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'We're becoming desensitised to donation bins in supermarkets' - why food banks aren't the solution to hunger in the UK
Food banks at breaking point as they hit out at PM and ChancellorA network of food banks has urged the Prime Minister and Chancellor to combat ‘rapidly rising levels of poverty, destitution, and hunger’.
Food banks ‘deeply concerned about scale of suffering’ across UK | The Independent
Food banks near ‘breaking point’ as poverty soars, PM told | Big Issue
Britain’s food banks ‘close to breaking point’ amid rapid rise in poverty, Rishi Sunak warned | The Independent
Grocers lift staff pay as UK Cost-of-Living Crisis Deepens
Diary of a food bank manager: ‘Last week we registered a 91-year-old man’
Risk of ‘hardship and destitution’ after mini-budget | The National
Cost-of-living rally in Glasgow calls for action on poverty
March 2022
Sainsbury's urged to up pay to match cost of living | BBC
Food banks forced to ration parcels and dip into cash reserves as donations drop | Big Issue
NEF Podcast: Tackling the Cost of Living Crisis
The vicious cycle trapping women in poverty and how we can break it | LCC
The devastating mental health impact of needing to use food banks
Food bank users will continue to struggle until benefits are raised to meet the cost of living
'Heartbreaking' reports from food bank users show mental health impact of poverty
Food Insecurity Series: The cost of living and food banks
February 2022
Food aid charities fear the worst as the cost of living crisis takes hold | BMJ
'We're terrified at what we're seeing': food banks tell of soaring demand
January 2022
Swansea information hub opens to help households cut bills amid energy crisis | ITV News Wales
Food banks face turning hungry families away as demand soars in 'bleak winter'
2021
December 2021
Food banks report drop in donations despite fearing busiest Christmas yet | The Independent
Pontarddulais food bank distributed more than 100 parcels in a day | The National
Pontarddulais food bank distributed more than 100 parcels in a day
Food banks report drop in donations despite fearing busiest Christmas yet
Food banks see ‘worrying’ rise in need after removal of Universal Credit uplift |The Independent
Soaring Prices Strain Food Banks Just as People Need More Aid | Bloomberg
Foodbanks could be history | Third Force News
Over two fifths of all supermarket workers earn below real living wage | Living Wage Foundation
November 2021
Food banks are giving out almost 2,000 emergency parcels to children every day
Giving people cash rather than food parcels would empower them | The Guardian
Our worst fears about the cut to Universal Credit are coming true | The BMJ
Food banks face a hard winter – give people cash instead | The Big IssueGovernment accused of 'institutionalising' food banks in new guidance for councils
Heating Or Eating: Why more Brits are turning to food banks | CNN
October 2021
Demand rises at almost 70% of food banks after Universal Credit cut | Metro
Food banks see demand soar in wake of ‘nightmare’ universal credit cut | The Independent
National plan to end need for food banks | Scottish Government
National plan unveiled to end need for foodbanks in Scotland | TFN
Scottish Government launches national food insecurity plan | Scottish Housing News
Scottish government announces plan to end need for food banks | New Start Magazine
Insight: The social and economic realities of Scotland's Christmas 2021
Rashford says Universal Credit cut will send child poverty spiralling | The London Economic
Independent food banks ‘running out of options’ amid UC cut | The Evening Standard
Universal credit: Peer renews call for vote on benefit boost end | BBC
Food banks are already running out of food and say it’s going to get worse | The Big Issue
Evan Davis interviews Paul Scully - BBC Radio 4 PM, 6.10.21 | BBC
‘We’re anticipating a huge surge in need’: Food banks brace for increased demand | The Independent
Tories condemn thousands of families to ‘winter of hardship’ | Morning Star
Food banks warn of smaller parcels due to HGV supply shortages | The Guardian
September 2021
Children will pay the price for universal credit cut | Guardian LettersUK food banks 'prepare for the worst' as COVID-19 aid comes to an end | Thomson Reuters Foundation
‘£20 cut would repeat past mistakes' universal credit campaigners tell PM | The Big Issue
Let’s talk about money | Wicked Leeks
John Battle: In-work poverty and the SVP | ICN
UK: Planned cut to Universal Credit heralds savage assault on workers’ living standards | WSWS
Universal Credit cut: punishing victims of an unjust economy | Ekklesia
August 2021
Food banks bracing for ‘busiest and most difficult winter on record’ | IndependentFood poverty set to worsen as September’s Universal Credit cliff edge approaches | BMJ
Voices of Scotland: Britain is going hungry (Chris Stephens MP) | Morning Star
Welfare system ‘broken’ for disabled people, say food banks | The Big Issue
Charities warn of spike in foodbank demand if Universal Credit cut goes ahead
Food bank workers can skip isolation for critical work
July 2021
Evidence round-up: Issues in Recovery - Food Insecurity and Learning Loss | Policy Scotland
Food banks: ‘Fourth emergency service should be on isolation exemption list’ | The Big Issue
National food strategy: What is it and who wrote it?
