uk food poverty

What You Should Donate To Food Banks Amid The Current Shortages

The HGV driver shortage, plus a drop in donations, is forcing some charities to make up smaller parcels.
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Today We 'Celebrate' The Seventh Anniversary Of Our Foodbank – We Hope It's Our Last

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
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'We Rescued 36,000 Airline Meals From Being Binned': Behind The Scenes At A Community Fridge

It's not a food bank, but anyone can take what's inside for free – even if that's an artisan bread roll.
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Britain Has Both A Hunger Crisis And A Child Obesity Crisis – Here's How

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
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Universal Credit Has Left Thousands In Poverty And In Misery – Here's What Needs To Change In 2019

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
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900,000 Edible Meals Are Thrown Away Every Single Day By UK Restaurants And Cafés

That's 320 million edible meals each year.
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Nearly Four Million Children Are Too Poor To Have Healthy Diet

A family of four in the UK would need to spend £103.17 a week on food to maintain a healthy diet.
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Charity Says It Can't Meet Demand From Poverty-Stricken Families During Holidays

Millions are struggling without free school meals during the summer.
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Here Are Five Ways You Can Help Food Banks Fight Hunger At Christmas

It's not a season of plenty for everyone.
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This Amazing 10p Food Shop Is Taking Dover By Storm

'I didn’t realise how much this would escalate.'
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