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  • A person holding a pack of pasta while unpacking their food parcel.
    Press release

    Scots are more concerned about poverty than people elsewhere in UK

    10 Jan 2025
    Trussell has revealed that Scots are the people in the UK most concerned about poverty.
    CommunityFood banks
  • Pot noodles in a container at the Lisburn foodbank
    Analysis

    ​​Eight tests for the child poverty strategy

    03 Dec 2024 Written by Beatrice Orchard
    We've set eight tests to ensure the government's upcoming child poverty strategy will mean we no longer need to provide emergency food parcels for children.
    Essentials GuaranteeFood banksSocial securityYoung people
  • A man pushing a trolley full of food containers inside the Cardiff food bank warehouse
    Analysis

    Here’s what new job reforms mean for people turning to food banks

    26 Nov 2024 Written by Sumi Rabindrakumar
    Despite lots of headlines about the “bulging benefits bill” and threats of losing benefits, much of the detail is encouraging.
    DisabilityFood banksSocial securityWorkYoung people
  • A copy of The Hardship Times is held up with Big Ben/The Elizabeth Tower in the background
    Article

    Stories of hope and hardship delivered to Westminster

    20 Nov 2024
    One-off publication, The Hardship Times, is filled with stories that have been gathered from across the UK by food banks, charities, faith groups and businesses over the summer.
    Essentials GuaranteeFood banks
  • A table laid out with with boxes of cereal, cans of vegetables and bakes beans. In the corner of the corner of the frame, someone is holding a can in their hands.
    Article

    Southend: Mid-year statistics release November 2024

    20 Nov 2024 Written by Cass Francis
    Southend Foodbank have released their mid-year figures (April - November 2024).
    Food banks
  • A crate of noodle packets stacked on a shelf a 'packet rice/noodle' over it
    Article

    More than 1.42 million emergency food parcels distributed in past six months

    20 Nov 2024
    Food banks in our community gave out just over 1,428,000 emergency food parcels across the UK between April and September this year.
    Food banksSocial security
  • Jack Leech, personal trainer, standing in between two large piles of supermarket crates in a foodbank warehouse.
    Article

    Southend: Jack runs 5k every day!

    12 Nov 2024 Written by Cass Francis
    Miles for Meals - local personal trainer Jack Leech ran 5k everyday for a month to raise funds for Southend Foodbank.
  • Two loaves of bread at the Peeblesshire foodbank
    Article

    Veterans are twice as likely to run out of food than people who have never served in the armed forces

    11 Nov 2024
    New research from anti-poverty charity Trussell unveils a stark reality facing UK veterans.
    Care and caringDisabilityFood banksHousingMental healthMoneyYoung people
  • A food bank volunteer sorts through donations on a shelf
    Article

    Our response to the Autumn Budget

    30 Oct 2024 Written by Sumi Rabindrakumar
    ​​Here’s what the UK government’s first Budget means for ending the need for emergency food​.
    Care and caringDisabilityEssentials GuaranteeFood banksHousingMoneySocial securityWork
  • Article

    Trussell announces transfer of local charity shops to Shaw Trust

    28 Oct 2024
    On 1st November, we will transfer our charity retail operations, including all nine local charity shops in Dorset and Wiltshire, to Shaw Trust.
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