Food Banks

'These people have been failed': A day in the life of a food bank coping with crisis
Foodbank volunteers
Cost of living crisis

'These people have been failed': A day in the life of a food bank coping with crisis

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

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

‘Heartbreaking’ reports from food bank users show mental health impact of poverty
food banks
Food banks

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

Half of people using food banks are stuck in debt to the government
food banks
welfare system

Half of people using food banks are stuck in debt to the government

A trashed phone box has been bought for £1 and transformed into a community hub
Charity

A trashed phone box has been bought for £1 and transformed into a community hub

Sam Fender: 'A lot of people don't like the idea they might be privileged'
Sam Fender Photo: Mary Turner/The New York Times
Music

Sam Fender: 'A lot of people don't like the idea they might be privileged'

Rishi Sunak's energy bills support won't reach the people who need it most
Joe Farnworth-Mayers

Rishi Sunak's energy bills support won't reach the people who need it most

UK cost of living sees fastest increase in 30 years
UK cost of living crisis
cost of living crisis

UK cost of living sees fastest increase in 30 years

What happened when Sam Fender helped out at his local foodbank?
Sam Fender at Newcastle West End Foodbank.
Music

What happened when Sam Fender helped out at his local foodbank?

This is the reality of using a food bank at Christmas
Amie Alissa Watson

This is the reality of using a food bank at Christmas

Prince Charles and Camilla visit south London food bank ahead of Christmas
Prince Charles and Camilla at the Wandsworth Foodbank
Food banks

Prince Charles and Camilla visit south London food bank ahead of Christmas

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

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

Food banks face a hard winter - give people cash instead
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Sabine Goodwin

Food banks face a hard winter - give people cash instead

Government accused of ‘institutionalising’ food banks in new guidance for councils
food banks
Poverty

Government accused of ‘institutionalising’ food banks in new guidance for councils

Scurvy and malnutrition in the UK have doubled since 2010
A doctor listening to a child's back through a stethoscope. Poverty
Poverty

Scurvy and malnutrition in the UK have doubled since 2010

Food banks are already running out of food and say it's going to get worse
universal credit food banks
Social Justice

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

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Welfare system 'broken' for disabled people, say food banks
Social Justice

Welfare system 'broken' for disabled people, say food banks

Food bank workers could skip Covid self-isolation for 'critical' work
Employment

Food bank workers could skip Covid self-isolation for 'critical' work

Food banks: 'Fourth emergency service should be on isolation exemption list'
Social Justice

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

'More food banks than McDonald's': DWP study into food insecurity delayed
Packages of food are lined along shelves and on the floor in a food bank
Social Justice

'More food banks than McDonald's': DWP study into food insecurity delayed