Why writing to your MP as well as donating to food banks matters if we are to see an end to food poverty in the UK...
As the potential impact of Coronavirus on the work of charitable food aid providers becomes clearer, Frank Field and Andrew Forsey of Feeding Britain write about both engaging with MPs on the underlying causes of hunger as well as making much needed donations. Donations alone won't end food poverty.
The social Dunkirk we have witnessed over the past ten years is in danger of being overwhelmed by a tidal wave of need only made more acute by the impact of Coronavirus.
Throughout the past decade, tens of thousands of people have set up or supported voluntary organisations to protect their fellow citizens from hunger. Those organisations have ranged from food banks and soup kitchens, to social supermarkets and community pantries.
Frank Field and Andrew Forsey, Feeding Britain
Please ask your MP to address the root causes of the poverty driving food bank use.
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