Tag: Food banks
9 months ago
nationalworld.com

Who is Lee Anderson? MP and Tory Party Deputy Chairman who said migrants should ‘f*** off back to...

Here are all of Lee Anderson’s controversies: from claiming food bank users “cannot budget” to telling migrants to “f...

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about 1 year ago
nationalworld.com

Citizens Advice helps record numbers as people turn to food banks amid cost of living struggles

Citizens Advice helped 94,000 people with food bank referrals and access to emergency charitable grants

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about 1 year ago
newcastleworld.com

‘Massive respect’: Flood of support for Newcastle United star as he opens up about childhood diff...

Callum Wilson visited a food bank in Gateshead where he shared his experiences needing support as a child in a family...

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about 1 year ago
nationalworld.com

Food bank emergency parcels hit record high amid cost of living crisis leading to ‘pressure cooke...

The Trussell Trust distributed nearly three million emergency food parcels in the past year as over 760,000 people us...

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over 1 year ago
nationalworld.com

LadBaby: meet the man behind 2022 Christmas single with Martin Lewis

LadBaby are back with another charity single, and are the the odds on favourites to scoop the Christmas number 1

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over 1 year ago
nationalworld.com

LadBaby and Martin Lewis recreate Band Aid song for Xmas No1 attempt

The new single featuring the Money Saving Expert will be released later this week

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over 1 year ago
liverpoolworld.uk

Charities sign letter to Rishi Sunak warning of cost of living related suicides

The letter has been signed by charity representatives

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over 1 year ago
liverpoolworld.uk

These are the food items the Trussell Trust need people to donate for Christmas 2022

National World has launched a company wide campaign for The Trussell Trust, whose 40,000 volunteers work tirelessly t...

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over 1 year ago
thestar.co.uk

Sheffield families face winter heating only one room with food they can eat without cooking

The hunger and living conditions in households across Sheffield – and nationwide – has become nothing short of Dicken...

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over 1 year ago
nationalworld.com

‘Shocking’: 11 NHS Trusts in England have opened food banks for struggling staff

Leading health unions have condemned the government’s “cavalier attitude” on NHS pay for staff as food banks open in ...

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over 1 year ago
nationalworld.com

NationalWorld launches food bank campaign with Trussell Trust: how you can donate

Here is how you can donate to the campaign

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over 1 year ago
nationalworld.com

‘Our stock levels are very low’: Food bank network’s desperate appeal as demand soars

The UK’s largest food bank network has been forced to begin an emergency appeal as demand outstrips supply. But which...

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over 1 year ago
mirror.co.uk

'Pride of Britain winner Michelle is a kind ray of hope shining through desperate times'

Michelle Dornelly, who set up the Hackney Community Food Hub, is not just the Pride of Britain — she's the pride of D...

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over 1 year ago
shieldsgazette.com

From canned goods to essential toiletries - some of the items you can donate to support your loca...

With the cost-of-living crisis continuing to impact household bills, we take a look at the items you can donate to a ...

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over 1 year ago
nationalworld.com

Lidl launches Christmas ‘toy banks’ across UK to help struggling families

The toy donation drive will launch in Lidl stores nationwide

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over 1 year ago
mirror.co.uk

'I was that kid hiding my hunger at school - crisis shames us all in the 21st century'

How can we ever claim to be doing right by our kids, asks Darren Lewis, if we can't even feed them all properly in th...

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over 1 year ago
bristolworld.com

These are the Bristol food banks closed for Queen’s funeral - how to get help

Full list of Trussell Trust food banks in Bristol and their plans for September 19

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over 1 year ago
nationalworld.com

Public sector workers skipping meals, taking out loans due to cost of living crisis

‘It’s been a real struggle and we’ve had to borrow money off family and go to food banks’

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over 1 year ago
newcastleworld.com

How can I support those struggling with the cost of living? Food banks, charities and more to hel...

There is lots you can do to help anyone struggling due to rising costs.

