Parcels prepared by West Northumberland Food Bank
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IFAN’s director, Sabine Goodwin, regularly writes opinion pieces and blogs

You can read her pieces including for The Big Issue, The BMJ, The Grocer, and Woman & Home below.

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21 June 2025

Can Labour end the need for food banks?
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Sabine Goodwin
Director
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16 May 2025

Keir Starmer promised to end food bank Britain. Now it feels nothing more than a pipe dream
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Sabine Goodwin
Director
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02 April 2025

Food banks are just a sticking plaster on poverty
Jessica Sinclair Taylor
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Sabine Goodwin
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01 January 2025

How do we keep hope alive in 2025 when so many people are going hungry?
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Sabine Goodwin
Director
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11 December 2024

Scotland's move to abolish poverty by ending two-child benefit cap must inspire Westminster
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Sabine Goodwin
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21 November 2024

Number of people turning to food banks is shocking – but it's the tip of the hunger iceberg
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Sabine Goodwin
Director
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04 September 2024

The Big Issue: DWP extending hardship fund is welcome – but we need concrete, rapid actions to end poverty crisis
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Sabine Goodwin
Director
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14 July 2024

Food banks can take hope from election results – if Labour takes action before another tough winter
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Charlotte White
Member Support and Policy Officer
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05 July 2024

The Big Issue: Labour is yet to give much hope it will reduce poverty. We need more from the new government
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Sabine Goodwin
Director
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18 June 2024

The Big Issue: Time is running out – the next government needs a proper plan to end reliance on food banks
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Sabine Goodwin
Director
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08 March 2024

The Big Issue: Jeremy Hunt's last-minute household support fund reprieve is too little, too late 
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Sabine Goodwin
Director
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29 February 2024

The Big Issue: Food banks dread the inevitable consequences of abandoning the household support fund
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Sabine Goodwin
Director
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20 December 2023

Appealing for change
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Sabine Goodwin
Director
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29 November 2023

UK's food poverty crisis is spiralling out of control – and there's only one way to fix it
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Sabine Goodwin
Director
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29 November 2023

The Big Issue: UK’s food poverty crisis is spiralling out of control – and there’s only one way to fix it
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Sabine Goodwin
Director
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14 November 2023

The BMJ: Food banks are running out of resources—there’s no time to lose
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Sabine Goodwin
Director
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24 October 2023

The Big Issue: Food banks are being forced to ration supplies. We can’t sustain this level of poverty for much longer
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Sabine Goodwin
Director
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08 September 2023

Turning the tide: Cash First and the Right to Food

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Sabine Goodwin
Director
Maria Marshall
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08 June 2023

The Big Issue: Could food banks be relegated to the history books?
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Sabine Goodwin
Director
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25 May 2023

A cash first approach to food insecurity isn’t simply a dream, it’s becoming a reality
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Sabine Goodwin
Director
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Polly Jones
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11 May 2023

Food insecurity data finally published
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Sabine Goodwin
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