Latest entries on FindFoodBanksBrum : Issue 5
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.
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Fight for fair housing : shifting power from landlords to residents
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ll know there is a housing crisis – and even if you have been, your rent has probably gone up. Despite house prices having fallen slightly, housing continues to devour outrageous amounts of income.
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Pension Credit changes will take money away from those who need it most (says research)
On 15 May, the Government started making it harder for couples to claim Pension Credit and Parkinson’s UK estimate it could impact on hundreds of people with Parkinson’s. Many will see a loss of around £7,300 a year.
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A man had to fight for benefits before he died – when do we start to care?
A photo taken by the Liverpool Echo emerged in February that showed a skeletal Stephen Smith sitting in a hospital gown, his spine protruding from his six-stone frame. He had just had his disability benefits stopped.
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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.
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Trussell Trust : End of year statistics for 2018-2019
In 2018-2019, the Trussell Trust’s food bank network distributed 1.6 million three-day emergency food supplies to people in crisis, a 19% increase on the previous year. More than half a million of these went to children.
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