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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 

i News

Cost-of-living crisis: Food banks are so normalised children see them like supermarkets, says researcher 

July 2022

BBC Moneybox

Food banks warn they are struggling to meet demand

Big Issue

Diary of a food bank manager: Summer usually provides some respite. Not this year

i News

Food banks facing toughest period in a decade as donations drop by up to 45 per cent but demand keeps rising

BBC News

Food banks warn they are struggling to keep up with demand

Big Issue

Food banks forced to close as UK heatwaves see temperatures soar

Big Issue

Diary of a food bank manager: 'Are we normalising food banks?'

i News

Food banks in UK’s poorest areas left with empty shelves after Government fails to identify areas in need 

BBC

How to find food banks and community shops this summer 

June 2022

BBC

The One Show 28th June 2022 at 08.00

Express

‘It’s a disgrace’ - Teachers resorting to food banks as cost of living crisis crunch bites

Big Issue

Diary of a food bank manager: We registered our oldest ever guest, born in 1919 | Charlotte White

The National

Cost of living crisis: What can Scotland do to tackle skyrocketing price of food?

The Scotsman

'I don’t see how this model of food aid can continue' 

The BMJ

A cursory National Food Strategy lacks substance and joined up thinking on food insecurity 

TFN

Introduction of Food Commission welcomed by Scots anti-poverty charities 

Big Issue

Exclusive: BT call centre sets up ‘food bank’ for its own staff 

NEF

New Economics Foundation:  Cost of living online rally

Big Issue

Diary of a food bank manager: Government measures are a start, not a solution | Charlotte White

May 2022

The Press and Journal

Food banks across Scotland struggle to meet demand as cost of living soars 

The Guardian

Ukrainian refugees turn to food banks as UK hosts struggle with costs

 

Food Poverty Round Table

Jane Hutt MS, Minister for Social Justice - Written Statement: Food Poverty Roundtable

Big Issue
 

Diary of a food bank manager: ‘MPs’ comments do not relate in any way to what we see’ 

Le Monde

Au Royaume­Uni, "manger ou se chauffer"

Big Issue

How you can find and donate to a food bank near you

Independent

Rising cost of food will push more families to food banks, say charities

Bishop's Stortford

Bishop's Stortford Food Bank asks MP Julie Marson to convey Universal Credit concerns to Chancellor Rishi Sunak (IFAN Member)

The National Scot

Cost of living crisis: Food bank demand soars and donations plunge 

The Independent
 

Independent food banks ‘desperately worried’ following ‘alarming’ inflation rise 

The Sunday Show

Annie McCormack of IFAN member Broke Not Broken on the Sunday Show 15.05.22

The Independent

Tory MP refuses to apologise for 'common sense' claim that food bank users can't cook properly 

Herald

Scots food banks struggle to meet demand as cost of living soars 

The National Scot

Cost-of-living crisis: How the squeeze has tightened its grip on households

Big Issue

Food banks say donations are drying up as the cost of living bites

Good Morning Scotland

Annie McCormack of IFAN member Broke not Broken on Good Morning Scotland 17.05.22

Sunday Express

Food banks in crisis as donations fall 

 

Big Issue

Diary of a food bank manager: ‘The situation is becoming more and more desperate’ Why food prices are increasing so much

April 2022

Bishop's Stortford

Food Bank joins plea to Government to tackle poverty: 'It is not for volunteers to plug the gaps left by a broken social security system and poorly-paid jobs'

Mirror

Food banks hand out 2.1 million food parcels to hungry families in just 12 months

Big Issue

‘Your couriers have to use food banks’: Deliveroo accused of hypocrisy over Trussell Trust partnership

TFN

Food banks at breaking point as they hit out at PM and Chancellor

The Independent

Food banks ‘deeply concerned about scale of suffering’ across UK

Bloomberg UK

Grocers lift staff pay as UK Cost-of-Living Crisis Deepens

Edinburgh Evening News

Cost of living crisis: Edinburgh food banks warn rising costs will be 'insufferable for people' 

Big Issue

'A national emergency': The number of children needing food bank parcels is rising

Daily Express

Food banks on the brink of collapse after a surge in hardship

News Shopper

Lewisham food bank expecting huge rise in demand already at 'breaking point'

Sky News

Food bank providers 'deeply concerned' about suffering across UK amid ' relentless' demand

Big Issue

Food banks near ‘breaking point’ as poverty soars, PM told

Big Issue

Diary of a food bank manager: ‘Last week we registered a 91-year-old man’

BBC News

Cost-of-living rally in Glasgow calls for action on poverty

The Independent

Food bank demand soars in pandemic with 830,000 parcels given to children as 'life is nothing but a struggle'

Big Issue

Diary of a food bank manager: ‘Easter just meant memories of things which are unaffordable now’

Woman & Home

'We're becoming desensitised to donation bins in supermarkets' - why food banks aren't the solution to hunger in the UK

Evening Standard

A network of food banks has urged the Prime Minister and Chancellor to combat ‘rapidly rising levels of poverty, destitution, and hunger’

