food banks
No money spent promoting Healthy Start scheme amid "fighting over Brexit", Trussell Trust and others tell government in angry letter.
Over the last seven years, we've given out 370,773 meals, 40% to children – if we had a birthday wish, we'd wish no one needed our help any more
Homeless shelters and women's refuges could also run out of food, charities say in letter to PM.
Our staff, volunteers and data tell us people are being swept into poverty or pushed further under – we need real, concrete change
Universal Credit, the largest welfare reform in a generation was supposed to make receiving benefits and getting back into work easier but for many this has had the opposite effect. Delays in payments, sanctions and underpayments have seen a rise in people being forced to use food banks, falling into rent arrears and even homelessness. Drawing on the experiences of those in The Wirral, where there’s been a 32% increase in food bank use since the roll out of UC in November 2017, volunteer groups like Fans Supporting Foodbanks and local politicians in Liverpool, are bracing themselves for the full rollout of universal credit.
He raised a whopping £680 which he split between two local foodbanks.
In a country that is richer than it has even been, our economic system is failing to deliver enough nutritious, high-quality food for everyone, every single day
Police say enquiries are ongoing after iPads, a hard drive, food and Christmas money were stolen.
I work with people struggling under the policy, but we never expected to see so much brokenness in people’s eyes, so much stress and anxiety
“What we don’t think of, what we take for granted, what most people might think nothing of – means the world to others."