Due to rising energy costs, the biggest independent food bank in Britain may close.
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Due to rising energy costs, the biggest independent food bank in Britain may close.


Due to rising energy costs and a 732 percent increase in the cost of operating its refrigerators and freezers, Britain’s biggest independent food bank may have to close.

Ray Barron-Woolford, a co-founder of We Care Food Bank, said that the price of refrigerating nutritious foods and components has increased significantly, from £68 per month in January to £498 now.

After the initial lockdown, the Lewisham center, established in 2014 and based in Lewisham, London, was able to feed 5,000 people as opposed to only 30 houses before the outbreak.

Due to inflation, the 200-person team will need extra freezer capacity to provide food for an additional 10-20,000 cash-strapped homes around Christmas.

Britain’s largest independent food bank faces closure amid soaring energy prices as the cost of running from fridge-freezers jumped by 732 per cent

The Lewisham hub (pictured) went from feeding 30 families prior to the pandemic to supply 5,000 households with food and drink

The Lewisham hub (pictured) went from feeding 30 families prior to the pandemic to supply 5,000 households with food and drink

The Lewisham hub (pictured) went from feeding 30 families prior to the pandemic to supply 5,000 households with food and drink

Mr Barron-Woolford told MyLondon: ‘We’re only desperate to get to Christmas because psychologically the thought of closing before Christmas and the misery it would cause.

‘I would sell my shirt off my back if it meant that was the only way I could get food on the table to keep going until Christmas – I will do whatever it takes to get to Christmas.’

He added We Care Food Bank needs raise a year’s worth of running costs (£25,000) by October to see out the festive period.

Energy suppliers are now quoting the site a mammoth £30,000 to keep their food refrigerated over the coming months.

Ray Barron-Woolford (above) said he would do 'whatever it takes' to keep the London site running over the festive period

Ray Barron-Woolford (above) said he would do 'whatever it takes' to keep the London site running over the festive period

Ray Barron-Woolford (above) said he would do ‘whatever it takes’ to keep the London site running over the festive period

The news comes as more than 150 food banks wrote to the Guardian to warn politicians and the public of the ‘completely unsustainable’ demand on their services.

Seven in ten food banks told the newspaper they may be forced to turn people away this winter.

A House of Commons research estimates that there are at least 2,500 food banks spread out throughout the nation.

More than 1,200 of them are supported by The Trussell Trust, which recorded a 50% increase in demand for emergency packages compared to pre-pandemic levels.

However, compared to the prior year, fewer three-day emergency packages were sent, according to the parliamentary report.

While still greater than pre-pandemic levels, this level.


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