We are deeply saddened by the death of our founding Chair, Frank Field, at the age of 81. He led the parliamentary inquiry into hunger, in 2014, and then the creation of Feeding Britain to take forward the conclusions of that inquiry. We will miss him dearly.

‘It is nothing short of shameful to have to bring to this House yet again the issue of hunger as a form of injustice that continues to blight the lives of millions of people in the UK’, ⁦Chris Stephens MP⁩ in last night’s adjournment debate on poverty hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2024-0…

Data released by ⁦Food Standards Agency⁩ suggest that, against a troubling backdrop of food insecurity, a higher proportion of people now access food clubs, such as social supermarkets, than food banks; a partial reflection of big changes in grassroots provision food.gov.uk/sites/default/…

This reform, which entails more proactive use of data by government, could move us one step closer to auto-registration for Healthy Start. Thank you Emma Lewell-Buck MP for leading the cross-party work to secure higher take-up of this vital scheme.

As part of our ongoing Nourish the Nation programme with Comic Relief, we've partnered with poet Yrsa Daley-Ward to create 'Unspoken Words”, a series of poems inspired by the unheard experiences of those living in food insecurity in the UK.

Find out more: bit.ly/3IP7Qse

‘The facial expression of the people running a food co-operative […] in a local housing estate is completely different from the feelings people have, right or wrong, when they go into a food bank’

‘How do we transform food banks, which are alive and well in this country […] into food co-operatives so that people who actually benefit from a system have agency?’ ⁦Mariana Mazzucato⁩ on ⁦⁦The Rest Is Money⁩ ⁦Robert Peston⁩ ⁦Steph McGovern⁩ podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the…

'No-one judges you here.' ❤️

Inside the ice cream van feeding families in Liverpool.

More on BBC News bbc.in/43xW275

A new perspective on the changing dynamics of community food provision in the UK: ‘Access, dignity, and choice: social supermarkets and the end of the food bank model in the UK?’, with input from our partners in Sussex tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Do you want to know more about what the NHS Healthy Start Scheme Scheme provides help with, who is eligible and how the application process works?

Watch our NHS Healthy Start Scheme video to find out! 🍎🥦🍼💊

You can also access information via our webpages 👉feedingliverpool.org/apply-for-the-…

Official data released this morning show a disturbing and troubling increase in the use of food banks, as well as food insecurity, during the cost-of-living crisis gov.uk/government/sta…

🎙How can we increase the supply of locally grown fruit and vegetables to affordable food clubs? In our latest podcast, we explore one of the solutions with our partners at Feeding Newark & Sherwood podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/fee…

Our partners in the Cornwall Food Access Alliance, who set up their local gleaning network, have now salvaged more than 200 tonnes of fresh produce. Find out more in ⁦Big Issue⁩ bigissue.com/news/environme…

We have long called on the Government to bring down the rate of deductions from Universal Credit, in part by extending repayment periods for advances. We welcome the latest step in that direction, taken in #Budget2024 , and will continue pushing for additional reform.

We strongly welcome the renewal of the Household Support Fund, confirmed in #Budget2024

We have, alongside many others, called for the renewal of the Household Support Fund in this week’s Budget. As our partners Feeding Liverpool report today, the Fund equips families, councils, and communities with vital resources to prevent hunger and destitution.

Our partners at Nourishing Norfolk are now supporting 24 social supermarkets, each of which is making good food and wider support more affordable and accessible for people on low incomes. Find out more about this work on today’s The Food Programme Norfolk Community Foundation

The latest Community Supermarket in Essex’s affordable food network was launched today, in Colchester, with the objectives of helping people stretch their budgets further, providing a dignified service, and reducing the need for food banks

‘The idea of the shop is to prevent people falling into food crisis by offering healthy essentials at an affordable price. Our shop offers fresh fruit & vegetables, household essentials, bakery products and tinned goods. We currently have over 75 members and numbers are growing’

How to get affordable food to the high numbers in need during an unabating cost of living crisis? An ice-cream van is one ingenious solution. My piece on this innovative project and the incredible woman behind it in Guardian G2. Feeding Britain Feeding Liverpool