Food Banks

11 ways to spread kindness without spending money
Random Acts of Kindness Day

11 ways to spread kindness without spending money

Random Acts of Kindness Day could be a great opportunity to help someone out, even if you don’t have much spare money. Here’s how

Big Issue’s Changemakers of 2025: Food and nutrition
Changemakers 2025

Big Issue’s Changemakers of 2025: Food and nutrition

The vital role that food plays in building and sustaining communities is reflected in the can-do attitude of those determined to make sure no one goes without

Majority of social housing tenants struggling to pay rent – here’s why
Social housing

Majority of social housing tenants struggling to pay rent – here’s why

A two-year study into tenancy sustainment in social housing found residents put paying rent first but inadequate benefits and a lack of cash left many facing arrears

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

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

Food banks are a lifeline – but not the solution. There are better ways to tackle poverty in 2025
Helen Barnard

Food banks are a lifeline – but not the solution. There are better ways to tackle poverty in 2025

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‘I was really struggling’: Iceland expands interest-free loan scheme it says slashes food bank usage
Christmas

‘I was really struggling’: Iceland expands interest-free loan scheme it says slashes food bank usage

How to volunteer at a food bank
Food banks

How to volunteer at a food bank

Here’s how to donate to a food bank near you this winter
Food banks

Here’s how to donate to a food bank near you this winter

Hunger is a violation of our basic human rights – we should be outraged by UK’s food bank crisis
Alex Firth

Hunger is a violation of our basic human rights – we should be outraged by UK’s food bank crisis

Number of people turning to food banks is shocking – but it’s the tip of the hunger iceberg
Sabine Goodwin

Number of people turning to food banks is shocking – but it’s the tip of the hunger iceberg

Ghosts star Charlotte Ritchie: ‘It’s a tragedy people can’t afford their essentials’
Food banks

Ghosts star Charlotte Ritchie: ‘It’s a tragedy people can’t afford their essentials’

‘This cannot go on’: Hundreds of thousands of people turning to food banks for the first time
Food banks

‘This cannot go on’: Hundreds of thousands of people turning to food banks for the first time

Over half of London working parents use food banks, study finds: ‘Is this the country we live in?’
Food banks

Over half of London working parents use food banks, study finds: ‘Is this the country we live in?’

How ‘social supermarkets’ offer hope and dignity for people facing hunger
Caroline Moraes

How ‘social supermarkets’ offer hope and dignity for people facing hunger

Cost of living crisis is over? Try telling that to millions of Brits struggling to feed their kids
Lynn Perry

Cost of living crisis is over? Try telling that to millions of Brits struggling to feed their kids

Millions of Brits struggle to buy enough food for their children, research finds
Child poverty

Millions of Brits struggle to buy enough food for their children, research finds

Universal credit is failing with millions relying on food banks – we need urgent reform now
Helen Barnard

Universal credit is failing with millions relying on food banks – we need urgent reform now

DWP extending hardship fund is welcome – but we need concrete, rapid actions to end poverty crisis
Sabine Goodwin

DWP extending hardship fund is welcome – but we need concrete, rapid actions to end poverty crisis

Half of people claiming universal credit ran out of food in the last month
Universal Credit

Half of people claiming universal credit ran out of food in the last month

Food banks can take hope from election result – if Labour takes action before another tough winter
Charlotte White

Food banks can take hope from election result – if Labour takes action before another tough winter

Labour is yet to give much hope it will reduce poverty. We need more from the new government
Sabine Goodwin

Labour is yet to give much hope it will reduce poverty. We need more from the new government

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Things can only get better… if the Labour government takes urgent action to tackle poverty
Helen Barnard

Things can only get better… if the Labour government takes urgent action to tackle poverty

Letters: DWP benefit reforms are fuelled by decades of disability hate
Letters

Letters: DWP benefit reforms are fuelled by decades of disability hate

Time is running out – the next government needs a proper plan to end reliance on food banks
Sabine Goodwin

Time is running out – the next government needs a proper plan to end reliance on food banks

We must ‘tackle poverty to save the NHS and improve the nation’s health’, next government told
Health

We must ‘tackle poverty to save the NHS and improve the nation’s health’, next government told