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Beyond emergency food aid, their holistic approach includes welfare advice, migrant and refugee support, and opportunities to grow and share food through their community garden and kitchen.
We’re proud to work with Sufra and our partners across the Feeding Britain network to build a hunger-free UK.

Recognising the incredible diversity of their community, Sufra offers ingredients and meals that honour different cultures and dietary traditions which ensures that support never comes at the expense of cultural connection.

The graphics and videos in this post were put together by @falmouthuniversity.bsky.social Design Student Michèle Audrey Twerenbold.

Thank you to our partners @feedingcoventry for hosting us and to all the wonderful staff, volunteers, and academics who came together with such passion to support the most vulnerable in our society.

Discussion topics ranged from HAF provision in rural communities to effective means of providing wraparound support in Affordable Food Clubs in addition to the policy work that needs to take place to ensure long-term outcomes.

6/6 This work has been supported by Professor Greta Defeyter, Northumbria University, Dr Megan Blake, University of Sheffield, and Professor Paul Stretesky, University of Lincoln

5/6 ...nutritious food can be a vehicle for transformation, not just survival, and that, with strategic support, this transformation can be sustained and scaled.

You can read the full report by visiting this link: bit.ly/3JDSvik

4/6 However, it is solvable through proactive policy interventions and support systems rooted in the places where people live. This survey reveals that food clubs can and must form part of a multi-layered strategy to eliminate hunger from the UK, demonstrating that affordable...

3/6 ...food clubs are designed to play a preventative and longer-term role - in the process, helping to reduce people’s risk of needing to use food banks.

Hunger in the UK is not an isolated issue and is rooted in many systemic problems.

2/6 The results further evidence the great need for food clubs and the importance of the affordable food sector for supporting health, dignity and stability. While food banks were designed to provide short-term, emergency relief for people in immediate crisis...

Listen to the full podcast episode here: tr.ee/fqEs8aurXe

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When the project began, teachers recorded students’ focus and attention levels. A year later, they noticed a clear, positive uptick in both, after funded meals were introduced.
It’s a simple but powerful finding: when children aren’t hungry, they can concentrate better on learning.

...this success at the food bank in Salisbury, and are now working with them to introduce and embed the co-location model back in Swindon.

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They usually distribute around 150 packets each month and are completely reliant on donations.

Congratulations and thank you to Anna for all she does to raise awareness and make a difference in her community.