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Reflections on a joint briefing from the Independent Food Aid Network and Feeding Britain
Hunger and the need for food banks between March and September 2020 By Andrew Forsey, Feeding Britain and Sabine Goodwin, Independent...
Dr Andrew Forsey & Sabine Goodwin
Nov 6, 2020


Food banks in Scotland call for cash first approaches in the face of uncertain future
As the end of the furlough scheme approaches, winter fuel costs begin to rise and a ‘No Deal Brexit’ looks more certain than ever, food...
Dr Chelsea Marshall
Oct 20, 2020


Guest Blog: Canada must eliminate food banks and provide a basic income after COVID-19
Graham Riches: Emeritus Professor of Social Work, University of British Columbia Introduction: The Covid-19 Canadian food bank story may...
Professor Graham Riches
Sep 23, 2020


Promoting 'cash first' responses at local level – IFAN’s work in Scotland
Food aid providers across the UK have been working tirelessly to respond to the incredible demands on their services since lockdown...
Dr Chelsea Marshall
Aug 6, 2020


COVID-19 “pop up” food banks prepare for the long haul
As COVID-19 “pop up” food banks prepare for the long haul, what now for ending the need for food banks in the UK? Poverty isn’t...
Sabine Goodwin
Aug 3, 2020


Turning the tide - Food banks urge the Prime Minister to take action
From the Independent Food Aid Network This week, IFAN reported that compared to May last year, there was a 177% increase in the number of...
IFAN Blog
Jul 10, 2020


Food Poverty and Charity in the UK: food banks, the food industry and the state
A report by Pat Caplan, published by the Centre for Urban and Community Studies (CUCR), Goldsmiths, May 2020 This report is the result of...
Pat Caplan
Jun 11, 2020


COVID-19 and the right to food
Exploring the emergence of a Global Solidarity Alliance for Food, Health and Social Justice #RightsNotCharity The Independent Food Aid...
Sabine Goodwin
Jun 3, 2020


Between the devil and the deep blue sea
Coping with a tsunami of need and the Government’s £16m aimed at food charities By Sabine Goodwin, Coordinator of the Independent Food...
Sabine Goodwin
May 9, 2020


This is a pandemic - not a famine
Trying to flatten the curve while running a food bank For many of us the lockdown has sharpened the awareness for our surroundings....
Vivien Opiolka
Apr 29, 2020


We're calling for the UK Government to urgently provide direct income to those in need
We're calling for the UK Government to urgently provide direct income to those in need during the Coronavirus crisis. But for now...
James Quayle
Mar 18, 2020


Why writing to your MP as well as donating to food banks matters
if we are to see an end to food poverty in the UK... As the potential impact of Coronavirus on the work of charitable food aid providers...
Sabine Goodwin
Mar 10, 2020


Should we welcome apps & websites developed to increase accessibility & donations to food banks?
Will these new systems further embed food banking in the UK or raise much needed awareness of the experiences of people having to live...
Sabine Goodwin
Jan 24, 2020


Food banks need our help but they shouldn't be needed
Sabine Goodwin, Coordinator, Independent Food Aid Network 9 years of austerity, more food banks than McDonalds branches, 10% of UK...
Sabine Goodwin
Dec 16, 2019


Over 40% of the UK's food banks are run independently of The Trussell Trust but what else do we know
By Dr Rachel Loopstra and Sabine Goodwin Ever since the Independent Food Aid Network revealed the number and location of non-Trussell...
Dr Rachel Loopstra and Sabine Goodwin
Dec 11, 2019


Does every can help? How supermarket food collections are making poverty into a spectacle
Guest blog by Dr Chris Möller Between 21 and 23 November, Tesco are hosting their annual Neighbourhood Food Collection in partnership...
Dr Chris Möller
Nov 20, 2019


Aynsley Jones, Axminster Food Bank
Aynsley Jones spoke in Parliament yesterday at our End Hunger UK Fix Universal Credit event www.endhungeruk.org/ By Aynsley Jones,...
Aynsley Jones
Jul 12, 2019


Tackling Rural Food Poverty
Rachael Rodway of IFAN member the Carlisle Foodbank describes the particular challenges of combatting rural poverty: Carlisle City...
Rachael Rodway
Jun 30, 2019


New figures from independent food banks reveal the extent of emergency food parcel provision
New figures from independent food banks reveal the extent of emergency food parcel provision across Scotland. IFAN's Sabine Goodwin...
Sabine Goodwin
Mar 27, 2019


Exiting US style corporate food banking. Why the right to food in hungry Britain matters.
Professor Graham Riches on Exiting US style corporate food banking. Why the right to food in hungry Britain matters. Just when the Brexit...
Professor Graham Riches
Mar 25, 2019
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