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Trussell and the Independent Food Aid Network (IFAN) co-host a fourth Cash First Communities conference in Glasgow

Join Trussell and the Independent Food Aid Network (IFAN) for their fourth Cash First Communities conference in Glasgow on Monday the 22nd of June 2026.

Following Cash First Communities conferences in 2023, 2024, and 2025 , conference attendees including cash-first pioneers, experts by experience, frontline practitioners, and local authority representatives will convene at The Studio in Glasgow for an all-day, in-person event.

As we wait to hear about next steps following the execution of the 2023 plan towards ending the need for food banks, the agenda will feature plenary and workshop sessions looking at progress to embed a cash-first, income-focused approach to food insecurity in Scotland and further afield.

Contributors include Cllr Maureen Chalmers, COSLA, Jayne Jones, Scottish Food Commission, Pete Ritchie, Nourish Scotland, Polly Jones, Trussell, Sabine Goodwin, Independent Food Aid Network (IFAN), Becky Whittaker, Edinburgh City Council, Amy Duncan, Aberdeen Council of Voluntary Organisations, Molly Page, Edinburgh City Council, Dr Sinead Furey, Ulster University, Dr Maddy Power, London School of Hygience and Tropical Medicine, Dr Rebecca Kay, Migration Policy Scotland, Gareth Evans, Financial Inclusion Centre, Professor Beth Watts-Cobbe, Institute for Social Policy, Housing and Equalities Research, Stefan Smith, COSLA, Graeme McKerracher, Trussell, Emma Jackson, Citizens Advice Scotland, Tanya Gersiova, Citizens Advice Scotland, Kirsty McKechni, CPAG, Liam Casey, CPAG, Rory Palmer, Trussell, Martin Canavan, Aberlour, Robin Moffatt-Hall, Aberlour, Jennifer Macrae, Aberdeenshire Council, Irina Martin, Nourish Scotland, Paddy McKenna, Glasgow Community Food Network. More names will be added soon.