GroceryAid at a glance

• 4.7m

  Total amount spent in 2017/18 on Welfare support

• 14,583

  Grocery colleagues helped last year

• 86%

  Increase in number of crisis grant applications last year

• 62%

  Of people supported are of working age

• 22%

  Increase in applications for assistance last year

• 61

  Volunteer Welfare Assessors across the UK visit beneficiaries to ensure they are well

• 309

  Volunteers help us run the charity

• 1

  Employers in the industry are the primary way people find out about us

• 98%

  More telephone counselling sessions provided last year

• 1,200

  Essential and mobility items provided last year

• 26%

  Increase in calls to our Freephone Helpline in 2017/18