Today, for the first time ever, the Scottish Government has published statistics on household food insecurity as part of the Scottish Health Survey. Responding to the figures, Dr Mary Anne MacLeod, Policy Officer at A Menu for Change, said: “These statistics paint a...
read moreIf you’re about to set foot into a food bank for an emergency parcel what you’re in need of most is money not food. Emergency food bank referrals for people in need have become the default reaction of many job centre staff, doctors, schools and advice workers across...
read moreAcross Scotland, more and more people are turning to food banks to help feed themselves and their families. When you ask why this is happening, the answer is rather obvious; people are going to food banks because they don’t have enough money to afford necessities. But...
read moreI can’t decide what my personal best is. It’s either six trains and five buses in one day or when I did a round trip from Glasgow to Fife via Stirling, Perth and, somewhat randomly, Kilmarnock. Not being able to drive has never felt so silly. But there is a reason...
read moreThere is something rotten at the heart of our food system. Hundreds of thousands of Scots are now depending on food bank parcels to feed themselves and their families, and this is increasing at a faster rate in Scotland than the rest of the UK. A Menu for Change is a...
read moreA Menu for Change is working intensively in three local authority areas – Dundee, East Ayrshire and Fife – to support local stakeholders to review and improve current practice and develop models of intervention that address the underlying causes of food insecurity to...
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Wages are not keeping up with inflation, benefit rates have been frozen for three years, and the number of people turning to food banks is ever increasing. For most of us, things seem pretty bleak. While we wait for governments to fix the problems, there are people...
read moreWe know that the best way to help someone who is left with no money for food is to give them money. It means people can choose when, where and how they access their food. That’s why the Scottish Welfare Fund is one of the most important ways of helping someone who has...
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If Universal Credit had ears they’d be burning. Barely a week goes by without a headline or news story detailing its roll out as it steadily sweeps across the country – one thing is clear, Universal Credit has well and truly arrived in Scotland. In fact, it’s been...
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