Feeding Britain: Insights into eliminating hunger from the UK

In today's episode of the Feeding Britain podcast, Andrew is joined by three fellow members of the HAF Alliance, Professor Greta Defeyter, Mark Lawrie, and Francesca Wood, to explore recent and forthcoming developments with the Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) Programme in England. The HAF Alliance was convened five years ago by Feeding Britain to advocate for the continued resourcing and ong...

In the latest episode of the Feeding Britain podcast, Andrew is joined by Bob Bevil from Chipping Barnet Foodbank and Beth Saunders and Rachel Cubbin from Wirral Foodbank who discuss the successful work being carried out by foodbanks and referral agencies to advocate for changes in their community to address some of the underlying drivers of hunger. This includes pushing for changes to access to a...

In the latest episode of the Feeding Britain podcast, Andrew is joined by Dr Irum Ali and Joanna Read from Bow Foodbank in Tower Hamlets to discuss the impact of co-locating advice and wraparound support services. In this episode, they outline how this approach can and does increase people’s incomes, reduces their risk of being hungry and improves their access to local services which address a ran...

This latest episode of the Feeding Britain Podcast includes highlights from a recent summit held to launch the report of a pioneering independent evaluation of the Nourishing Norfolk Network by the University of East Anglia. This was a first-of-its-kind academic evaluation of a food club programme and, in this episode, we hear from those involved, ranging from academics to frontline partners, on w...

In the latest episode of the Feeding Britain podcast, Andrew is joined by Cara Nightingale, Funding in Schools Project Manager with Feeding Britain partner One Can Trust in High Wycombe. In this episode, Andrew and Cara discuss how Feeding Britain’s partnership with One Can Trust grew from provision to help struggling families with gas and electricity to provision to meet a growing need from child...

In the latest episode of the Feeding Britain podcast, Andrew is joined by Millie Barrett and Professor Christina Vogel, from the Centre for Food Policy at City St George's, University of London, to discuss the NHS Healthy Start Scheme. Millie and Christina explain what the scheme is and why it is so beneficial, as well as delving into their research with recommendations for improving the schem...

In the latest episode of the Feeding Britain podcast, Andrew is joined by Ema Wilkes from Neo Community. As one of the first partners of Feeding Britain, Ema is well placed to reflect on what works when tackling food insecurity and when offering families pathways out of crisis. Stressing the importance of community and providing on-site services that go beyond food, Ema discusses her work with Fee...

The Feeding Britain podcast is back for a third series in which we hear from frontline practitioners, academics, and policymakers on the approaches and solutions to tackling hunger in the UK. Our first episode is with Kevin Higgins from Advice NI who outlines the incredible value of co-locating Advice Workers within Affordable Food Clubs. Kevin explains the role of an Advice Worker, the impact the...

In this latest episode, Andrew Forsey is joined by Juli Thompson, Cathy Henwood and Dave Paterson who, together, helped to form the Feeding Bradford and Keighley Network and, subsequently, the West Yorkshire Food Poverty Network. Food projects in West Yorkshire have been at the heart of driving change and finding innovative solutions to tackling food insecurity over the last ten years. Whether tha...

In today's episode, Andrew is joined by Gavin Kibble, Dianne Williams and Dr Lopa Saxena who, together, helped to form Feeding Coventry and then the Coventry Food Network. Here, they reflect on the last ten years of tackling hunger in Coventry including the importance of providing for the unique demographic of the city, the importance of giving community organisations a voice, and the importance o...

In today's episode, Andrew is joined by Jo Benham-Brown who is the Business Development and Communities Manager for Key Community in South Shields. Together, they discuss the ways in which the Key Community Bus provides more than simply good food to its community and the importance of helping people have autonomy over their lives as well as building aspirations. This episode forms part of a mini-s...

In this episode, Andrew is joined by Charlotte Winterbottom, the Policy and Partnerships Manager at Rural Action Derbyshire, an organisation at the heart of one of the first Feeding Britain pilot projects created in Derbyshire. As such, Charlotte is able to reflect on the unique challenges of living rurally when it comes to food insecurity whether that be a lack of access to affordable shops or ex...

