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Annual Impact Report 2025-2026: Full Plates, Brighter Tomorrows

Blue Ridge Area Food Bank works with community partners across Virginia to provide nutritious food for children, families and seniors. Its July 2025-June 2026 report records 33 million pounds of food distributed, equivalent to 28 million meals. It estimates 183,200 unique people served, alongside an average of 178,700 guest visits each month.

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Blue Ridge Area Food Bank distributes food through regional centres and a network of community partners across Virginia. It supplies groceries and fresh produce to local food programmes, including school pantries, helping families, children and seniors access nutritious meals. Staff, partners and volunteers organise collection and distribution so food can reach households facing rising costs and reduced access to other assistance. Custom geography from upload: Virginia, United States

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 An estimated 183,200 unique people served across the partner network
Key Metric 2 178,700 guest visits per month on average
Key Metric 3 33 million pounds of food distributed, including 11 million pounds of produce

Key Outcomes

  • Equivalent of 28 million meals provided.
  • 46,100 unique first-time guests reached.
  • Families describe food support easing household trade-offs and helping them provide nutritious meals.

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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
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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