Vulnerable Londoners need your help to get through this crisis
4 years, 9 months ago

Vulnerable Londoners need your help to get through this crisis

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In this inspiring context, I want to appeal to Londoners to help support those at risk of food poverty in the capital – just as The Independent and the Evening Standard are doing with their campaign. More than 400,000 children and 1.5 million adults in London lived in food insecurity before this crisis, and many rely on food banks every day. If you can afford to, you can donate money directly to help keep the food banks open.

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Food bank demand dips but numbers still needing help branded ‘heartbreaking’
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Food bank demand dips but numbers still needing help branded ‘heartbreaking’

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. But food bank network Trussell said the number of people still facing hunger and …

Charities warn ‘pandemic of poverty’ has engulfed UK as record 1.5 million emergency parcels handed out
1 year, 2 months ago

Charities warn ‘pandemic of poverty’ has engulfed UK as record 1.5 million emergency parcels handed out

The Independent  

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One in seven people in UK going hungry because they can’t afford to eat
1 year, 6 months ago

One in seven people in UK going hungry because they can’t afford to eat

The Independent  

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How UK's cost-of-living crisis is pushing mothers to the breaking point
1 year, 11 months ago

How UK's cost-of-living crisis is pushing mothers to the breaking point

Firstpost  

London: At an east London church on a bitterly cold winter’s day, Beautine Wester-Okiya picks her way through boxes of donated baby clothes, toys and other assorted items destined for local people battered by the UK’s cost-of-living crisis. “I’ve never seen anything like this in my life here in the UK,” Wester-Okiya, who came to Britain 40 years ago from …

Nurses relying on food banks and unable to pay rent, MPs told
2 years, 7 months ago

Nurses relying on food banks and unable to pay rent, MPs told

The Independent  

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More turn to food banks in United Kingdom as food and fuel bills soar
2 years, 7 months ago

More turn to food banks in United Kingdom as food and fuel bills soar

LA Times  

A local resident sits at the Community Food Hub in London on May 4. Skyrocketing energy and food bills are pushing millions deeper into financial hardship, and food banks and community groups like Dornelly’s across the United Kingdom say they don’t have enough to feed the growing numbers of desperate people knocking at their doors. “We used to be able …

Help the Hungry: 500,000 London children ‘face food poverty at Christmas if nothing is done to help them’
4 years, 1 month ago

Help the Hungry: 500,000 London children ‘face food poverty at Christmas if nothing is done to help them’

The Independent  

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Coronavirus and food banks: The stories behind the statistics
4 years, 7 months ago

Coronavirus and food banks: The stories behind the statistics

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. New figures on Wednesday show that last month demand was greater than ever – …

Help The Hungry: How you can support our campaign
4 years, 7 months ago

Help The Hungry: How you can support our campaign

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The Felix Project has formed the London Food Alliance along with two other food …

UK coronavirus: The pandemic is revealing how badly the government has failed its most vulnerable
4 years, 9 months ago

UK coronavirus: The pandemic is revealing how badly the government has failed its most vulnerable

CNN  

London CNN — As the novel coronavirus rips through a stunned global population, it’s becoming clear that no one can escape the impact it’s having on society. “People with mental health problems, single mothers, disabled people … these people are all overrepresented in food banks,” says Lemon. Dr. Onkar Sahota, a member of the London Assembly and a family doctor …

Coronavirus: Food banks in crisis as £1bn panic-buying spree leaves families facing ‘real hunger’
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus: Food banks in crisis as £1bn panic-buying spree leaves families facing ‘real hunger’

The Independent  

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