Food poverty

Foodbank demand at a record high after lockdown plunged families into poverty
Food bank Trussell Trust
Social Justice

Foodbank demand at a record high after lockdown plunged families into poverty

Birmingham café feeds hundreds of vulnerable people during pandemic
Birmingham's Arabica Cafe has provided Feedo Needo with food for the city's vulnerable and homeless people
Activism

Birmingham café feeds hundreds of vulnerable people during pandemic

Dizzee Rascal serves meals as food insecurity skyrockets by 250%
Dizzee Rascal Mayor's Fund for London
Activism

Dizzee Rascal serves meals as food insecurity skyrockets by 250%

Campaigners are battling to save potatoes from Covid-19 devastation
Potato Project Slow Food Birmingham
Activism

Campaigners are battling to save potatoes from Covid-19 devastation

I, Daniel Blake actor returns to front appeal for foodbank used in film
Activism

I, Daniel Blake actor returns to front appeal for foodbank used in film

Food poverty fighters prepare for holiday hunger if coronavirus shuts schools
Free school meals
Activism

Food poverty fighters prepare for holiday hunger if coronavirus shuts schools

Thousands of Scots go hungry as welfare fund applications soar
Social Justice

Thousands of Scots go hungry as welfare fund applications soar

Japanese fan’s Premier League hat-trick boosts supporters’ foodbanks
Ken Narita foodbanks Man U
Activism

Japanese fan’s Premier League hat-trick boosts supporters’ foodbanks

London's first Children’s Food Insecurity Summit is hunger "turning point"
child food poverty summit London
Social Justice

London's first Children’s Food Insecurity Summit is hunger "turning point"

Labour takes a 'step forward' with plans for a human right to food
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn delivers his keynote speech at the Party's conference in Brighton
Politics

Labour takes a 'step forward' with plans for a human right to food

The longer Universal Credit is in an area, the more foodbank demand increases
Food bank Trussell Trust
Social Justice

The longer Universal Credit is in an area, the more foodbank demand increases

Can technology help prevent people becoming dependent on foodbanks?
Food bank Trussell Trust
Activism

Can technology help prevent people becoming dependent on foodbanks?

Demand for foodbanks set to soar this summer, as children face holiday hunger
News

Demand for foodbanks set to soar this summer, as children face holiday hunger

The government doesn’t think that the UK needs a hunger minister
Politics

The government doesn’t think that the UK needs a hunger minister

A West London council is giving free school meals to every single child
Social Justice

A West London council is giving free school meals to every single child

130,000 families missing out on free fruit and veg as Brexit dominates agenda
Food waste Dano Flickr
Social Justice

130,000 families missing out on free fruit and veg as Brexit dominates agenda

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Chief medical officer Sally Davies considers tax hike for unhealthy foods
Social Justice

Chief medical officer Sally Davies considers tax hike for unhealthy foods

Trump proposal will make spray cheese a 'staple food' for US food stamps
Social Justice

Trump proposal will make spray cheese a 'staple food' for US food stamps

The UN poverty report shows that we need to fight for the right to food
Philip Alston UN investigates poverty, food poverty and food banks
Social Justice

The UN poverty report shows that we need to fight for the right to food

A foodbank is changing its name to stop people being put off by 'real stigma'
Social Justice

A foodbank is changing its name to stop people being put off by 'real stigma'