December 2020

Food insecurity in the 6th largest economy | The BMJ Podcast

Marcus Rashford launches website to support children in food poverty this Christmas | Nursery World
British food banks raise alarm as coronavirus fears cut transport ties | Reuters

Covid-19 and everyday experiences of hardship: why charitable provision is not enough | The BMJ

The People’s Pantry: Govanhill foodbank aims to foster community spirit with membership scheme | Sunday Post

Without good nutrition, children’s health outcomes worsen, as do their life chances | The BMJ

Independent food banks giving out 13,000 emergency parcels a week | Cambridge News

Food banks handing out 13,000 emergency parcels every week during pandemic | Metro UK

Food bank founder sees surge in young people needing help after losing hospitality jobs in Covid pandemic | The i

Lives impoverished by the pandemic | BBC News Turkey

The Food Bank Paradox | Prospect Magazine

BBC South Today - Evening News | BBC

Food poverty and the catastrophic consequences of Covid-19 | Potluck Zine

More than 1m people in UK regularly struggle to afford food, report finds | The Guardian

Covid crisis sees three times more food banks than McDonald's on Scots high streets | Daily Record

Marcus Rashford, le footballeur devenu un héros de la lutte contre la pauvreté | France 24

Independent Food Aid Network gives voice to those determined to make a difference | BMJ

Why The BMJ is partnering with the Independent Food Aid Network (IFAN) for the BMJ Appeal | BMJ

Emergency benefits increase saved 700,000 from poverty, study shows | The Big Issue

November 2020
STV Evening News | 30.11.20

New guide to provide tips for people in Highlands struggling financially | Strathspey & Badenoch Herald

New guide offers advice and information to those in financial difficulty | The Northern Times

Foodbank demand rocketed as coronavirus pandemic gripped Britain, figures show | Mirror Online

How you can find and donate to a food bank near you | The Big Issue
Food banks a 'sticking plaster' as UK demand skyrockets, warns charity head | The Guardian

How food banks went global | The New Internationalist

Half-term, hardship and heartbreak: one month in the life of a food bank | The Guardian

School meal row points to need for UK welfare reform, say charities | The Financial Times

BBC Radio Kent (2:09)

Charities and Unions urge Gavin Williamson to fund free school meals over Christmas | Huffington Post
Rashford's fight must not become 'missed opportunity' to end poverty for good | The Big Issue

Covid-19 has turned middle income families into the 'newly hungry' people who rely on food banks | The i

Growing numbers of 'newly hungry' forced to use UK food banks | The Guardian

October 2020

Food poverty, are we at a crossroads? |Wicked Leeks

Give struggling families cash not food banks, say experts | The Big Issue

How you can donate to a food bank to help people in need | The Big Issue

‘Worse is still to come’ as 1m children rely on school meals for first time | The Big Issue

September 2020

Fife foodbanks facing 107% increase in child food parcel demand | The Courier
Be Bolder, Go Further | Resilience
Foodbanks could give out six food parcels every minute this winter | The Big Issue
North Lanarkshire foodbanks see surge in people needing emergency help | Scottish Daily Record

MP calls for support as Foodbank use soars | Fife Today

Tens of thousands forced to turn to food banks for first time as demand soars during pandemic | Independent
Food banks see usage more than double through Covid-19 | Catholic Universe

Foodbank confirms move to new premises in Fife town | Fife Today
Spike in demand at Helensburgh Food Bank during lockdown | Helensburgh Advertiser
Food bank usage more than doubles in COVID-19 | The Scotsman LIVE
Food banks see usage more than double through COVID-19 | Aberdeen Evening Express
UK in Poverty Crisis as Scotland food bank demand doubles | The Big Issue

Independent food banks in Scotland report doubling in need for emergency food parcels | Sustain

Foodbank demand doubles during lockdown | Third Force News

Tories keep failing the poor as pandemic see surge in food bank demand | Daily Record

Food banks demand Universal Credit reform as emergency parcels double | Daily Record

Coronavirus Live | The Gazette

Good Morning Scotland (beginning 00:52)
Coronavirus and Inequality | Madras Courier

August 2020

Letters: After Mercy Baguma's death, we should be ashamed | The Independent

Poorest hit hardest by coronavirus as family living standards 'severely damaged' | The Mirror
Fears grow of nutritional crisis in lockdown UK | The BMJ
Return to normality sparks 'compassion fatigue' fears for Food Banks | The Big Issue

Eat Out to Really Help Out wants you to use discount to support Food Banks | The Big Issue

July 2020

MP's Notebook: Beilsa, Face Masks and Volunteers | Leeds Life

As COVID-19 “pop up” food banks prepare for the long haul, what now for ending the need for food banks in the UK?

