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IFAN's Response: Ending the need for food banks as a primary response to food insecurity
IFAN's response to the Scottish Government’s consultation on the draft national plan for ending the need for food banks as a primary...
IFAN Blog
Jan 26, 2022


Those who have the least are suffering the most
By Charlotte White, Earlsfield Foodbank Delays, shortages, postponements, cancellations. All regular occurrences across the country, as...
Charlotte White
Jan 16, 2022


The Shropshire ‘Worrying About Money?’ leaflet
The Shropshire ‘Worrying About Money?’ leaflet and starting to shift the conversation around food insecurity By Sophie Padgett,...
Sophie Padgett
Jan 14, 2022


From food pantries to food resilience
By Kemi Akinola, CEO/Managing Director of Be Enriched and Brixton People's Kitchen @BeeKemiA What is dignity? Dignity is the right of a...
Kemi Akinola
Dec 18, 2021


Cornwall's 'Worrying About Money?' leaflet and building momentum for change
Emma Greenwood of The Trussell Trust writes about local partnership working in Cornwall and embedding a cash first approach to food...
Emma Greenwood
Dec 17, 2021


Good food is good medicine
Why poverty, food insecurity and ‘surplus food’ or ‘food waste’ are words that should not appear in the same sentence. Reflections on our...
IFAN Blog
Nov 12, 2021


IFAN's letter to the Prime Minister
IFAN's letter to the Prime Minister on the £20 cut to Universal Credit. IFAN urgently calls on the Government to reinstate £20 to...
Sabine Goodwin
Oct 6, 2021


The Journey Continues
By Andrew Hurrell of Ardwick and Longsight Food Bank, Manchester In March 2021, reflecting on our food bank's journey through the...
Andrew Hurrell
Sep 21, 2021


It’s only an extra £20 a week, what’s all the fuss about?
As the cut to Universal Credit is debated in the House of Commons and food and drink prices are reported to have soared, Cat explains the...
IFAN Blog
Sep 15, 2021


IFAN Statement on Henry Dimbleby’s National Food Strategy
It’s invaluable that Henry Dimbleby’s National Food Strategy recognises that so many people are unable to eat well due to lack of income...
Sabine Goodwin
Jul 15, 2021


Calling on the Scottish Government to end reliance on food banks
Hannah Mackintosh, Food Workers for Food Justice, writes for IFAN In a letter to First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, workers and volunteers...
Hannah Mackintosh
Jun 30, 2021


Moving away from voucher and food parcels
Moving away from voucher and food parcels to ‘cash first’ disbursement for hardship payments. Gareth Evans explains the value of his Cash...
Gareth Evans
Jun 28, 2021


Disentangling the food surplus and food poverty problems
IFAN has joined the Plenty To Share campaign. Our Coordinator, Sabine Goodwin, recently spoke at a webinar focussed on ending both food...
IFAN Blog
Jun 11, 2021


Beyond Surplus Food Redistribution
Martin Bowman issues a rallying call to join the Plenty to Share movement for systemic solutions to food waste and poverty. Join their...
Martin Bowman
May 25, 2021


Food insecurity data finally published
Alongside Emma Lewell-Buck MP, Dr Rachel Loopstra, the Food Foundation, Church Action on Poverty, Sustain, the Trussell Trust and other...
Sabine Goodwin
Mar 29, 2021


Will things get worse before they get better?
Andrew Hurrell reflects on the relentless provision of emergency food parcels with no end in sight. Ardwick and Longsight foodbank was a...
Andrew Hurrell
Mar 8, 2021


Food Aid Provision and Policy Change
Why emergency food providers should be using their voice to influence change and where to start. By Ines Silva and Dr Rachel H Tribe,...
Ines Silva and Dr Rachel H Tribe
Feb 15, 2021


The new Covid-19 variant and impossible choices for food aid providers
Dee Woods, Co-Founder of the Granville Community Kitchen, on the reality of providing food aid in the midst of surging Covid-19 cases...
Dee Woods
Jan 2, 2021


Now, more than ever before, we need to be planning an exit strategy from food banking
IFAN's Coordinator Sabine Goodwin spoke at the AGM of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Ending the Need for Food Banks earlier today...
Sabine Goodwin
Dec 14, 2020


Redistribution of food surplus, social supermarkets, and food insecurity
Dr Lopamudra Patnaik Saxena, Research Fellow, Centre for Agroecology, Water & Resilience, Coventry University and Co-Author of The...
Dr Lopamudra Patnaik Saxena
Nov 30, 2020
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