IFAN in the News:
June 2020
Record numbers used UK food banks in the first month of lockdown
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
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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
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
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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