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IFAN is the UK's network of independent food aid providers

Our vision is of a country without the need for charitable food aid where adequate and nutritious food is affordable to all.

Eradicating food insecurity while ending the need for food banks and other forms of charitable food aid

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Read IFAN's briefing on eradicating food insecurity while ending the need for food banks and other forms of charitable food aid in the UK. IFAN is calling for immediate, cash first actions to reduce severe food insecurity.

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

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IFAN's director, Sabine Goodwin, writes about how the Labour Government can end 'mass dependence on emergency food parcels' as promised in its election manifesto.

FAQs: Distribution of infant formula via

food banks and baby banks

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These FAQs, published by the Baby Feeding Law Group - UK, IFAN and Trussell, are intended to clarify how parents and carers who are struggling to afford to feed infants under 12 months can best be supported.

IFAN's letter

to our new

Prime Minister

Read IFAN's letter to our new Prime Minister, signed by IFAN's member organisations operating across the UK. Sent on the day after the election, it calls for immediate actions to reduce food insecurity and poverty.

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New ScotCen evaluation on the ‘Worrying About Money?’ guide in Scotland

This latest evaluation by ScotCen is based on semi-structured interviews with members of the public facing financial insecurity in Scotland who have used IFAN's 'Worrying About Money?' resources to find help and support.

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Scotland's move to abolish poverty by ending two-child benefit cap

In this article for the Big Issue, Sabine Goodwin, director of IFAN, highlights Scotland's groundbreaking commitments to tackle poverty while noting that Scottish Government must aim higher.

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