Coronavirus : Self-isolation support
The As-Suffa Institute, is offering free self-isolation support to those affected by the Coronavirus. If you are self-isolating with and are over the age of 65, contact As-Suffa to arrange a food pack delivery.
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Latest entries on FindFoodBanksBrum : Issue 7
This is our periodic update on latest listings added to the Find Food Banks Brum website. Our listings of food banks, charity shops, eating places, support services and more continues to grow.
Universal Credit has led to people using foodbanks and parents can’t afford to feed their children
“It’s not easy for someone to ask for help and it’s not easy for someone to say ‘I can’t feed myself’.” Those are the words of one worker at a food bank in Essex. She sees people walk in every day in a desperate situation.
People are going for days without food – that’s normal now
Food bank manager, Chris Hardy, works with more than 30 volunteers to provide support to people in crisis in Sheffield. He tells Maryam Qaiser why cuts and austerity have left people unable to feed themselves.
Life at the migrant centre : ‘Changing lives, that keeps you going’
It’s a Friday morning in Wolverhampton, and the local branch of the Refugee and Migrant Centre (RMC) is teeming with people seeking advice. Despite the sombre reasons why many come to the RMC, there is a jubilant atmosphere.
Universal credit rollout ‘loads unreasonable risk’ on to claimants
The government’s expert adviser on social security has said the next phase in the rollout of universal credit could push thousands of claimants into hardship or even out of the benefits system altogether.
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Guardian : Communities
- Home Office to hold on evicting asylum seekers during lockdown
- Councils told to house all rough sleepers in England by weekend
- 'Is this all a dream?': my cramped week self-isolating in student halls
- UK neighbours rally to mark birthdays of young and old in isolation
- Cities after coronavirus: how Covid-19 could radically alter urban life
- How fresh economics can tackle coronavirus and climate change
- 'It's a community effort': Wiltshire villagers unite against coronavirus isolation
- Strike a pose! My night at a vogue ball with Malcolm McLaren