Covering Canterbury, Whitstable, Herne Bay
and surrounding villages.
Feature in the Guardian looking at how steeply rising food and energy prices have affected households and the work we do at Canterbury Food Bank. The figures and statistics are alarming with food price inflation hitting a record 16.7% in the four weeks to 22 January 2023.
The article highlights not only the difficulty people are having in coping with a cost of living crisis but also how hard it is affecting support services such as ourselves trying to help.
🧵 It’s very concerning that 3% of families in the UK needed to use a food bank between April 2021 and March 2022.
This figure rose to 16% for households who were accessing Universal Credit.
This isn’t right.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65050920
Really pleased that our first in-person meeting was so well attended. Those who came were full of ideas and enthusiasm for building on our work so far and making Ct5 a better place. Thank you.
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Important to reduce food waste but redistributing food surplus neither reduces poverty nor stops food waste from happening. There’s a false fighting hunger narrative - To reduce poverty people’s incomes must be increased not charitable food aid responses embedded #CashFirst https://twitter.com/FareShareUK/status/1631249118075953155
This morning, @FareShareGM spoke with @BBCNews Breakfast about the impact of the cost-of-living crisis on the charities we support, who are struggling to cope with the increased demand for their services.
👉Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uz2A_3qvVek
The Canterbury Food Bank is a Living Wage Employer.
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