Holiday hunger

Inside the Big Issue: We are what we eat
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: We are what we eat

Every day, millions of Brits go hungry. In this week’s food special, we dive into what can be done about it

Hunger is a political choice. Could a ‘Right to Food’ change everything?
Dr Regina Murphy Keith and Dr Sharon Noonan

Hunger is a political choice. Could a ‘Right to Food’ change everything?

Political choices such as austerity, caps to benefits and cuts to social protection spending have led to widespread food poverty

Inside the mission to feed the UK’s hungry kids in the holidays: ‘If we had to buy food we wouldn’t survive’
Holiday hunger

Inside the mission to feed the UK’s hungry kids in the holidays: ‘If we had to buy food we wouldn’t survive’

As the government puts millions towards rescuing spare food from farms, we discover how donated food is all that stands between vulnerable kids and hunger

Teachers fear more than half a million children will go hungry this summer: ‘It just can’t go on’
Food poverty

Teachers fear more than half a million children will go hungry this summer: ‘It just can’t go on’

Inside the primary school ‘food shop’ ensuring children don’t go hungry over summer break
Food poverty

Inside the primary school ‘food shop’ ensuring children don’t go hungry over summer break

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More than two thirds of teachers worry children will go hungry this summer: ‘Beyond heart-breaking’
Child poverty

More than two thirds of teachers worry children will go hungry this summer: ‘Beyond heart-breaking’

There’s now a children’s book about foodbanks. How has it come to this?
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There’s now a children’s book about foodbanks. How has it come to this?

Our holiday hunger petition has passed 500 signatures
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Our holiday hunger petition has passed 500 signatures

Sign our petition to help us continue our holiday hunger fight
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Sign our petition to help us continue our holiday hunger fight

Catch up with The Big Issue’s campaign to end holiday hunger
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Catch up with The Big Issue’s campaign to end holiday hunger

Summer’s over but a no-deal Brexit will bring problems beyond holiday hunger
Social Justice

Summer’s over but a no-deal Brexit will bring problems beyond holiday hunger

Holiday hunger can lead to loneliness and the impact can be felt in term time
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Holiday hunger can lead to loneliness and the impact can be felt in term time

Holiday hunger can drive kids to “eating toilet paper” says charity
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Holiday hunger can drive kids to “eating toilet paper” says charity

The government knows holiday hunger’s a problem. So why don’t they tackle it?
Social Justice

The government knows holiday hunger’s a problem. So why don’t they tackle it?

Fighting holiday hunger: a team effort by football fans
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Fighting holiday hunger: a team effort by football fans

These are the organisations that are tackling holiday hunger
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These are the organisations that are tackling holiday hunger

Why we’re fighting holiday hunger: foodbank demand up 20 per cent last summer
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Why we’re fighting holiday hunger: foodbank demand up 20 per cent last summer

Did you know three million kids will go hungry over the summer holidays?
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Did you know three million kids will go hungry over the summer holidays?