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November 2023

The Big Issue

IFAN's Director Sabine Goodwin writes for the Big Issue on the Coronation Food Project

BBC MoneyBox

IFAN's Director Sabine Goodwin's interview with Paul Lewis on the rise of Baby Banks (09:10-17:43)

LBC

IFAN's Director Sabine Goodwin's interview with Shelagh Fogarty on the Coronation Food Project

TFN

Cash-first future: Making food banks history in Scotland

BMJ

Food banks are running out of resources —there’s no time to lose

October 2023

The Big Issue

Food banks are being forced to ration supplies. We can’t sustain this level of poverty for much longer

LBC

IFAN's Director Sabine Goodwin's interview with Nick Abbot on growing food poverty, surplus food and cash first solutions

The Independent

Food banks brace for ‘worst winter yet’ with demand for over 1 million emergency parcels

September 2023

The Mirror

Foodbanks brace for 'calamitous' winter as cost-of-living crisis bites

Big Issue

Could food banks be relegated to the history books?

The Guardian

UK food banks bring in counsellors and private GPs to help exhausted workers

July 2023

Big Issue

Two-child benefit limit: Why is Sir Keir Starmer being called Sir Kid Starver?

June 2023

Scottish Government

Tackling Food Insecurity

The Mirror

Bid to end foodbank use by 2030 reaches Commons amid growing calls for action

Voices from the Food Frontlines

Episode 8 | The Future of Charitable Food Aid

May 2023

Civil Society

Food bank charities fear having to cut support amid increasing need

The National Scot

Business as usual for food bank amid King Charles coronation spend

TFN

Caring through the crisis: how the sector is struggling to meet the shortfall

The Observer

Food banks are taking over from the welfare state, warns Gordon Brown

Big Issue

Food poverty in the UK: The causes, figures and solutions

2023 News

April 2023

The Mirror

Foodbanks hand out 73,424 meals every day as families hit by cost of living crisis 

Bloomberg UK

UK Food Bank demand hits an all-time record

 

Big Issue

Why the cost of living payment will not go far enough to help vulnerable people

Big Issue

'Anger' as more people turn to Trussell Trust food banks than ever before

The Guardian

UK food bank charity reports take-up amid cost of living crisis

The Guardian

Coronation’s Big Help Out volunteering project at risk from lack of participants | Volunteering

The Independent

Food banks experiencing 'unprecedented' demand as number of emergency parcels hit record high

Big Issue

"We're facing a policy-driven public health calamity": Trussell Trust's devastating report

Big Issue

Parents are increasingly turning to food banks to feed their babies during the cost of living crisis

March 2023

The Guardian

Expanding food banks is no substitute for tackling poverty, charities warn

The Guardian

Food banks supported 800,000 UK children in 2021-22, data shows

BBC Moneybox

Money Box Live: Cost of Food

February 2023

Big Issue

Is Universal Credit enough to live on? Here's why experts say the April increase is 'too little, too late' 

Euro Weekly

Record number of people depended on food banks in UK amid cost-of-living crises | EuroWeekly

Local Gov

Food banks 'overwhelmed' by increases in demand

Civil Society

88 charities form coalition to campaign on unpaid care

 

Big Issue

Turnips and working more hours? Food bank workers say Therese Coffey is 'living on a different planet' 

NHS Highland

NHS Highland develops financial support app | NHS Highland

The Observer

Revealed: record number of households in UK depending on food banks 

 

Okehampton Times

Okehampton Food Foundation is ready to open

 

Big Issue

Food poverty in the UK: The causes, figures, and solutions 

CNN Business

London is handing out free meals for all elementary school children

Big Issue

Diary of a food bank manager: We're now having to prepare parcels for people working full-time 

The BMJ

Saturday 4th February 2023 Comment section page 155

January 2023

2022 News

December 2022

Indo & NY
 

Poverty: Food banks in the UK are experiencing the highest demand ever 

Big Issue

Diary of a food bank manager: 'This Christmas, we're far beyond the choice between heating and eating' 

The BMJ

Rapid response: Food banks should be phased out: fiscal measures are needed 

The Guardian

Food bank Britain: five months on the frontline of the new emergency service

The Independent
 

Food banks struggle with 'tsunami of need' as donations drop 

Wicked Leeks

A welfare state for food?

