General Mills donates 51 pallets of food to Voedselbanken Nederland
On August 2022, General Mills, American multinational food manufacturer, contacted FEBA to donate 51 pallets of surplus protein bars that were stocked in their distribution center in the Netherlands. FEBA facilitated contact with Voedselbanken Nederland, the Dutch Food Banks. Food Banks in Arnhem, Rotterdam, and Tilburg finally collected the food products, and they are now […]
IFCO becomes the official FEBA partner for Reusable Packaging Containers (RPCs)
FEBA has signed a five-year partnership agreement with IFCO, the world’s leading provider of Reusable Packaging Containers (RPCs). The Agreement entails 20 FEBA members in the countries where IFCO is located, which can benefit from the donation of 200,000 RPCs. It also includes training and consultancy in logistics provided by IFCO, and other joint initiatives […]
Over 1 people in 5 at risk of poverty or social exclusion in the EU
In 2021, 95.4 million people in the EU (21.7% of the population) were at risk of poverty or social exclusion, a slight increase compared with 2020. This means that over 1 people in 5 lived in households experiencing at least one of the three poverty and social exclusion risks: risk of poverty, severe material and […]
A visit to exchange experience between the Food Banks in Norway and Poland
Mid September, representatives from Matsentralen Norge, Food Banks Norway, visited Poland. The visit was part of a cooperation project between Matsentralen, the network of Norwegian Food Banks and Federacja Polskich Banków Żywności, the Federation of Polish Food Banks. The group from Norway included the General Managers from the Food Banks in the Vestland and Sørlandet […]
Lidl responds to the Belgian Food Banks’ appeal for help and makes an advance donation of €100,000
Lidl is donating a first part of goods worth €100,000 to the Fédération Belge des Banques Alimentaires, following an alarming appeal for donations. Rising energy and food prices put pressure on the purchasing power of Belgians, forcing more and more people to turn to the Belgian Food Banks. In June 2022, 15% more people knocked […]
EU Working Group 6 September 2022
The 7th session of the Working Group was held in hybrid mode both in person in Brussels and online. The meeting was opened with a quick overview about the ESF+ and the incorporation of FEAD into that, as well as the different FEAD amendments like REACT- EU and CARE. This was followed by an interactive […]
Visit of Food Bank Singapore Ltd to Banco Alimentare
On 25 August 2022, Fondazione Banco Alimentare (FBAO; FEBA Member in Italy) welcomed Subaa from the Food Bank of Singapore. First, they met in the office of FBAO in Milan and introduced the national network of Banco Alimentare. Following that, during a guided tour though the warehouse of Associazione Banco Alimentare della Lombardia “Danilo Fossati” Onlus (ABAL) in Muggiò, Subaa had the opportunity to witness the running of daily activities. During the visit, they […]
FareShare: dramatic impact of cost-of-living crisis hits the most vulnerable UK communities
Nearly 7 million people are said to be going hungry in the UK, including 2 million children. That is an increase of 2 million since the pandemic. Research suggests almost half of all children are living in families who are unable to meet the cost of some basic necessities. A major new survey of more […]
“la Caixa” Foundation and CaixaBank collect 1.6 million euros for FESBAL
The solidarity initiative “No home without food”, promoted by the “la Caixa” Foundation and CaixaBank, closes its third edition with a total of 1.6 million euros raised for Spanish Food Banks. This amount translates into 1,718 tonnes of basic foodstuffs that the 54 Food Banks associated with the Federación Española de Bancos de Alimentos (FESBAL) […]
Belgium: requests for food aid have risen by 15% since January, while donations are falling
Due to rising energy and food prices, more and more people are forced to ask for food aid. Indeed, according to a survey carried out by the Fédération Belge des Banques Alimentaires / Belgische Federatie van Voedselbanken among its 654 affiliated associations, the number of people in need having called upon food aid increased to […]
