As a result of poverty – not a shortage of food – too many people don’t have enough food in Scotland. A Menu for Change aims to tackle this by evolving the emergency response to make sure those facing an income crisis can afford to buy their own food.
About Food Insecurity
Find out more about the cause and extent of food insecurity in Scotland
Meet the team
A Menu for Change is being delivered by a team of seven dedicated project staff. Find out more about the people delivering A Menu for Change.
Project partners
Oxfam Scotland, Child Poverty Action Group Scotland, Nourish Scotland, and The Poverty Alliance have joined forces to deliver this vital project. Read about the project partners.
Add your service
We are building a directory of support that people can access in a crisis, as an alternative to emergency food provision. If you are a community food initiative, financial inclusion/money advice service, welfare rights advice service, Scottish Welfare Fund or provider of other relevant services for someone facing food insecurity, we invite you to register with us.
Latest News
‘Strengthening the Safety Net’ – New Scottish Welfare Fund report released
‘Strengthening the Safety Net’, a new report by A Menu for Change into the Scottish Welfare Fund, has been released today.
A stranger in a strange land who has run out of money for food
As an immigrant myself, I can tell you, being an outsider isn’t always easy. No matter how long you’ve been in your new country or how welcoming the people are, there is always a nagging feeling that you don’t quite belong. There are cultural norms you’ll never truly...
People living on cups of tea and thin air deserve faster action on poverty
The rise in food bank numbers is already symbolic of our failing social security system. Yet the appalling scale of this unfolding human tragedy in a country as rich as Scotland is only now becoming clear. We’ve known for some time that food bank use has been growing...
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