October 2020

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

Charity threatens court action over summer plan to end school meal vouchers | The Big Issue

Trussell Trust reports huge rise in emergency food parcels and calls for more direct funding | Edinburgh Reporter

'Grim picture' of hunger across UK | The Tablet

Foodbank demand at a record high after lockdown plunged families into poverty | The Big Issue

Record numbers used UK food banks in the first month of lockdown | The Guardian

Emergency food parcels for children double in a year - food banks | ITV
Coronavirus and food banks: the stories behind the statistics | The Independent
Emergency food parcels for children double in a year

Charities call for urgent funding as UK banks report busiest month ever

Food banks give twice as many emergency parcels to children during UK coronavirus pandemic | iNews

May 2020

"Deeply flawed" school meal replacement scheme is making children go hungry

Number of children relying on food banks more than doubles during lockdown, figures show | The Independent

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

Our social security system should be the nation’s safety net, not charities and food banks | The Independent

Help The Hungry: UK food crisis ‘escalating’ due to economic impact of lockdown, experts warn | The Independent

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

Britain has a hidden coronavirus crisis – and it's shaped by inequality | Frances Ryan | Opinion | The Guardian

13/04/2020 - BBC Sounds (2.44-2.48)

The Coronavirus crisis has exposed the inadequacies of our response to food poverty – Co-operative Party

Help the Hungry: Food banks move towards home deliveries amid struggle to keep doors open | The Independent

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

Join our campaign to Help The Hungry

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

Coronavirus: Food banks in crisis as £1bn panic-buying spree leaves families facing ‘real hunger’ | The Independent

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 sector

EMERGENCY: 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

Charities and academics calling on cash transfers to help families cope with school closures

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

Charities and academics calling on cash transfers to help families cope with school closures - Sustain

Food banks face uncertain future

Food poverty fighters prepare for holiday hunger is coronavirus shuts schools

Food banks running out of basics such as milk and pasta amid coronavirus stockpiling - London Evening Standard

Food banks run out of milk and other staples as shoppers panic-buy | World news | The Guardian

Coronavirus: UK food banks running out of supplies as people stockpile and donations fall

UK government must ‘face the facts’ on household food insecurity | Sustain

January 2020

First survey of independent food banks in England released | Sustain

DWP minister thinks foodbanks are a ‘perfect’ solution

Nicola Sturgeon blasts ‘punitive welfare reforms’ for fuelling increase in food bank use | CommonSpace

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

Channel 4 News asks "Who is responsible for securing 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

Britain’s Hidden Food Banks

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

New research reveals number of food bank parcels given out in Scotland almost double previously known figure

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

Asda’s ‘Fight Hunger Create Change’ partnership: what does it mean for efforts to tackle food poverty in the UK?

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

H idden 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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