In Europe, the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+) helps reach people experiencing the most severe forms of deprivation, improving access to essential goods while helping implementing organisations, such as the members of FEBA, be more reliable and effective. By financing food and/or basic material assistance, together with accompanying measures that support social inclusion, ESF+ enables its network of food banks and partner organisations to sustain this support throughout the year, ensuring that assistance remains both consistent and effective for those who need it most.
To assess ESF+ implementation and its operational impact in 2025, FEBA carried out a survey covering the period from January to December 2025. The survey gathered both qualitative and quantitative information from ten organisations benefiting from ESF+ support, documenting how the fund contributes to operational capacity, outreach to vulnerable groups, and the combination of material assistance with accompanying measures, in the following countries: Belgium, the Czech Republic, France, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, and Portugal.
