Originally posted on London food bank:
Guardian,
the report by Sheffield University researcher Hannah Lambie-Mumford
warns of the danger of charity food becoming a fundamental part of, or
even replacement for, formerly state-funded welfare.
As shown by Eoin Clarke here, by January this year the number of food banks in the UK had grown to more than 1,080. Give that number a bit more consideration. There are more food banks now in the UK than there are branches of Sainsbury’s. The experience of Mark Bothwell (pictured above), here at…
A study presented earlier this week to the All-Party Parliamentary
Group on Hunger and Food Poverty says the rise in food banks and charity
food is a clear sign of the inadequate nature of social security
provision and the way it is delivered. As reported in the As shown by Eoin Clarke here, by January this year the number of food banks in the UK had grown to more than 1,080. Give that number a bit more consideration. There are more food banks now in the UK than there are branches of Sainsbury’s. The experience of Mark Bothwell (pictured above), here at…
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