Food poverty

  • 28/10/2019

    UN International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

    This year’s theme for the UN International Day for the Eradication of Poverty focussed on child and family poverty. A key theme was prioritising access to quality social services.

    Subjects: Child poverty, Education, Food poverty, Inequality, International comparisons, Low-income countries, Social exclusion
    Category: News stories
  • 08/05/2019

    UK Food Security

    The UK Government recently agreed to measure food insecurity in the annual Family Resources Survey (FRS) – which is used to produce UK poverty statistics. Read more...

    Subjects: Child poverty, Families, Food poverty, Inequality
    Category: News stories
  • 25/05/2014

    Hard times: 2014

    The Hard Times reports provide evidence gathered by communities themselves on the impact of austerity and cuts on families and young people across Northern Ireland. Watch the accompanying films on home repossession, struggles with debt and youth hopes and dreams on the community webpages.

    Subjects: Debt, Digital divide, Food poverty, Housing, In-work poverty, Job security, Living standards, Low-income households, Mental health, Northern Ireland, Social exclusion, The troubles, Youth unemployment
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  • 13/05/2014

    Findings

    CiA Feeling the strain_1

    I feel like I am walking on the edge of a cliff and at any moment I might fall off.

    Subjects: Deprivation, Families, Food poverty, In-work poverty, Living standards, Low-income households, Northern Ireland
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  • 04/03/2014

    ‘Hard to know’ why people use foodbanks – minister

    A coalition government minister has claimed it is ‘very hard to know' why people go to foodbanks.
     
    The Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Lord Freud, said in the House of Lords: 'On the issue of food banks... which we have discussed several times in this House, clearly nobody goes to a food bank willingly. However, it is very hard to know why people go to them'.
     
    He added that a recent review commissioned by the coalition government had shown a 'lack of systematic peer-reviewed research' from the UK on the reasons or immediate circumstances that lead people to turn to food aid.
     

    Subjects: Food poverty
    Category: News stories
  • 03/03/2014

    1 in 3 councils supporting foodbanks

    Local councils in England and Wales have spent nearly £3 million over the last two years on tackling food poverty, an investigation has revealed. Well over a third of all councils – 140 out of 323 responding – told a survey for the BBC's Panorama programme that they have subsidised foodbanks.
     
    Both the Trussell Trust (the largest network of food banks) and Citizens Advice told the BBC the main causes of the rise in demand are problems with benefits, low income and debt.
     
    Source: Hungry Britain?, Panorama, BBC One, 3 March 2014

    Subjects: Food poverty
    Category: News stories
  • 20/02/2014

    Foodbank use linked to poverty – official report

    Low incomes, unemployment and benefit delays have combined to trigger increased demand for foodbanks among the UK's poorest families, according to an independent report commissioned by the government.

    The report, by researchers at Warwick University and the Food Ethics Council, directly contradicts the claim by a coalition government minister that the rise in foodbank use is due to the fact that there are now more of them.

    Subjects: Food poverty
    Category: Reports
  • 18/12/2013

    Food poverty among families and young people

    Rising living costs and changes to the benefits system are driving increasing numbers of vulnerable families to use emergency food services, according to a report from the Barnardo's charity.

    The report examines the extent and nature of food poverty among families and young people, based on a survey of Barnardo's services.

    Key findings 94 per cent of services say that use of emergency food services is rising or high. 90 per cent of services say they have referred people to food banks in the past 12 months. 92 per cent of applicable services say demand for Christmas food parcels is increasing.

    Barnardo’s Assistant Director of Policy and Research Neera Sharma said: 'It's a tragedy that in one of the world's richest countries, the most vulnerable families can't afford to buy Christmas dinner for their children'.

    Subjects: Food poverty
    Category: Reports
  • 10/12/2013

    Benefits reforms ‘cut food budgets to £20 a week’

    Poor households are cutting food costs in an attempt to cope with the effects of rising fuel bills, shrinking incomes and benefits changes such as the 'bedroom tax', according to the latest instalment of a survey looking at the impact of coalition government policies.

    The 'Real Life Reform' project is tracking the impact of benefits reform on up to 100 households in social housing across the north of England through to 2015. This is the second of six scheduled reports on how the households are responding to the changes. 

    Subjects: Food poverty, Low-income households
    Category: Reports
  • 01/11/2013

    Families cut back on fresh food

    Many young families cut back on fresh fruit and vegetables and switched to less healthy processed food as the recession squeezed household budgets, a study from the Institute for Fiscal Studies has revealed. It shows that rising food prices and stagnating wages have led people to buy less food and choose cheaper products.

    Subjects: Food poverty, Necessities
    Category: Reports

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