Latest entries on FindFoodBanksBrum : Issue 6
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.
Category: Featured
Number of homeless children hits 13-year high in ‘national shame’
The number of homeless children has hit a 13-year high in what Labour brand the “national shame” of a decade of Tory rule. Some 127,370 children were stuck in temporary accommodation between April and June – the most since spring 2006.
Young people call for watchdog to tackle child food insecurity
Young people are joining actor and Children’s Future Food Inquiry ambassador Dame Emma Thompson at the Westminster launch of the inquiry’s final report, which calls for urgent political action on child food insecurity.
Thousands of desperate parents relying on ‘baby banks’
Thousands of desperate parents are being forced to use “baby banks” to feed and clothe their children. Even working mums and dads, struggling to make ends meet, are turning to charities which operate the same way as food banks.
Surplus food : how it makes a difference to people’s lives
Every week a group of people gather at the lorry park in Dorset. It’s both a social occasion – time for a chat and a catch-up – and for business, too. And their business is simple. They are collecting food. 4.5 tonnes in June alone.
lendwithcare : Giving with confidence
Lendwithcare brings together entrepreneurs in developing countries with people with the power to help them – people like you. It is a revolutionary way to help people in the developing world to transform their lives.
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Guardian : Communities
- Rambling solution to weekend loneliness | Brief letters
- Grenfell survivors consider boycotting inquiry over conflict of interest
- Proposed changes to regulations 'will make buildings less energy efficient'
- Town in Welsh valleys crowned UK's high street of the year
- Homes in London high-rises left 'wet and cold' after cladding removed
- UK citizens' climate assembly to meet for first time
- 'People are fearful': New Zealand police admit gang violence is out of control
- Grenfell: owners of blocks with dangerous cladding to be named
