Feeding Britain: Insights into eliminating hunger from the UK

In today's episode, Andrew is joined by Helen Fielding who explains the way in which the London Food Bus model works including its recent addition of an old milk float to reach more areas. Helen details the benefits of the mobile model that reduces cost, meets people where they are, and enables those with limited mobility to access nutritious food at affordable prices.

This episode forms part of the Feeding Britain podcast series which offers insights into eliminating hunger in the UK. Feeding Britain combines practical, policy, and research expertise in the fight against hunger. Stay tuned for perspectives from frontline projects, parliamentarians, and academic specialists on the work they undertake with Feeding Britain to eliminate hunger and its root causes from the UK, especially during the current cost of living crisis.

In this episode of the Feeding Britain podcast series, Andrew Forsey chats with Alan Markey, Chief Executive of the Coventry Independent Advice Service, to discuss their partnership with Feeding Britain that aims to co-locate Advice Workers in the Feeding Coventry social supermarkets. This project forms part of Feeding Britain's Pathways from Poverty programme which seeks to offer people the support they need to take steps out of poverty. In this episode, Alan explains the benefits that a co-location approach brings to both the individuals receiving advice and the wider community in which the social supermarket sits.

This episode forms part of the Feeding Britain podcast series which offers insights into eliminating hunger in the UK. Feeding Britain combines practical, policy, and research expertise in the fight against hunger. Stay tuned for perspectives from frontline projects, parliamentarians, and academic specialists on the work they undertake with Feeding Britain to eliminate hunger and its root causes from the UK, especially during the current cost of living crisis.

In this latest episode of the Feeding Britain podcast series, Andrew Forsey chats with three of the driving forces behind the Nourishing Norfolk Network; Claire Cullens, Billie Lawler and Tori Lewis. They delve into their process for setting up the vast Nourishing Norfolk network, how they ensure each individual food club meets the needs of its community, and good practice for securing a healthy food supply across the whole network. The balance between sharing knowledge and resources across a network whilst maintaining local individuality and innovation is crucial to the model employed by Feeding Britain as a whole and is something perfectly exemplified by the Nourishing Norfolk Network.

This episode forms part of the first Feeding Britain podcast series which offers insights into eliminating hunger in the UK. Feeding Britain combines practical, policy, and research expertise in the fight against hunger. Stay tuned for perspectives from frontline projects, parliamentarians, and academic specialists on the work they undertake with Feeding Britain to eliminate hunger and its root causes from the UK, especially during the current cost of living crisis.

In this episode, Andrew Forsey is joined by Professor Greta Defeyter on the eve of the publication of research on the Partnership for People and Places Project in Newcastle. Greta is the chair of the Feeding Britain Academic Advisory Group and is the director of the Healthy Living Lab at Northumbria University, and she joins Andrew to share more about her research as well as her wider experiences tackling school holiday hunger and shaping policy. Greta's passion and expertise will offer valuable insights for anyone working within the food insecurity sector or who wants to learn more about the research-backed approaches to tackling hunger in the UK.

This episode forms part of the first Feeding Britain podcast series which offers insights into eliminating hunger in the UK. Feeding Britain combines practical, policy, and research expertise in the fight against hunger. Stay tuned for perspectives from frontline projects, parliamentarians, and academic specialists on the work they undertake with Feeding Britain to eliminate hunger and its root causes from the UK, especially during the current cost of living crisis.

In this episode, Andrew Forsey is joined by Dr Megan Blake, a senior lecturer in Human Geography at the University of Sheffield, a member of the Feeding Britain Academic Advisory Group, and the pioneer of the Food Ladders approach to building community resilience and enhancing food security. Delving into her research, Dr Blake explains the Food Ladders approach and lays out the steps we need to take on both a local and national scale to ensure people are given the capability to live a healthy life. This episode forms part of the new Feeding Britain podcast series which offers insights into eliminating hunger in the UK. Feeding Britain combines practical, policy, and research expertise in the fight against hunger. Stay tuned for perspectives from frontline projects, parliamentarians, and academic specialists on the work they undertake with Feeding Britain to eliminate hunger and its root causes from the UK, especially during the current cost of living crisis.

We are honoured to be joined by Frank Field as we mark 10 years since the creation of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Hunger and reflect on the founding of the charity Feeding Britain. Frank joins Andrew Forsey to discuss the thinking behind the movement and his early experiences pushing for affordable food provision as well as his recommendations for tackling the issue of hunger in the UK today.

This is the fourth episode in the new Feeding Britain podcast series which offers insights into eliminating hunger in the UK. Feeding Britain combines practical, policy, and research expertise in the fight against hunger. Stay tuned for perspectives from frontline projects, parliamentarians, and academic specialists on the work they undertake with Feeding Britain to eliminate hunger and its root causes from the UK, especially during the current cost of living crisis.

This latest episode by Feeding Britain features MP for South Shields, Emma Lewell-Buck, who joins Andrew Forsey as a passionate advocate for tackling food insecurity in the UK. This short but insightful conversation explains some of the political context around measures brought in to help tackle hunger, including the upcoming Healthy Start Scheme (Take Up) Bill which would introduce automatic enrolment for all households already eligible for the Healthy Start Scheme. Emma shares her experiences from many years pushing for change in this area and offers her thoughts on what some of those much needed solutions might be.

This is the third episode in the new Feeding Britain podcast series which offers insights into eliminating hunger in the UK. Feeding Britain combines practical, policy, and research expertise in the fight against hunger. Stay tuned for perspectives from frontline projects, parliamentarians, and academic specialists on the work they undertake with Feeding Britain to eliminate hunger and its root causes from the UK, especially during the current cost of living crisis.

In this episode, Feeding Britain's National Director, Andrew Forsey, is joined by Pauline Gilgallon who leads the Good Food Scotland programme. They discuss the unique larder model and the way it has been able to not only improve the accessibility of good quality affordable food in the area but also to help create a sense of community and provide a stepping stone towards independence for its members. Pauline generously shares her key learnings and advice for others looking to set up something similar.

This is the second episode in the new Feeding Britain podcast series which offers insights into eliminating hunger in the UK. Feeding Britain combines practical, policy, and research expertise in the fight against hunger. Stay tuned for perspectives from frontline projects, parliamentarians, and academic specialists on the work they undertake with Feeding Britain to eliminate hunger and its root causes from the UK, especially during the current cost of living crisis.

In our first episode, Feeding Britain's National Director, Andrew Forsey, discusses the amazing work of Number Seven Citizens' Supermarket with Moira McAdam, Team Co-ordinator at Number Seven. Alongside sharing Number Seven's best practice, Moira offers her insights into how the current cost of living crisis is affecting the need for affordable food as well as the ways in which social supermarkets can ease the burdens placed on food banks.

This is the first episode in the new Feeding Britain podcast series. Feeding Britain combines practical, policy, and research expertise in the fight against hunger. Stay tuned for insights from frontline projects, parliamentarians, and academic specialists on the work they undertake with Feeding Britain to eliminate hunger and its root causes from the UK.