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Why Cash First?

IFAN and a Cash First Approach to Food Insecurity

IFAN's vision is of a country without the need for charitable food aid where adequate and nutritious food is affordable to all. IFAN calls for governments and national and local partnerships to prioritise a cash first approach to food insecurity and to work together to address the root causes of food insecurity and poverty.

IFAN is working to promote a cash first approach to food insecurity in a number of ways

by advocating for all local authorities to provide adequate, well-promoted and easy accessible cash payments to people in financial crisis
by advocating for systemic changes that would see social security payments and wages match the cost of living and the root causes of food insecurity and poverty addressed
by co-developing and circulating cash first referral leaflets across multiple local authorities
by supporting their member organisations to use shopping cards or vouchers and/or cash grants instead of or alongside food parcels or other food support

Reducing food insecurity, poverty and health inequalities through cash first interventions

Briefing: Food Insecurity - what can local government do?

The Health Foundation (June 2023)

Why Cash First?

IFAN and a Cash First Approach to Food Insecurity

IFAN is working to promote a cash first approach to food insecurity in a number of ways

Reducing food insecurity, poverty and health inequalities through cash first interventions

Briefing: Food Insecurity - what can local government do?

Diet-related health inequalities

The case for cash first - moving on from vouchers and food parcels as a response to food insecurity

A Cash First Future

The growing need for charitable food aid and a cash first approach to food insecurity (slides)

Relationship between income and healthy life expectancy by local authority

Cost of living: The healthcare ecosystem

IFAN and a cash first approach to food insecurity (slides)

Cash-first approaches to addressing food poverty

Cash first provision at a local level

Cash First Toolkit for Community Food staff and volunteers

Cash Transfers: five lessons about cash transfers decision makers at all levels of government should be aware of

An evaluation of the Leeds City Council cash grant pilot programme

Cash first: the LCC pilot Legendary Community Club

The safety net beneath the safety net?

Using Covid-19 funding to tackle child poverty

Cash first approach to welfare provision

'Cash first' - responding to the needs of low income residents through the provision of Local Welfare Support

Cash in a crisis: best practices on Local Welfare Assistance for local authorities during Covid-19

Winter support fund: summary of local action to tackle financial insecurity

Cash-first approaches to supporting people facing financial hardship locally: a literature review

Learning from the British Red Cross Covid-19 Hardship Fund

Giving people cash rather than food parcels would empower them

The case for cash benchmarking

Utilising funding provided through the covid winter grant scheme to strengthen Local Welfare Assistance

Response, resilience and recovery: London's food response to Covid-19

Good practice guide: delivering financial hardship support schemes

Food for vulnerable people in Covid-19 lockdowns: learning from Greenwich

Why local policy matters when it comes to ending the need for food banks – Webinar

Local policy: why local policy matters when it comes to ending the need for food banks

Event summary: the safety net beneath the safety net

Dignity and choice through financial support - embedding cash first approaches

Local lifelines: the case of reinvigorating Local Welfare Assistance beyond Covid-19

Strengthening the role of local welfare assistance

Local lifelines: investing in local welfare during and beyond Covid-19

How the delivery of Scottish Welfare Fund can reduce the need for emergency food aid

The Scottish Welfare Fund: strengthening the safety net

Using a cash first approach overseas

Increasing links between humanitarian cash and social protection for an effective response to the Covid-19 pandemic

Cash transfers: help for those who need it most

Doing cash differently: how cash transfers can transform humanitarian aid | Overseas Development Institute

Reduction in severe food insecurity follow the Canada Child Benefit

The effects of DFID's cash transfer programmes on poverty and vulnerability

Smarter aid: why digital cash transfers are the future | Oxfam Views & Voices

Cash-based approaches in humanitarian emergencies: a systematic review

Using shopping cards or vouchers and/or charitable cash grants instead of or alongside food parcels and other food support

Using shopping vouchers instead of or alongside food parcel provision

Covid-19 learning and reflections: use of shopping vouchers instead or alongside food provision

Resources and news pieces linked to 'Worrying About Money?' cash first referral leaflets

Building Cash First: Sharing local lessons to reduce the need for charitable food aid

New 'Worrying About Money?' support tool launched in Moray

The Shropshire 'Worrying About Money?' leaflet and starting to shift the conversation around food insecurity

Worrying About Money? Scotland's cash first referral leaflet - impact findings

Cash first approaches to food poverty

Another challenging year for Fair Frome and Frome people in crisis

"Worrying About Money?' leaflet launched

Cornwall's 'Worrying About Money?' leaflet and building momentum for change

Consultation paper: Ending the need for food banks: consultation on a draft national plan

Oldham Health and Wellbeing Board to release a statement on the health impact of the cost of living crisis

Finding hope in cash first approaches at the bleakest of times

The safety net beneath the safety net

Promoting a 'cash first' approach to food insecurity in Scotland: lessons from developing 'Worrying About Money?' leaflets