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over 1 year ago
nationalworld.com

BPAS calls for end to food bank baby formula ban as ‘families risk going hungry’

Food banks across the UK should be able to both accept and dispense baby formula to those struggling to feed their fa...

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almost 2 years ago
shieldsgazette.com

Food parcels, hygiene products and toiletries: The items you can donate to help a food bank near you

With prices continuing to rise in the supermarkets and the cost-of-living crisis impacting more and more households, ...

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almost 2 years ago
shieldsgazette.com

Food banks see spike in demand in South Tyneside during school holidays

Food banks in the borough see an increase in demand during the summer holidays due to no free school meals.

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almost 2 years ago
inews.co.uk

BT call centre 'community pantry' is 'absolutely not a food bank', telecoms giant insists

Named the 'Tyneside CommunitEE pantry' the scheme has drawn criticism from commentators who have argued it is evidenc...

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almost 2 years ago
mirror.co.uk

Students at food bank cooking school given gifts for sparing Tory Lee Anderson's blushes

Locals said they didn't want anything to do with media focus on their cookery lessons - and felt like they were given...

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about 2 years ago
mirror.co.uk

Food bank users sent £170 penalty fines for using free community car park

Clients and volunteers at the Youth Almighty Project (Yap), which runs a community centre in Sunderland, have been se...

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about 2 years ago
mirror.co.uk

Two million Britons skipping meals because they cannot afford to eat every day

An estimated 2.6million children also report they now have smaller meals than usual, regularly skip meals altogether ...

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about 2 years ago
mirror.co.uk

Mum forced to use food bank to feed her daughter despite having a full time job

Caroline, who lives and works in County Fermanagh in rural Northern Ireland, is one of tens of thousands of workers i...

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over 2 years ago
mirror.co.uk

Greggs worker fired after exposing 'mountains of food that gets binned every day'

Nicole Iwalowo had been working at the branch on Western Road, in London, for a month when she says she began to feel...

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over 2 years ago
inews.co.uk

Calls to restore £20 Universal Credit uplift as 'millions face choice between heating & eating'

Households are facing energy bill rises of around £700 later this year, just months after the removal of the £20-a-we...

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over 2 years ago
mirror.co.uk

Universal Credit taper change opens up support for thousands more single parents

The Chancellor reduced the Universal Credit taper rate in his Autumn Budget, allowing claimants to keep more of their...

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over 2 years ago
mirror.co.uk

Families say DWP's £10 Christmas bonus for struggling households is an 'insult'

It comes as the Chancellor prepares to take £20 a week away from at least 6million people who have faced hardship thr...

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almost 3 years ago
mirror.co.uk

Marcus Rashford urges millions of parents to sign up to £8.50 a week voucher scheme

The food poverty campaigner has raised concerns that 40 per cent of those eligible for the Healthy Start scheme - in ...

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about 3 years ago
mirror.co.uk

LadBaby mum Roxanne Hoyle generously donates a week's groceries to food bank

Roxanne Hoyle was reduced to tears as she recalled a time when she struggled to make ends meet to feed her family

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about 3 years ago
mirror.co.uk

Tory MP branded callous after claiming £1 expenses for parking to visit foodbank

EXCLUSIVE Southampton MP Royston Smith charge the taxpayer £1 for his car parking during a visit to a food bank in No...

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about 3 years ago
mirror.co.uk

Huge food bank queue snakes streets for more than a mile with 800 people in need

Volunteers at the London Community Kitchen in Wembley say the length is not uncommon, with families struggling amid t...

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over 3 years ago
inews.co.uk

How to stop planned Christmas meals going to waste as Tier 4 restrictions cancel festive plans

For many, the new Christmas restrictions may mean dealing with large food orders that may now go to waste

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over 3 years ago
thestar.com

These grassroots initiatives are battling growing food insecurity by catering to cultural and nei...

From meal kits prepared by Indigenous chefs for families in need to a neighbourhood initiative to feed seniors in Reg...

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over 3 years ago
thestar.com

Food bank visits were already up before COVID-19. Now they’re reaching record highs

This year is on pace to be the busiest for food banks in Toronto’s history.

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