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Food poverty

Young people struggling to afford food face 'stigma' when seeking help: 'We don't feel welcome'
Kyson Redd with service manager Hannah
Food poverty

Young people struggling to afford food face 'stigma' when seeking help: 'We don't feel welcome'

New research shows that one in five young people are in a family that has struggled to afford food in the last six months. That's as many as 2.5 million
'It's easier to buy a vape than an apple': How greengrocers on wheels could change the UK
Paul Flannery, local green grocer who runs the Queen of Greens bus
Food poverty

'It's easier to buy a vape than an apple': How greengrocers on wheels could change the UK

Inside the food banks seeing 'highest demand ever seen' as cost of living harms families
Food preparation and the cafe at Granville Community Kitchen in North West London. Image: Mary Turner/ IFAN
Food banks

Inside the food banks seeing 'highest demand ever seen' as cost of living harms families

Having to go to a food bank sticks with you – it's time politicians knew about it
Amie Alissa Watson

Having to go to a food bank sticks with you – it's time politicians knew about it

DWP warned benefit claimants are dying of starvation
Department for Work and Pensions

DWP warned benefit claimants are dying of starvation

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
I work on the frontline of food poverty. This is what hunger in Britain really looks like
Melanie Vaxevanakis

I work on the frontline of food poverty. This is what hunger in Britain really looks like

Wales' future generations commissioner warns we're not doing enough for people yet to be born
Wales future generations commissioner Derek Walker
Future Generations

Wales' future generations commissioner warns we're not doing enough for people yet to be born

Food banks urge Labour to rethink benefit cuts amid 'heartbreaking' surge in demand
Image from food bank charity Trussell showing volunteers sorting through food donations
Food banks

Food banks urge Labour to rethink benefit cuts amid 'heartbreaking' surge in demand

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

Keir Starmer promised to end food bank Britain. Now it feels nothing more than a pipe dream

Meet the community champions working to end hunger and keep Britain fed: 'Hunger is solvable'
Food poverty

Meet the community champions working to end hunger and keep Britain fed: 'Hunger is solvable'

How bringing back Churchill's wartime canteen culture could help tackle food poverty
Food

How bringing back Churchill's wartime canteen culture could help tackle food poverty

Food banks receiving 'rotten' donations from supermarkets 'not fit for human consumption'
food banks
Food banks

Food banks receiving 'rotten' donations from supermarkets 'not fit for human consumption'

'Frustrated, angry, exhausted': Food banks forced to 'throw out food donated by supermarkets'
Food bank shelves
Food banks

'Frustrated, angry, exhausted': Food banks forced to 'throw out food donated by supermarkets'

Victorian illnesses like rickets are on the rise. We need radical change to end malnutrition
Lynn Perry

Victorian illnesses like rickets are on the rise. We need radical change to end malnutrition

Over 85,000 children in Britain living in extreme poverty: 'There's a sense of hopelessness'
child asleep
Child poverty

Over 85,000 children in Britain living in extreme poverty: 'There's a sense of hopelessness'

One in four teachers spending own money to feed hungry pupils as parents struggle with costs
child eating food at lunch
Child poverty

One in four teachers spending own money to feed hungry pupils as parents struggle with costs

This is the 'most thoughtful and inspiring' food project celebrity chef Levi Roots has ever seen
Levi Roots cuts the ribbon to launch the INI Food and Wellbeing Centre. To his right is Sistah Stella Headley and to his left is Jean-Michel Grand, the chief executive of Action Against Hunger UK.
Food poverty

This is the 'most thoughtful and inspiring' food project celebrity chef Levi Roots has ever seen

Retailers warn there's 'little hope of prices going anywhere but up' – while they make huge profits
woman shopping
Cost of living crisis

Retailers warn there's 'little hope of prices going anywhere but up' – while they make huge profits

Hunger is a political choice. How do we end it in 2025?
child in a refugee camp
Dr Regina Murphy Keith

Hunger is a political choice. How do we end it in 2025?

How do we keep hope alive in 2025 when so many people are going hungry?
food banks
Sabine Goodwin

How do we keep hope alive in 2025 when so many people are going hungry?

Food banks are a lifeline – but not the solution. There are better ways to tackle poverty in 2025
food bank/ universal credit
Helen Barnard

Food banks are a lifeline – but not the solution. There are better ways to tackle poverty in 2025

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Community meals and workers' rights: What happens if councils seize Deliveroo and Uber Eats' 'ghost kitchens'?
Deliveroo driver waits outside a cafe
Ghost Kitchens

Community meals and workers' rights: What happens if councils seize Deliveroo and Uber Eats' 'ghost kitchens'?

'A national disgrace': A quarter of households with children under four don't have enough food
A child eating
Food poverty

'A national disgrace': A quarter of households with children under four don't have enough food

How to volunteer at a food bank
volunteers arrange food donations along rows of crates on tables
Food banks

How to volunteer at a food bank

Hunger is a violation of our basic human rights – we should be outraged by UK's food bank crisis
People collecting food at a food bank
Alex Firth

Hunger is a violation of our basic human rights – we should be outraged by UK's food bank crisis

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