Smethwick Church Action Network (CAN) has set up the Smethwick pantry, to be run and used by local people, at Smethwick Library. The project is the latest in the growing Your Local Pantry network nationally, and the third in the Midlands.
The National Federation of Women’s Institutes has launched a national debate on food poverty, with WI members across the country organising local events to look at how the issue affects people in their communities.
The #stillhungry report published today by the West Cheshire Foodbank, demonstrates the persistence of hunger in 21st century Britain, where one in three people receiving emergency food is a child.
Recently (28 December 2014) the Independent newspaper published a piece outlining some of the reasons why millions of Britons cannot afford a diet that will keep them healthily nourished.
The Baptist Union of Great Britain, the Methodist Church, the United Reformed Church and Church Action on Poverty have produced a resource for churches about food poverty.