The Independent

Britain’s food banks ‘close to breaking point’ amid rapid rise in poverty, Rishi Sunak warned

The National

Risk of ‘hardship and destitution’ after mini-budget 

March 2022

BBC

Sainsbury's urged to up pay to match cost of living 

LLC

The vicious cycle trapping women in poverty and how we can break it 

Big Issue

'Heartbreaking' reports from food bank users show mental health impact of poverty

Big Issue

Food banks forced to ration parcels and dip into cash reserves as donations drop

Money & Mental Health

The devastating mental health impact of needing to use food banks

London Plus

Food Insecurity Series: The cost of living and food banks

NEF Podcast

New Economics Foundation Podcast: Tackling the Cost of Living Crisis 

Big Issue

Food bank users will continue to struggle until benefits are raised to meet the cost of living

February 2022

Sustain

Finding hope in cash first approaches at the bleakest of times

The BMJ

Food aid charities fear the worst as the cost of living crisis takes hold

The Guardian

'We're terrified at what we're seeing': food banks tell of soaring demand

January 2022

2021 News

December 2021

The Independent

Food banks report drop in donations despite fearing busiest Christmas yet 

Bloomberg
 

Soaring Prices Strain Food Banks Just as People Need More Aid

The Independent

Food banks report drop in donations despite fearing busiest Christmas yet

Third Force News
 

Foodbanks could be history

The Independent

Food banks see ‘worrying’ rise in need after removal of Universal Credit uplift

Living Wage Foundation

Over two fifths of all supermarket workers earn below real living wage

November 2021

Big Issue
 

Food banks are giving out almost 2,000 emergency parcels to children every day

The BMJ

Our worst fears about the cut to Universal Credit are coming true 

Big Issue

Government accused of 'institutionalising' food banks in new guidance for councils 

The Guardian
 

Giving people cash rather than food parcels would empower them

Big Issue

Food banks face a hard winter – give people cash instead

CNN

Heating Or Eating: Why more Brits are turning to food banks 

Living Wage Foundation

If businesses are serious about ending food poverty, they must pay their own staff a real Living Wage

Sustain

Government falls short, but councils can still offer a cash-first response to food insecurity

October 2021

Metro

Demand rises at almost 70% of food banks after Universal Credit cut

Scottish Government

National plan to end need for food banks

New Start Magazine

Scottish government announces plan to end need for food banks 

Evening Standard

Independent food banks ‘running out of options’ amid UC cut

BBC Radio 4

Evan Davis interviews Paul Scully - BBC Radio 4 PM, 6.10.21

The Independent

‘We’re anticipating a huge surge in need’: Food banks brace for increased demand

The Bristol Cable

‘It’s been a nightmare’: Bristol’s foodbanks sound warning over food and fuel shortages

The Independent

Food banks see demand soar in wake of ‘nightmare’ universal credit cut

TFN

National plan unveiled to end need for foodbanks in Scotland

The Scotsman

Insight: The social and economic realities of Scotland's Christmas 2021

BBC

Universal credit: Peer renews call for vote on benefit boost end

The Independent

Universal Credit: What does the government’s social security cut mean for families?

 

Morning Star

Tories condemn thousands of families to ‘winter of hardship’ 

The Independent

Food banks see demand soar in wake of ‘nightmare’ universal credit cut

Scottish Housing News

Scottish Government launches national food insecurity plan

London Economic

Rashford says Universal Credit cut will send child poverty spiralling

Big Issue

Food banks are already running out of food and say it’s going to get worse

i News

Universal credit uplift: Food banks face worst-ever crisis as £20 increase ends and supply issues continue

The Guardian

Food banks warn of smaller parcels due to HGV supply shortages

2021 News

September 2021

Guardian Letters
 

Children will pay the price for universal credit cut

Wicked Leeks
 

Let’s talk about money

Ekklesia

Universal Credit cut: punishing victims of an unjust economy 

Thomson Reuters Foundation

UK food banks 'prepare for the worst' as COVID-19 aid comes to an end

ICN
 

John Battle: In-work poverty and the SVP

Big Issue
 

‘£20 cut would repeat past mistakes' universal credit campaigners tell PM

WSWS

UK: Planned cut to Universal Credit heralds savage assault on workers’ living standards 

August 2021

Independent

Food banks bracing for ‘busiest and most difficult winter on record’ 

Daily Record

Nicola Sturgeon urged to double Scottish Child Payment to help families at next budget

Big Issue

Food bank workers can skip isolation for critical work

The BMJ

Food poverty set to worsen as September’s Universal Credit cliff edge approaches 

Big Issue

Welfare system ‘broken’ for disabled people, say food banks 

Morning Star

Voices of Scotland: Britain is going hungry (Chris Stephens MP)

Mirror

Charities warn of spike in foodbank demand if Universal Credit cut goes ahead

July 2021

Policy Standard
 

Evidence round-up: Issues in Recovery - Food Insecurity and Learning Loss 

Big Issue

National food strategy: What is it and who wrote it?

