With over 500 Food Partners across the industry, FareShare has been included as part of new online hub, featuring practical tools to help food businesses increase the amount of food that is redistributed.
Between 1 April 2020 and 31 March 2021, food banks in the Trussell Trust’s UK wide network distributed 2.5 million emergency food parcels to people in crisis, a 33% increase on the previous year.
On 24 March, UK allotment holders woke to a different world. Lockdown added new challenges but also new rewards. Many found new solace, sanctuary and community spirit over the course of the summer.
Since 2017 IFAN has been working to identify independent food banks outside of the Trussell Trust network. Results from this research revealed 651 independent food banks operating across Britain in 2017.
An extra £85m has been announced by the Treasury to provide emergency accommodation for 5,400 rough sleepers who have been placed in hotels in England for the duration of the pandemic.
Three major anti-poverty charities are calling on the government to increase child benefits amid growing evidence that the coronavirus shutdown is disproportionately affecting poorer families.
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