Feeding Britain: Insights into eliminating hunger from the UK

This latest episode by Feeding Britain features MP for South Shields, Emma Lewell-Buck, who joins Andrew Forsey as a passionate advocate for tackling food insecurity in the UK. This short but insightful conversation explains some of the political context around measures brought in to help tackle hunger, including the upcoming Healthy Start Scheme (Take Up) Bill which would introduce automatic enrolment for all households already eligible for the Healthy Start Scheme. Emma shares her experiences from many years pushing for change in this area and offers her thoughts on what some of those much needed solutions might be.

This is the third episode in the new Feeding Britain podcast series which offers insights into eliminating hunger in the UK. Feeding Britain combines practical, policy, and research expertise in the fight against hunger. Stay tuned for perspectives from frontline projects, parliamentarians, and academic specialists on the work they undertake with Feeding Britain to eliminate hunger and its root causes from the UK, especially during the current cost of living crisis.

In this 3-part special, we are sharing extracts from our recent webinar on food banks opening affordable food clubs either in place of, or in addition to, their existing crisis provision. Our speakers include Nic from Focus4Hope in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, John from the West End Food Bank in Newcastle, Louisa from Milton Keynes Food Bank, Robert from Bassetlaw Food Bank, Nina from Sufra North West London in Brent, and Stephen from Newark and Tuxford Food Bank. They will each share their reasons for initiating the shift to affordable food provision as well as their experiences in bringing this to fruition. You will hear about the impact this has had in reducing the long-term need for emergency food parcels as well as the transformative effect it has had on communities. Be sure to check our all three mini-episodes and reach out to us on [email protected] with any comments. We'd love to hear from you!

This special episode forms part of the new Feeding Britain podcast series which offers insights into eliminating hunger in the UK. Feeding Britain combines practical, policy, and research expertise in the fight against hunger. Stay tuned for perspectives from frontline projects, parliamentarians, and academic specialists on the work they undertake with Feeding Britain to eliminate hunger and its root causes from the UK, especially during the current cost of living crisis.

In this 3-part special, we are sharing extracts from our recent webinar on food banks opening affordable food clubs either in place of, or in addition to, their existing crisis provision. Our speakers include Nic from Focus4Hope in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, John from the West End Food Bank in Newcastle, Louisa from Milton Keynes Food Bank, Robert from Bassetlaw Food Bank, Nina from Sufra North West London in Brent, and Stephen from Newark and Tuxford Food Bank. They will each share their reasons for initiating the shift to affordable food provision as well as their experiences in bringing this to fruition. You will hear about the impact this has had in reducing the long-term need for emergency food parcels as well as the transformative effect it has had on communities. Be sure to check our all three mini-episodes and reach out to us on [email protected] with any comments. We'd love to hear from you!

This special episode forms part of the new Feeding Britain podcast series which offers insights into eliminating hunger in the UK. Feeding Britain combines practical, policy, and research expertise in the fight against hunger. Stay tuned for perspectives from frontline projects, parliamentarians, and academic specialists on the work they undertake with Feeding Britain to eliminate hunger and its root causes from the UK, especially during the current cost of living crisis.

In our first episode, Feeding Britain's National Director, Andrew Forsey, discusses the amazing work of Number Seven Citizens' Supermarket with Moira McAdam, Team Co-ordinator at Number Seven. Alongside sharing Number Seven's best practice, Moira offers her insights into how the current cost of living crisis is affecting the need for affordable food as well as the ways in which social supermarkets can ease the burdens placed on food banks.

This is the first episode in the new Feeding Britain podcast series. Feeding Britain combines practical, policy, and research expertise in the fight against hunger. Stay tuned for insights from frontline projects, parliamentarians, and academic specialists on the work they undertake with Feeding Britain to eliminate hunger and its root causes from the UK.

In this 3-part special, we are sharing extracts from our recent webinar on food banks opening affordable food clubs either in place of, or in addition to, their existing crisis provision. Our speakers include Nic from Focus4Hope in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, John from the West End Food Bank in Newcastle, Louisa from Milton Keynes Food Bank, Robert from Bassetlaw Food Bank, Nina from Sufra North West London in Brent, and Stephen from Newark and Tuxford Food Bank. They will each share their reasons for initiating the shift to affordable food provision as well as their experiences in bringing this to fruition. You will hear about the impact this has had in reducing the long-term need for emergency food parcels as well as the transformative effect it has had on communities. Be sure to check out all three mini-episodes and reach out to us on [email protected] with any comments. We'd love to hear from you!

This special episode forms part of the new Feeding Britain podcast series which offers insights into eliminating hunger in the UK. Feeding Britain combines practical, policy, and research expertise in the fight against hunger. Stay tuned for perspectives from frontline projects, parliamentarians, and academic specialists on the work they undertake with Feeding Britain to eliminate hunger and its root causes from the UK, especially during the current cost of living crisis.