295,000 people and provide 45 million meals, and 20 school-based food clubs have been launched, with over 5,000 families joining so far, alongside 1 million meals distributed across school holidays.

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About

Comic Relief is a UK charity. For over 27 years it has joined forces with Sainsbury's to support people facing life's toughest challenges, raising more than £188 million. Through Nourish the Nation it makes donations to organisations doing vital work so that more people facing hunger and hardship can eat nutritious, balanced meals.

Key Metrics

£26 million raised for Nourish the Nation since 2022 (over)
2.4 million people facing food insecurity supported (more than)
45 million meals provided by the food clubs it funds

Key Outcomes

  • 71% of food club users skip meals less frequently
  • 72% of food club users feel less socially isolated
  • 63% of food club users worry less about being able to afford food

Geography

UK-Wide

Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
438,000 pets treated across 49 Pet Hospitals, equivalent to 4,700 pets every working day
Key Metric 2
Over 2 million treatments provided; veterinary services cost over £85 million, funded entirely by donations
Key Metric 3
327,000 children reached with pet education messages; Pet Health Hub received over 4 million online visitors
Veterinary care provided to the pets of over 360,000 people in financial hardship across the UK, with 46% of clients disabled or living with a serious health condition
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
2.4 million benefits calculations completed via free Benefits Calculator
Key Metric 2
1.5 million people identified new benefits worth an average of £5,396 each (£12.9bn total)
Key Metric 3
£3 million in grants awarded, supporting 2,164 people across the UK
4.8 million people accessed the Turn2us website for information on claiming support they are entitled to
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
7,325 individual children supported; 9,269 instances of support across the year; 6,660 referrals fulfilled; 485 emergency newborn hospital packs delivered to 23 London hospitals...
Key Metric 2
734 regular volunteers; 31,348 volunteer hours; 146 one-off volunteers (700+ hours); 99 corporate volunteer groups (3,900 hours)
Key Metric 3
Items gifted worth over £3 million (if new); 128 tonnes of goods redistributed; £22,714 in financial support secured or saved for families via signposting;...
Connections and signposting: Family Connections team spoke to 2,764 families; signposting support provided 1,037 times; 77% of signposting recipients had never accessed similar help before; £22,714 in financial support secured or saved