Today the Scottish Government has released new statistics relating to the Scottish Welfare Fund. The figures show last year a 6% rise in the number of crisis grant applications received by local authorities in the past year. Read our briefing on the Scottish Welfare...
read moreNew statistics published yesterday by the Trussell Trust have revealed a 17% increase in the number of food bank parcels given out in Scotland between 1 April 2017 and 31 March 2018; higher than the UK-wide average increase this year of 13%. The new data highlights...
read moreIn response to Food banks must signal a new fight against poverty, The Herald March 26 Sir or Madam While it is encouraging that people using food banks report being treated with care and respect by the army of volunteers who run Scotland’s 200 food banks, (Food banks...
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FOR the first time in more than a decade, new United Nations data suggests that world hunger is on the rise again. The world produces enough food to feed everyone, yet, about 800 million people suffer from hunger. That is one in nine people. Sixty per cent are women....
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Announcement to be made at Scottish Parliament reception The three areas in which a unique project will pilot new preventative and rights-based approaches to cut the number of people turning to food banks will be announced tonight at an event at the Scottish...
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