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Greenwich Foodbank Impact Report 2025–26

Greenwich Foodbank supports people facing food insecurity across the Royal Borough of Greenwich, providing emergency food alongside signposting, advice and advocacy. In 2025/26 the charity fed 17,618 people including 6,899 children across 6,095 households, delivered 346 foodbank sessions, distributed 154.1 tonnes of food and provided 380 hours of signposting and advice. The charity works with 88 referral partners and nearly 200 volunteers, and has influenced 5 local and national policies on food insecurity.

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Food support: 17,618 people fed including 6,899 children across 346 sessions; 154.1 tonnes of food distributed; 879 home deliveries; 7,167 food vouchers issued across 6,095 households in the Royal Borough of Greenwich Custom geography from upload: Royal Borough of Greenwich

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 17,618 people supported (including 6,899 children); 6,095 households; 3,227 families; 879 home deliveries; 7,167 food vouchers issued; 472 referrers; 154.1 tonnes of food distributed; 78.1 tonnes donated
Key Metric 2 Nearly 200 volunteers; 154 weekly volunteers; 38 new volunteers this year; 330 volunteering hours every week; 1,000+ corporate volunteer hours via Impact Days
Key Metric 3 Financial figures not disclosed in report; 23 corporate relationships strengthened; 42 Impact Days hosted with corporate supporters; 8 schools hosted at depot

Key Outcomes

  • Advice and signposting: 380 hours of signposting and advice delivered; 88 referral partners across Greenwich; 145 lived experience insights collected and shared; guest voices integrated into strategic direction and advocacy
  • Advocacy and partnerships: 5 local and national policies influenced including on disability benefit cuts, child poverty and cash-based solutions to food insecurity; 23 corporate relationships strengthened; collaborated with MPs and local organisations at Westminster

Geography

London, Other

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