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Annual Impact Report 2024

Lowcountry Food Bank serves 10 coastal South Carolina counties, distributing 45.8 million pounds of food in 2024 — equivalent to 38.2 million meals — to 200,000+ neighbours. Food insecurity in the region has reached 13%, a 20-year high. Fresh produce comprised 38% of all food distributed. Key programmes include BackPack Buddies (80,286 packs), a production kitchen, retail rescue of 15 million pounds, and a new Community Resource Map launched in partnership with Trident United Way.

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Partner agency network (240 agencies); BackPack Buddies (80,286 packs at 58 school partners); Zucker Family Production Kitchen (233,481 meals prepared); retail rescue (15 million pounds from 200+ retailers); nutrition education; mobile pantries (80+ sites); Community Resource Map; Learning Center training platform; Fresh for All; school pantries Custom geography from upload: United States

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 45.8 million pounds of food and essential items distributed equating to 38.2 million meals served
Key Metric 2 200,000+ neighbours served across a 10-county coastal South Carolina service area
Key Metric 3 96% of charitable dollars spent on direct programmes and services

Key Outcomes

  • 45.8 million pounds distributed (38.2 million meals) to 200,000+ neighbours across 10 counties — food insecurity in the service area now at 13%, the highest rate in two decades
  • 38% of all food distributed was fresh produce; 68% of food distributed was whole food including dairy, protein and produce
  • 80,286 BackPack Buddies packs distributed at 58 school partner sites; 15 million pounds of food rescued from retailers that would otherwise go to waste

Geography

International

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