June 2021
MPs still waiting for DWP foodbank report - a year after it was promised
Coronavirus created more ‘Rich List’ billionaires than ever | The Canary
May 2021
Making 'cash first' the default option | Sustain Food Power Festival 2021
Child food poverty debate: What MPs should know
Marcus Rashford's bid to end child food poverty to be debated by MPs - Mirror Online
BMJ appeal raises £60 000 for the Independent Food Aid Network | The BMJ
April 2021
Environmental groups unite against ‘scandal’ of food poverty | Left Foot Forward
Food bank use among children hits record levels during Covid pandemic | The Independent
Two Food Bank Parcels A Minute Were Given To Children Last Year
Charity hands out nearly 23m foodbank meals in 12 months of coronavirus pandemic - Mirror Online
Food banks: One parcel given to children in Wales 'every 10 minutes' - BBC News
Record 2.5 million food parcels were delivered last year says food chsrity - About Manchester
‘System in crisis’ as ministers fail to fight food waste and poverty | The Big Issue
March 2021
British public says government should prevent hunger | Quota Media
Concerns over pupil hunger as one in five UK schools start food bank | The Big Issue
Londoners will be plunged into poverty without Government support | London.gov.uk
February 2021
Webinar: Cash-first approaches to addressing food poverty | Sustain
January 2021
Food poverty should not be allowed to continue: government action is needed | The BMJYoung people in food poverty: a lost generation? | The BMJ
Kartik Raj: UK’s independent food banks: a lifeline in a year of crisis | The BMJ
BMJ appeal raises over £53 000 for food aid charity | BMJ
Lindsay Graham: Eradicating food poverty—it is our duty to care and to advocate | The BMJ
What Happened When the UK Privatized Covid Food Aid? Children Got Scraps | Inequality.org
You’ve donated to a food bank? Here’s why it won’t be enough | by Justa Hopma | Jan, 2021 | Medium
How doctors can help end food insecurity | The BMJMinisters refuse to investigate benefit poverty amid free school meals uproar | The Big Issue
Food aid - helping providers support the health of their user | The BMJ PodcastNew Covid strain could force foodbank closures, network warns | Civil Society
Call for action as food bank use surges in Scotland | The NationalFood aid network calls for 'cash first' approach to hunger | Ekklesia
Independent food banks at risk of closure due to new coronavirus strain | NewsChain
Food banks may close as covid cases surge, charity warns | The BMJ
Government must reduce the need for food banks and protect public health | The Big Issue
Community support that’s more than a sticking plaster | The BMJ
Independent food banks at risk of closure due to new coronavirus strain | News and Star
2020
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 | ReutersCovid-19 and everyday experiences of hardship: why charitable provision is not enough | The BMJ
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
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 | 30.11.20New 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 GuardianHow 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
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 IssueGrowing 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 2020Fife 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 RecordMP 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 UniverseFoodbank 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 IssueIndependent 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 2020Letters: 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 IssueEat 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
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 EchoThousands 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 IndependentCharity threatens court action over summer plan to end school meal vouchers | The Big Issue
'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 yearCharities 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
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
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
13/04/2020 - BBC Sounds (2.44-2.48)
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
Join our campaign to Help The Hungry
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
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 sectorEMERGENCY: 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
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
Food banks face uncertain future
Food poverty fighters prepare for holiday hunger is coronavirus shuts schools
Food banks run out of milk and other staples as shoppers panic-buy | World news | The Guardian
January 2020
First survey of independent food banks in England released | Sustain
DWP minister thinks foodbanks are a ‘perfect’ solution
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
2017 - 2019
December 2019
There are more food banks than McDonald's in the UK, new figures show
Are there more food banks than McDonald's restaurants in the UK?
