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Impact Report Financial Year 2025

Foodbank Queensland is the state's largest hunger relief charity, distributing 22 million meals to 135,000 people weekly in FY25. Operational capacity more than doubled with 2 new distribution centres in Brisbane and Townsville. The School Breakfast Programme reached 52,000 children across 430 schools, and 5 disaster relief supply points were activated for the first time in a single year. New strategic initiatives Feeding Queensland Kids and Partnerships for Food Equity launched place-based, community-led food equity programmes.

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Food Rescue Programme (345 producers); Farm to Families Programme (53 farms); School Breakfast Programme (430 schools); Food for Kids holiday hampers; Disaster Support Programme (6 supply points); Food Purchasing Programme; Feeding Queensland Kids initiative; Partnerships for Food Equity (Logan Together, Cairns South Together, Thriving Lockyer Kids) Custom geography from upload: Australia

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 22 million meals provided to 135,000 Queenslanders experiencing hunger every week
Key Metric 2 1.1 million school breakfasts delivered across 430 schools supporting 52,000 children each school week
Key Metric 3 12.7 million kilograms of food distributed, with 44% fresh fruit and vegetables

Key Outcomes

  • 22 million meals provided to 135,000 Queenslanders weekly, with operational footprint more than doubled through 2 new Food Distribution Centres in Brisbane and Townsville
  • 5 of 6 pre-positioned Disaster Relief Supply Points activated for the first time in a single year, delivering 206,000 meals and essential aid within 24 hours across multiple disaster events
  • 1.1 million school breakfasts delivered to 52,000 children weekly across 430 schools; 12 Community Capacity Building Grants totalling $115,000 awarded to local organisations

Geography

International

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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
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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