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Food Matters: a prayer
This is a guest post from Food Matters, a project of the diocese of Oxford. It is part of a series of blog posts on the issue of food poverty, which we’re gathering as part of a Church Action on...
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Our food supply chain is failing poorer people, as consumers and as workers
Poorly paid workers and a poorly controlled food supply chain – is it any wonder that quality, choice and affordability can end up past their sell-by date? Every few years the food supply chain hits...
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Beveridge would be shocked: food poverty in Sheffield
It is a sorry reflection on the present state of this ‘advanced’ country that ‘Food Poverty’ was this year’s theme for our Church Action on Poverty Sheffield Civic Breakfast on 11 March. But it was the...
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Why is there a need for foodbanks?
Last week, Suzanne turned to a foodbank for the first time. A mother of two, she told us: “I used to take people to foodbanks when I was a social worker; now I need help myself.” Suzanne gave up work...
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Food security in the UK
In the UK today, people face recessionary cuts in jobs, wages and welfare, together with food system challenges which are leading to rising food prices. These factors combine in a pincer movement of...
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Think global, act local
Please mark Pentecost in your church by holding a special service on the theme of food poverty. Clare McBeath has prepared a complete service outline for us. It draws on the readings for Pentecost, and...
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The Poverty Premium – voices from the grassroots
We’re currently running a ‘School of Participation with people who are affected by the ‘Poverty Premium’. At the first session, people shared their thoughts about what poverty means, and what...
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Food banks for people with mental health conditions
I am worried about how an increasing number of poor and vulnerable members of society are being forced to rely on food banks. The public response seems to be that it is great to see the ‘Big Society’...
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Walking the breadline
Tackling the scandal of food poverty in 21st century Britain The Enough Food for All IF campaign was launched earlier this year in response to the growing numbers of people globally who are...
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How am I supposed to live? The role of Jobcentre Plus
The House of Commons Select Committee for Work and Pensions invited feedback about the role of Jobcentre Plus in welfare reform. We made sure that they heard the shocking stories of the people we work...
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Fair Prices for credit: a local solution?
We underestimate how much the money-lending business has taken over. A few years ago in Parliament, when I tried to get a new consumer credit act to include capping interest rates, the main lender was...
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Drowning in Debt: Kath’s story
In Stockton-on-Tees, Kath and her husband found themselves drowning in debt: owing more than £45,000 to various loans companies, doorstep lenders and hire-purchase companies. Our partner organisation...
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Drowning in Debt: the whistle-blower’s story
“As long as we got paid, I wasn’t bothered.” A former debt collector blows the whistle on the unscrupulous practices of high-cost lenders. Our partner organisation Thrive Teesside persuaded a man who...
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More is needed to help people escape the high-cost borrowing trap
Public concern with the damage caused by high-cost lending has never been greater. Poorer households have been hit hard since the onset of the financial crisis in 2008. Wages have failed to keep pace...
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Setting prisoners free
This Advent, please support us in your church by holding a special service on the theme of debt and finance. Diane Craven has prepared a complete service outline for us. It draws on Advent themes and...
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Irresponsible lending
Five years ago, I was sitting in the living room of a young family in Stockton-on-Tees. There was a large television in the corner, turned off, and the children were watching a portable television on a...
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Britain isn’t Eating
Our Walking the Breadline report has alerted politicians and the public to the growing scandal of hunger in 21st century Britain. Now we have a creative plan to keep up the pressure for action. We’re...
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A cap on the cost of credit is an important first step
After more than 10 years of campaigning, we were delighted by the announcement this morning that the government is to cap the cost of borrowing from payday lenders. Debt on our Doorstep, a national...
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Britain Isn’t Eating – the message will hit the road
Thanks to the generosity of our supporters, we are about to launch a hard-hitting campaign exposing the scandal of hunger in 21st-century Britain. Since May, we have been calling attention to the...
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Pressure mounting for an inquiry into the causes of hunger – add your voice!
Since we published Walking the Breadline in May, we’ve been calling on the government to investigate how the benefits system is leaving people destitute and hungry. So far they have refused to act –...
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