In this episode, Andrew is joined by Tim Adkin, the Food Partnership Coordinator for Leicester, and Liz Chahal from the Leicester Community Advice and Law Centre. Throughout the episode, Tim and Liz reflect on the power of offering a personalised service, the benefits of providing wraparound support alongside nutritious food, and the positive impact that food projects can have on the local economy...

In this episode, Andrew is joined by Gary Stott who is the Executive Chairman of Community Shop and who discusses what it was like to be one of the first Feeding Britain pilot projects including how their approach has been informed, shaped and altered in the last ten years. Gary particularly touches upon the opportunities and challenges of applying good practice from projects in other areas of the...

In this episode of the Feeding Britain podcast series, Andrew Forsey is joined by Councillor Louise McKinlay, Deputy Leader of Essex County Council, and Ben Mann, Equalities and Partnerships Advisor at Essex County Council. They discuss the decision of Essex County Council to develop community supermarket programmes and the benefits this has brought to the whole area. Louise and Ben explain how fo...

In this episode of the Feeding Britain podcast series, Andrew Forsey talks to Nina Parmar from Sufra in Brent, which is a member of the Feeding Britain network. Nina explains the decision Sufra made to introduce a community shop and community wellbeing project into their programme, and what this signifies for their pivot away from emergency food provision. This is a must-listen for any projects th...

In today's episode, Andrew is joined by Helen Fielding who explains the way in which the London Food Bus model works including its recent addition of an old milk float to reach more areas. Helen details the benefits of the mobile model that reduces cost, meets people where they are, and enables those with limited mobility to access nutritious food at affordable prices. This episode forms part...

In today's episode, Andrew is joined by Jenny Palmer, Community Development Officer at Newark and Sherwood District Council, who is sharing more about the wonderful initiative of Crop Drop within the Feeding Newark and Sherwood Network. This programme sees growers sharing their produce with families that need it most, via projects within the Feeding Newark and Sherwood Network, and Jenny expla...

In this episode of the Feeding Britain podcast series, Andrew Forsey chats with Alan Markey, Chief Executive of the Coventry Independent Advice Service, to discuss their partnership with Feeding Britain that aims to co-locate Advice Workers in the Feeding Coventry social supermarkets. This project forms part of Feeding Britain's Pathways from Poverty programme which seeks to offer people the s...

In this latest episode of the Feeding Britain podcast series, Andrew Forsey chats with three of the driving forces behind the Nourishing Norfolk Network; Claire Cullens, Billie Lawler and Tori Lewis. They delve into their process for setting up the vast Nourishing Norfolk network, how they ensure each individual food club meets the needs of its community, and good practice for securing a healthy f...

In this episode, Andrew Forsey is joined by Professor Greta Defeyter on the eve of the publication of research on the Partnership for People and Places Project in Newcastle. Greta is the chair of the Feeding Britain Academic Advisory Group and is the director of the Healthy Living Lab at Northumbria University, and she joins Andrew to share more about her research as well as her wider experiences...

In this episode, Andrew Forsey is joined by Dr Megan Blake, a senior lecturer in Human Geography at the University of Sheffield, a member of the Feeding Britain Academic Advisory Group, and the pioneer of the Food Ladders approach to building community resilience and enhancing food security. Delving into her research, Dr Blake explains the Food Ladders approach and lays out the steps we need to ta...

In this 3-part special, we are sharing extracts from our recent webinar on food banks opening affordable food clubs either in place of, or in addition to, their existing crisis provision. Our speakers include Nic from Focus4Hope in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, John from the West End Food Bank in Newcastle, Louisa from Milton Keynes Food Bank, Robert from Bassetlaw Food Bank, Nina from Sufra North W...

In this 3-part special, we are sharing extracts from our recent webinar on food banks opening affordable food clubs either in place of, or in addition to, their existing crisis provision. Our speakers include Nic from Focus4Hope in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, John from the West End Food Bank in Newcastle, Louisa from Milton Keynes Food Bank, Robert from Bassetlaw Food Bank, Nina from Sufra North W...

In this 3-part special, we are sharing extracts from our recent webinar on food banks opening affordable food clubs either in place of, or in addition to, their existing crisis provision. Our speakers include Nic from Focus4Hope in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, John from the West End Food Bank in Newcastle, Louisa from Milton Keynes Food Bank, Robert from Bassetlaw Food Bank, Nina from Sufra North W...