Food banks report 'unprecedented demand' during Covid crisis unemployment predicted to rise | ITV News

Northampton food bank sees demand rocket | BBC

Thousands of extra food bank parcels given out during pandemic |The Catholic Universe

Independent food banks report 177% increase in need for emergency food aid
Independent Food Banks call on PM to address rise in hunger | The Independent LIVE
Independent food banks continue to see huge increases in demand for food parcels during COVID-19 | Sustain
Eat out to help out. Is this the Chancellor's 'let them eat cake' moment? | Labour List

'Worst is still to come' as Covid-19 food bank demand continues to soar | The Big Issue

Thousands of food bank parcels given out during pandemic | Belfast Telegraph

More than 90k emergency food parcels were given out in May | Express & Star
Parcels distributed by food banks in the UK more than doubled... | The Northern Echo

Thousands of extra food bank parcels given out during pandemic | Glasgow Times

June 2020
Online donations to foodbanks showing signs of 'compassion fatigue', research finds | Civil Society
Marcus Rashford and the next steps in our Food Poverty fight | The Big Issue
Scottish Food Aid - Coronavirus LIVE 24.6.20. | The Guardian
One in four adults struggling to buy food during coronavirus pandemic | The Independent

Charity threatens court action over summer plan to end school meal vouchers | The Big Issue

Trussell Trust reports huge rise in emergency food parcels and calls for more direct funding | Edinburgh Reporter

'Grim picture' of hunger across UK | The Tablet

Foodbank demand at a record high after lockdown plunged families into poverty | The Big Issue

Record numbers used UK food banks in the first month of lockdown | The Guardian

Emergency food parcels for children double in a year - food banks | ITV
Coronavirus and food banks: the stories behind the statistics | The Independent
Emergency food parcels for children double in a year

Charities call for urgent funding as UK banks report busiest month ever

Food banks give twice as many emergency parcels to children during UK coronavirus pandemic | iNews

May 2020

"Deeply flawed" school meal replacement scheme is making children go hungry

Number of children relying on food banks more than doubles during lockdown, figures show | The Independent

Households unable to afford food up by 81 per cent in just two weeks

Huge increase in food bank use in recent weeks, charities report

UK food banks face record demand in coronavirus crisis

Food banks record 81% surge in demand as coronavirus causes thousands to go hungry

April 2020

Our social security system should be the nation’s safety net, not charities and food banks | The Independent

Help The Hungry: UK food crisis ‘escalating’ due to economic impact of lockdown, experts warn | The Independent

Food For London Now: The human cost of the crisis – 400,000 go hungry in the capital

Funding boost for emergency free meals

Food bank demand soars as newly unemployed wait weeks for benefits

Le confinement provoque une crise sociale mondiale

Universal credit’s two-child limit and the benefit cap must end now

What food banks really need you to donate right now

Emergency free meals to those most in need

Britain has a hidden coronavirus crisis – and it's shaped by inequality | Frances Ryan | Opinion | The Guardian

13/04/2020 - BBC Sounds (2.44-2.48)

The Coronavirus crisis has exposed the inadequacies of our response to food poverty – Co-operative Party

Help the Hungry: Food banks move towards home deliveries amid struggle to keep doors open | The Independent

Three million go hungry in UK because of lockdown

UK hunger crisis: 1.5m people go whole day without food | Society | The Guardian

GOVERNMENT MAKES £3.25M EMERGENCY FOOD SURPLUS GRANT AVAILABLE

Food banks warn elderly and vulnerable are going hungry due to coronavirus – The Sun

March 2020

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Mayor urges more support for food banks to help vulnerable Londoners

Emergency independent food banks ask: "Can we stay open?" as UK goes into coronavirus lockdown

Coronavirus: Food banks in crisis as £1bn panic-buying spree leaves families facing ‘real hunger’ | The Independent

Food banks plead with UK supermarkets to set aside supplies amid coronavirus fallout | The Guardian

Coronavirus: Food banks forced to close amid Covid-19 outbreak
Food bank closures reported as coronavirus outbreak impacts voluntary sector

EMERGENCY: Coronavirus requires urgent action on food - Sustain

Ensure children do not go hungry if schools close, charities urge Government - Belfast Telegraph

Ensure children do not go hungry if schools close, charities urge Government - Evening Express Coronavirus: More than a million poor kids could go hungry if COVID-19 shuts schools

Charities and academics calling on cash transfers to help families cope with school closures

Coronavirus: Food banks face "uncertain future" due to killer bug Food poverty fighters prepare for holiday hunger if coronavirus shuts schools

Ensure children do not go hungry if schools close, charities urge Government

Charities and academics calling on cash transfers to help families cope with school closures - Sustain

Food banks face uncertain future

Food poverty fighters prepare for holiday hunger is coronavirus shuts schools

Food banks running out of basics such as milk and pasta amid coronavirus stockpiling - London Evening Standard

Food banks run out of milk and other staples as shoppers panic-buy | World news | The Guardian

Coronavirus: UK food banks running out of supplies as people stockpile and donations fall

UK government must ‘face the facts’ on household food insecurity | Sustain

January 2020

First survey of independent food banks in England released | Sustain

DWP minister thinks foodbanks are a ‘perfect’ solution

Nicola Sturgeon blasts ‘punitive welfare reforms’ for fuelling increase in food bank use | CommonSpace

Scottish charities hand out almost 600,000 food parcels in 18 months

More than 1,000 food parcels given out daily to struggling Scottish families

More than 1,000 food parcels handed out in Scotland every day - Local News - Clyde 1

New report highlights ‘shame’ of soaring food bank use in Scotland - Scottish Housing News

Foodbanks hand out 1,000 parcels a day - Third Force News

Number of food parcel handouts soars in Tayside and Fife - The Courier

IFAN's Coordinator Sabine Goodwin listed in The Big Issue Top 100 Changemakers List for 2020