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IFAN is the UK's network of independent food aid providers

Our vision is of a country without the need for charitable food aid where adequate and nutritious food is affordable to all.

Eradicating food insecurity while ending the need for food banks and other forms of charitable food aid

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Read IFAN's briefing on eradicating food insecurity while ending the need for food banks and other forms of charitable food aid in the UK. IFAN is calling for immediate, cash first actions to reduce severe food insecurity.

New ScotCen

evaluation on the use of the ‘Worrying About Money?’ guide in Scotland

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This latest evaluation by ScotCen is based on semi-structured interviews with members of the public facing financial insecurity in Scotland who have used IFAN's 'Worrying About Money?' resources to find help and support.

IFAN briefing on reducing infant and maternal food insecurity in the UK

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This IFAN briefing includes background information, data collated from IFAN member organisations, and the cash first actions need at a local and national level to reduce food insecurity faced by parents and carers struggling to feed infants.

IFAN's letter

to our new

Prime Minister

Read IFAN's letter to our new Prime Minister, signed by IFAN's member organisations operating across the UK. Sent on the day after the election, it calls for immediate actions to reduce food insecurity and poverty.

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Number of people turning to food banks is shocking

In this article for the Big Issue, Sabine Goodwin, director of the Independent Food Aid Network, asks what is next for Labour's manifesto commitment to 'end mass dependence on emergency food parcels'.

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Scotland's move to abolish poverty by ending two-child benefit cap

In this article for the Big Issue, Sabine Goodwin, director of IFAN, highlights Scotland's groundbreaking commitments to tackle poverty while noting that Scottish Government must aim higher.

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