Poverty
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News: New book from top photojournalist
News | 9 Jan 2020 |The latest book by celebrated photojournalist and Fellow Nick Danziger (1982) is published today. Another Life features over 180 striking black-and-white photos that...
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News: Emma Thompson to launch Churchill Fellow’s inquiry into childhood food insecurity
Today, Dame Emma Thompson will launch the Cross-Party report of the Children’s Future Food Inquiry, which looked at the effect of poverty on the diets, health,...
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Taking an enterprising approach to meals on wheels
Simon Shaw, a food programme coordinator from London, travelled to France, Italy and South Korea to research social enterprises and other initiatives that support older...
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Blog: School breakfast clubs for low-income children
It’s difficult to focus when you’re hungry. That’s why a child who arrives at school without having had breakfast can be a big problem. They won’t be in the right frame...
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Blog: Another Life: Telling the stories of individuals in extreme poverty
As you will know, today on every continent millions of impoverished men and women have insufficient food to feed both themselves and their family. Do they eat so they...
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Blog: School holiday hunger
School holidays are a time that most children look forward to but for low-income families, they can be a time of hardship and social isolation. Household expenditure...
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A good match: what works in child and youth mentoring?
Jim McCormick, a policy worker from Glasgow, travelled to Canada, New Zealand and the USA to study mentoring programmes for disadvantaged school children.
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Blog: Tackling Holiday Hunger
On 19th January, the School Holidays (Meals and Activities) Bill, which seeks to address the issue of hunger during holidays among children entitled to free school meals...
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Food Poverty Fellows' Story Collection
Read more about some of our Fellows' achievements in this area.
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Bryce Evans' Story
Bryce Evans travelled to Peru in 2014 to learn about community kitchens.
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Seb Mayfield’s Story
Story | By Seb Mayfield | Involving Charitable Food Providers in Advocacy Efforts – Lessons from Canada | 2015 | Involving Charitable Food Providers in Advocacy Efforts - Lessons from Canada | 2015Seb Mayfield travelled to Canada in 2015 to spend time with emergency food aid providers.
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Learning lessons from America's surplus food redistribution infrastructure