Food Banks
How the UK’s only cash-first food bank is shattering myths around aid: ‘Cash is the issue’

How the UK’s only cash-first food bank is shattering myths around aid: ‘Cash is the issue’
The North Paddington Foodbank is helping families in London with nowhere to go
How the groundbreaking Crisis and Resilience Fund can help end the need for food banks

How the groundbreaking Crisis and Resilience Fund can help end the need for food banks
New guidance around the Crisis and Resilience Fund was published on Tuesday (13 January). Sabine Goodwin, director of the Independent Food Aid Network, argues that it could be ‘groundbreaking’
Gordon Brown: ‘This can’t go on – 4.3 million people in poverty is unsustainable’

Gordon Brown: ‘This can’t go on – 4.3 million people in poverty is unsustainable’
Former PM Gordon Brown and actor Arabella Weir talk multibanks and community
How to volunteer at a food bank
How to volunteer at a food bank
We ran a food bank for a decade. This is the important reason why we stopped
We ran a food bank for a decade. This is the important reason why we stopped
What a soup kitchen in London’s financial district thinks about a windfall tax on the banks

What a soup kitchen in London’s financial district thinks about a windfall tax on the banks
Universal credit flaws are driving people to food banks. It’s time it covered the essentials

Universal credit flaws are driving people to food banks. It’s time it covered the essentials
Oxford university lecturers are turning to food banks. The scandal is that it’s no longer shocking

Oxford university lecturers are turning to food banks. The scandal is that it’s no longer shocking
Revealed: Millions of disabled people went to a food bank last year as Labour plotted benefit cuts

Revealed: Millions of disabled people went to a food bank last year as Labour plotted benefit cuts
I reached out to a food bank after losing everything – it changed my life forever

I reached out to a food bank after losing everything – it changed my life forever
Council drops bid to evict food bank from premises in child poverty hotspot: ‘Our future is secure’

Council drops bid to evict food bank from premises in child poverty hotspot: ‘Our future is secure’
Inside the food banks seeing ‘highest demand ever seen’ as cost of living harms families

Inside the food banks seeing ‘highest demand ever seen’ as cost of living harms families
Can Labour end the need for food banks? The new Crisis and Resilience Fund is a welcome start

Can Labour end the need for food banks? The new Crisis and Resilience Fund is a welcome start
Council tries to evict food bank – despite referring 95% of its users: ‘There is nowhere to go’

Council tries to evict food bank – despite referring 95% of its users: ‘There is nowhere to go’
Labour’s disability benefit cuts will force nearly half a million people to turn to food banks

Labour’s disability benefit cuts will force nearly half a million people to turn to food banks
Food banks urge Labour to rethink benefit cuts amid ‘heartbreaking’ surge in demand

Food banks urge Labour to rethink benefit cuts amid ‘heartbreaking’ surge in demand
Meet the community champions working to end hunger and keep Britain fed: ‘Hunger is solvable’

Meet the community champions working to end hunger and keep Britain fed: ‘Hunger is solvable’
Food banks receiving ‘rotten’ donations from supermarkets ‘not fit for human consumption’

Food banks receiving ‘rotten’ donations from supermarkets ‘not fit for human consumption’
Save tens of billions in public money by ending hunger – not slashing benefits, government told

Save tens of billions in public money by ending hunger – not slashing benefits, government told
Food banks aren’t the solution to poverty – especially when businesses use them to dump food waste

Food banks aren’t the solution to poverty – especially when businesses use them to dump food waste
‘Frustrated, angry, exhausted’: Food banks forced to ‘throw out food donated by supermarkets’

‘Frustrated, angry, exhausted’: Food banks forced to ‘throw out food donated by supermarkets’
UN calls on Labour to increase benefits and scrap two-child limit in UK poverty crisis warning

UN calls on Labour to increase benefits and scrap two-child limit in UK poverty crisis warning
Big Issue’s Changemakers of 2025: Food and nutrition

Big Issue’s Changemakers of 2025: Food and nutrition
Majority of social housing tenants struggling to pay rent – here’s why

