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Pack parcels, cook, drive or help at a lunch club – even two hours a month makes a difference.
Find a roleFighting food poverty in the North West since 2009
No one in our community should go to bed hungry.
Last winter, 1 in 6 families in Greater Manchester skipped meals to pay for heating. Together we run 34 food banks, community kitchens and a free school-holiday lunch club.
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£25 a month provides a week of emergency food for a family of four, every month.
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What your support did last year
- 1.2m
- meals shared
- 18,400
- families supported
- 2,100
- volunteers
- 92p
- of every £1 goes to frontline work
Where your money goes
We publish our accounts every year. Here's how every £100 donated was spent in 2025.
- Emergency food parcels£54
- Community kitchens & lunch clubs£23
- Debt, benefits & energy advice£15
- Fundraising & running costs£8
“After my hours were cut I didn't know where to turn. The team here didn't just give us food – they sorted my energy bills and treated me with real dignity.”
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