{"id":1805,"date":"2020-10-03T15:55:38","date_gmt":"2020-10-03T15:55:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edinburghfoodproject.org\/?page_id=1805"},"modified":"2025-10-20T11:14:23","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T11:14:23","slug":"our-affiliations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/edinburghfoodproject.org\/our-affiliations\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Affiliations"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1805\" class=\"elementor elementor-1805\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d793d0c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d793d0c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-85958ac\" data-id=\"85958ac\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d445d50 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d445d50\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Trussell <\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-aa27524 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"aa27524\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ebc1a00\" data-id=\"ebc1a00\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd79f02 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cd79f02\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"920\" height=\"612\" src=\"https:\/\/edinburghfoodproject.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/920x612pxTrussell01.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-7045\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/edinburghfoodproject.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/920x612pxTrussell01.jpg 920w, https:\/\/edinburghfoodproject.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/920x612pxTrussell01-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/edinburghfoodproject.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/920x612pxTrussell01-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 920px) 100vw, 920px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5ff50d7\" data-id=\"5ff50d7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d8637db elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d8637db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Our foodbanks are part of Trussell\u2019s network, which supports over 1,200 foodbanks, working to tackle food poverty and hunger in our local communities, as well as across the UK.<\/p>\n<p>The Foodbank Network was founded in 2004 after four years of developing the original foodbank based in Salisbury. Since then Trussell\u00a0has helped communities work together to launch foodbanks nationwide in a wide range of towns and cities.<\/p>\n<p>Between April 2023 and March 2024, Trussell\u2019s Foodbank Network provided 3.1 million three-day emergency food supplies and support to UK people in crisis. Of these, 1.1 million went to children.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-045ef58 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"045ef58\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-795af2c\" data-id=\"795af2c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37d172e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"37d172e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As a network, we want to see more people helped out of crisis and fewer people needing foodbanks in the future. That\u2019s why The Trussell Trust and local foodbanks are working together to develop new ways to help people out of crisis through programmes like <a href=\"https:\/\/edinburghfoodproject.org\/what-is-more-than-food\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">More Than Food<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-034380a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"034380a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Find out more about Trussel<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9f8808b elementor-align-center elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"9f8808b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.trussell.org.uk\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Click here<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trussell Our foodbanks are part of Trussell\u2019s network, which supports over 1,200 foodbanks, working to tackle food poverty and hunger in our local communities, as well as across the UK. 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