Big Issue
 

Food banks: ‘Fourth emergency service should be on isolation exemption list’

IFAN

IFAN Statement on Henry Dimbleby's National Food Strategy

Shropshire Food Poverty Alliance 

‘Cash first’ solutions to food insecurity: a new leaflet for Shropshire

June 2021

May 2021

Sustain Food Power Festival 2021

Making 'cash first' the default option 

The BMJ

BMJ appeal raises £60 000 for the Independent Food Aid Network 

Big Issue

Child food poverty debate: What MPs should know

Mirror Online

Marcus Rashford's bid to end child food poverty to be debated by MPs

April 2021

Left Foot Forward
 

Environmental groups unite against ‘scandal’ of food poverty

Mirror Online

Charity hands out nearly 23m foodbank meals in 12 months of coronavirus pandemic

About Manchester

Record 2.5 million food parcels were delivered last year says food chsrity

The Independent
 

Food bank use among children hits record levels during Covid pandemic

Herald Scotland

Scottish food bank Trussell Trust delivers one parcel every seven minutes to Scots children

Big Issue

‘System in crisis’ as ministers fail to fight food waste and poverty

Politics Home

Two Food Bank Parcels A Minute Were Given To Children Last Year

BBC

Food banks: One parcel given to children in Wales 'every 10 minutes' 

March 2021

Quota Media

British public says government should prevent hunger

The Big Issue

Concerns over pupil hunger as one in five UK schools start food bank

London Gov

Londoners will be plunged into poverty without Government support

February 2021

Sustain

Webinar: Cash-first approaches to addressing food poverty

January 2021

The BMJ
 

Food poverty should not be allowed to continue: government action is needed

The BMJ

BMJ appeal raises over £53 000 for food aid charity

 

Inequality.org

What Happened When the UK Privatized Covid Food Aid? Children Got Scraps

Big Issue

Ministers refuse to investigate benefit poverty amid free school meals uproar

The National

Call for action as food bank use surges in Scotland

The BMJ

Food banks may close as covid cases surge, charity warns

News & Star

Independent food banks at risk of closure due to new coronavirus strain

The BMJ
 

Young people in food poverty: a lost generation?

The BMJ

Lindsay Graham: Eradicating food poverty—it is our duty to care and to advocate

Medium

You’ve donated to a food bank? Here’s why it won’t be enough | by Justa Hopma | Jan, 2021 

The BMJ Podcast

Food aid - helping providers support the health of their user

Ekklesia

Food aid network calls for 'cash first' approach to hunger

The Big Issue

Government must reduce the need for food banks and protect public health

The BMJ

Kartik Raj: UK’s independent food banks: a lifeline in a year of crisis

The BMJ

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

The BMJ

How doctors can help end food insecurity

Civil Society

New Covid strain could force foodbank closures, network warns

NewsChain

Independent food banks at risk of closure due to new coronavirus strain

The BMJ

Community support that’s more than a sticking plaster

2020 News

December 2020

The BMJ Podcast

Food insecurity in the 6th largest economy

 

The BMJ

Covid-19 and everyday experiences of hardship: why charitable provision is not enough 

Cambridge News

Independent food banks giving out 13,000 emergency parcels a week

BBC News Turkey

Lives impoverished by the pandemic 

Potluck Line

Food poverty and the catastrophic consequences of Covid-19

The BMJ

Independent Food Aid Network gives voice to those determined to make a difference

Nursery World

Marcus Rashford launches website to support children in food poverty this Christmas 

Sunday Post

The People’s Pantry: Govanhill foodbank aims to foster community spirit with membership scheme 

Metro UK

Food banks handing out 13,000 emergency parcels every week during pandemic

BBC News Turkey

The Food Bank Paradox

Daily Record

Covid crisis sees three times more food banks than McDonald's on Scots high streets

The BMJ

Why The BMJ is partnering with the Independent Food Aid Network (IFAN) for the BMJ Appeal 

Reuters

British food banks raise alarm as coronavirus fears cut transport ties

The BMJ

Without good nutrition, children’s health outcomes worsen, as do their life chances

i News

Food bank founder sees surge in young people needing help after losing hospitality jobs in Covid pandemic 

BBC

BBC South Today - Evening News

France 24

Marcus Rashford, le footballeur devenu un héros de la lutte contre la pauvreté

 

Big Issue

Emergency benefits increase saved 700,000 from poverty, study shows

November 2020

STV Evening News

 

STV Evening News | 30.11.20

The Northern Times
 

New guide offers advice and information to those in financial difficulty 

The Guardian
 

Food banks a 'sticking plaster' as UK demand skyrockets, warns charity head 

The Financial Times
 

School meal row points to need for UK welfare reform, say charities 

i News
 

Covid-19 has turned middle income families into the 'newly hungry' people who rely on food banks

Strathspey & Badenoch Herald

New guide to provide tips for people in Highlands struggling financially 

Mirror Online
 

Foodbank demand rocketed as coronavirus pandemic gripped Britain, figures show

The New Internationalist

How food banks went global 

 

Huffington Post