47 bishops and over 600 non-conformist leaders and clergy from across all the major Christian denominations in Britain have co-signed a new letter calling for urgent Government action on food poverty [1]. The letter, in support of the End Hunger Fast campaign, marks the biggest ever Christian intervention on UK food poverty in modern times […]
CONTINUE READINGSir. Britain is the world’s seventh largest economy and yet people are going hungry. Half a million people have visited foodbanks in the UK since last Easter and 5,500 people were admitted to hospital in the UK for malnutrition last year . One in five mothers report regularly skipping meals to better feed their children […]
CONTINUE READINGChurch leaders call national fast for UK’s hungry as “End Hunger Fast” campaign planned for Lent · Faith leaders, food bank campaigners and anti-poverty groups express outrage at rise in UK hunger and call for urgent political action as Cameron weighs into welfare debate · Letter from 27 Anglican Bishops and Catholic, Quaker and Methodist […]
CONTINUE READINGFood Bank Britain: Each week End Hunger Fast is shining a spotlight on individual food banks, talking to some of the selfless volunteers who are working hard to compete with the explosion in demand. Wokingham in Berkshire has been described as one of the wealthiest and healthiest places to live in Britain. However in just […]
CONTINUE READINGWelfare reform, poverty wages and food price inflation. These are causing a rise in hunger in Britain. Not everyone agrees with us, so let’s deal with the central argument from those sceptics who claim the problem hasn’t got worse – and that food banks are simply serving ‘demand’ that was already there. Government ministers are […]
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