Sustain

Sustain Annual Conference #sustain22 

The BMJ

Ending the food bank paradox 

House of Commons Library

Rising cost of living in the UK 

The Guardian

The spirit of Christmas won't solve Britain's ingrained food poverty

The Mirror

Food banks expect bleak Christmas and busiest winter amid cost-of-living crisis 

November 2022

Big Issue

Food banks are at breaking point. We need to change the script

Which

Spotlight on food bank charities

Mirror Online

Foodbanks hand out 63,180 meals a DAY as cost of living crisis hits families 

 

The Guardian

Charities back UN envoy's warning on further UK austerity 

 

The Express

PM backs our 'fantastic' campaign to help others

The Independent

Majority of food banks helping new people in cost of living crisis 

The Guardian

Nurses among rising numbers of workers using food banks, research shows

Big Issue

Exclusive: Sky has 'food banks' across call centres for staff who can't afford essentials

Big Issue

Cost of living crisis one year on: 'You don't need to figure it out alone'

Big Issue

Food banks face 'tsunami of need' as record number of people seek help

October 2022

i NEWS

How food prices became so unaffordable and what Rishi Sunak can do about it 

Sustain

UK household food bills set to go up by £407 in 2022 due to climate change, oil and gas prices 

Mayor of London

London's missing meals | Mayor of London 

Local Gov

Food bank workers call on PM to increase benefits

Sufra NW London

Thousands of food bank workers and volunteers urge the Prime Minister to end the need for their services

Big Issue

Diary of a food bank manager: Community initiatives are just plugging gaps in the system

Byline Times

Government denies £4 million cost of living support from sanctioned welfare claimants 

Big Issue

Here's how to find a food bank near you

Big Issue

Food banks forced to cut staple items due to soaring costs 

The Guardian

Donate tins, treats and toiletries: how to help a food bank

Planet Radio

Food banks deliver message to Downing Street calling for urgent action 

Shropshire Star

Telford Crisis Support appear on ITV's Good Morning Britain to support petition to PM

Big Issue

Food banks warn Liz Truss they're at 'breaking point' in open letter delivered to Downing Street

ITV News

ITV News Calendar 12.10.22

Insider

Many in the UK face a grim choice this winter between eating and heating as a cost of living crisis grips the nation

Daily Record

Warm banks in Scotland could soon equal total number of food banks 

London Assembly

Economy Committee: London's missing meals

The Guardian

Millions forced to skip meals as UK cost of living crisis deepens 

The Mirror

Food charities urge Liz Truss to tackle UK hunger as cost of living crisis bites

The Observer

UK food banks at breaking point urge Liz Truss to boost aid to poorest

ITV News

ITV News Tyne Tees 12.10.22

Moray Council

New 'Worrying About Money?' support tool launched in Moray

September 2022

The Independent

Tumbling pound will intensify cost of living crisis, government warned 

The National Scot

Dozens of Scottish food banks to close for Queen's funeral

Life 360

Six essential charities to help with the cost of living crisis 

The National Scot

'It's going to be a long, hard winter for a lot of families' 

Big Issue

Teachers are setting up food banks in schools to help families in the cost of living crisis

Big Issue

National Food Bank Day: 'Our greatest wish is for our help not to be needed' 

Big Issue

Volunteers and businesses set up temporary food banks to cover closures on day of Queen's funeral 

Big Issue

Diary of a food bank manager: 'Now more regularly we hear about whole days without food' 

August 2022

The Guardian

Food banks warn surge in demand will prevent feeding hungriest this winter

The Independent

'Overwhelmed' food banks forced to turn people away after running out of food

 

Big Issue

Diary of a food bank manager: 'This year there has been no lull. Just a steady increase.' 

Big Issue

Huge energy bill hike leaves one of Britain's food banks facing closure by Christmas 

Big Issue

Supermarket Iceland is offering loans to help people with their food shop