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Independent Food Aid Network (IFAN) including 550+ independent food banks - Ending the need for charitable food aid #CashFirst https://t.co/QbGURFrvEM
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http://www.foodaidnetwork.org.uk 19-05-2016 15:19:25
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šOur #Researchoftheweek goes to The Health Foundation for their report āHealth inequalities in 2040: current and projected patterns of illness by deprivation in Englandā. (1/4)
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š£ļø Almost two thirds of people in destitution live with a chronic health condition or disability. Cutting peopleās eligibility for benefits won't help.
The PM's speech was an irresponsible war of words on people who already arenāt getting enough support.
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politiā¦.
āThis is not just about money, itās about the profound impact on peopleās lives.ā š·
New research from Policy in Practice has highlighted that millions of people are missing out on thousands of pounds in unclaimed benefits & support this year. Read more.š
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Making permanent free school meals for all primary children is a great move
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Setting up ābaby banksā however, risks further institutionalising a charitable response to addressing #childpoverty in #London where 4 in 10 children are affected. theguardian.com/politics/2024/ā¦
Welcome references to #cashfirst actions including working with advice sector in Sadiq Khan actual manifesto - sadiq.london/wp-content/uplā¦ Pilot funding of āmulti banksā aka baby or food banks by another name sounds similar to Gordon Brown ātransitional arrangementā Vital to remember
Permanent free school meals would be very welcome but setting up/embedding baby banks, like food banks, wonāt address the root cause of the poverty faced by parents/carers of young children and would further entrench a charitable response #CashFirst theguardian.com/politics/2024/ā¦
Critical research from University of Bristol today on the scale of food bank provision in schools - In England alone - 1 in 5 schools are running food banks
Food bank use remains the tip of the iceberg in terms of wider severe #food insecurity #CashFirst
bristol.ac.uk/news/2024/apriā¦
The number of older people experiencing hardship has risen by more than a third since before the pandemic - Of 977,386 over-66s who were experiencing deprivation in 2022-23, 100,000 were living in working households. Eleni Courea Richard Partington
theguardian.com/society/2024/aā¦
Today's Office for National Statistics (ONS) stats show over 3 million people are prevented from working due to illness or disability - that's double the population of Birmingham unable to work. 1/4
We don't limit NHS care to two children.
We don't limit education to two children.
Why are we condemning children in families with 3+ children to poverty?
If we don't do something poverty for families w/ 3+ children will rise to 51% in the UK according to Resolution Foundation
Thank you to our friends Greater Manchester Poverty Action for letting us share some of the findings and recommendations from our recent blueprint for tackling child poverty in the North East, in the latest edition of their newsletter
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