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 BMJ

Young 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

The hungry legacy of 2020 shows why we need the Independent Food Aid Network in 2021 and beyond | The BMJ

Ministers 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 Podcast

New Covid strain could force foodbank closures, network warns | Civil Society
Call for action as food bank use surges in Scotland | The National

Food 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

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