UK now has more foodbanks than McDonald's branches after almost 10 years of Tories - Mirror Online
Hashtag hunger: Are Britain’s supermarkets profiting from food poverty this Christmas?
November 2019
Caroline Walker Trust 30th Anniversary Media Campaigner of the Year
October 2019
'People are getting desperate': The no-deal Brexit crisis facing foodbanks
September 2019
Government must stop passing the buck on food for vulnerable people in a no-deal Brexit
Food for vulnerable people in a no-deal Brexit
July 2019
Ministers challenged to guarantee food for vulnerable people in the event of a no-deal Brexit
Here's What The Government Must Do To End Holiday Hunger
Welfare failures and cuts fueling extreme poverty, MPs say
June 2019
Free Food Vouchers Not Reaching Poor Families, Coalition Of Charities Warn
April 2019
Is the UK simply playing catch up on food banks?
Foodbank network hands out record 1.6m food parcels in a year
Change the law to protect the right to food for all
Are foodbanks making Britain’s hunger crisis worse?
March 2019
Food banks are no solution to poverty
Food banks risk being 'captured' by corporate PR drive, say activists
DWP Launches National Measurement Of Household Food Insecurity
No-Deal Brexit Will Fuel Food Bank Crisis, Theresa May Warned
Government To Start Measuring Household Food Insecurity
Release of IFAN/A Menu for Change independent food bank data in Scotland:People living on cups of tea and thin air deserve faster action on poverty
Families still struggle daily to put food on the table
Scotland food parcels reach double previous estimates, data shows
Poverty crisis as number of desperate Scots forced to use food banks doubles
Foodbanks across Scotland distribute nearly half a million packages over 18 months
Nearly half a million food bank parcels used in 18 months
New figures reveal true extent of Scotland’s food poverty
Shock figures reveal extent of Argyll and Bute food bank usage
Nearly half a million food bank parcels given out in 18 months, figures show -Shropshire Star
Nearly half a million food bank parcels given out in 18 months, figures show - ITV
Nearly half a million food bank parcels given out in 18 months, figures show - Sunday Post
Nearly half a million food bank parcels given out in 18 months, figures show -The Herald
February 2019
Government To Start Measuring household 'Food Insecurity'
Government announces new national survey of household food insecurity
Amber Rudd MP admits Universal Credit is to blame for rise in food bank use
January 2019
At a Crossroad in the UK: Can charity and social justice co-exist in the response to food poverty?
December 2018
Exposed: The true scale of food banks in Scotland
November 2018
Universal Credit campaigners take their fight to Downing Street amid pressure on food banks
September 2018
Yorkshire workers turning to food banks as austerity bites
November 2018
Universal credit campaigners take their fight to Downing Street amid pressure on foodbanks
Universal Credit claimants take national petition to Downing Street
August 2018
The man who is fervent about feeding hungry kids, but hates food banks
April 2018
Food bank use in UK reaches highest rate on record as benefits fail to cover basic costs
Interview with Emma Revie - Why food banks must never become the norm
March 2018
January 2018
The Unfolding Disaster of 'Hidden Hunger' in Britain's Adults
Food Poverty, what we don't know
October 2017
Volunteers at food banks perform 'staggering 4.1m hours annually'
May 2017
Report reveals scale of food bank use in the uk
Hidden food banks - food poverty higher than estimated under Tories
Study reveals hundreds more food banks than previously recorded
Hundreds of hidden food banks reveal true scale of food poverty in UK
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