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Look what's arrived for Shropshire's food aid organisations!

26 pallets of food, supplied by Defra, for food aid organisations across the county arrived yesterday. The food is store cupboard food...

How to donate to a food bank in Shropshire

In the wake of Covid-19, much has changed. Food banks have seen many more people in need of a food parcel and they are expecting this...

Covid-19 grants for Shropshire food banks and community food aid organisations

Shrewsbury Food Hub is administering a £7500 grant scheme on behalf of the Shropshire Food Poverty Alliance for Shropshire food banks and...

We're hiring! Could you be our new project and comms officer?

Do you want to make a real difference for your community? As Shropshire Food Poverty Alliance Project and Comms Officer, you will run a...

Covid-19 grants for food banks

Shropshire Council have created a grant fund to support food banks during the Covid-19 crisis. The £10,000 fund will be open for...

Please come and join us for a learning and celebration event on access to affordable, healthy food

Wednesday February 26th, 1.30 to 4:30pm, with time after for informal networking Shrewsbury University Centre, Room SGH026 Come and join...

Shropshire food bank reports demand for food parcels doubled this Christmas

Whitchurch foodbank have reported a doubling of referrals to their Christmas food project. In 2018 they helped 28 families, but this...

Communities across Shropshire are working together to address child food poverty

There is growing concern over the rates of childhood poverty in Shropshire. Research by End Child Poverty shows that 31% of children in...

Shrewsbury School Holiday Food Share Tables

Shrewsbury Food Hub now shares surplus food with the community five days a week in each school holiday. Their food share tables are...

Community Solutions to Holiday Hunger in Wem

Local businesses, charities and churches are working together in Wem to provide free food to families during the school holidays. On...

New food sharing project in Shropshire

A new volunteer project has been set up to get unsold supermarket food to those who can eat it. Volunteers collect surplus food from...

New Community Meal in Shrewsbury

Osnosh and Shrewsbury Food Hub have come together to run a monthly community meal. The meal is cooked by volunteers with food which would...

Waste not Want not - food boxes in Oswestry for £2.50

Boxes of surplus food are now available for £2.50 every Friday in Oswestry. Organised by Osnosh, boxes are available from the Memorial...

Shrewsbury Food Hub community grants to improve access to good food

Shrewsbury Food Hub was recently successful in its funding application to support collaborative community-based pilot projects to improve...

Almost third of Shropshire workers earn less than 'living wage'

New figures from the Office for National Statistics indicates that 32,000 workers in Shropshire are earning less than £8.75 per hour....

Family Meals on a Shoestring in Market Drayton

Jana Jacobson explains why she set up a cookery course in Market Drayton The cooking course came about from a one-off gingerbread...

Mapping food poverty in Shropshire

With the help of Dr Andrew Miles and CREST at University Centre, Shrewsbury we have been able to create an interactive map of indicators...

Demand soars for food banks in Shropshire

Shropshire's Trussell Trust food banks have announced a 27% increase in the number of food parcels distributed. Between April 2018 and...

United Nations Special Rapporteur statement on extreme poverty and human rights in the UK

The UN rapporteur, Professor Philip Alston has completed his two-week fact-finding mission to the UK. We are pleased that Chrissie Pepler...

Reflections on giving evidence to United Nations Special Rapporteur on rural food poverty

Alliance member Chrissie Pepler from the Diocese of Hereford recently gave evidence to the United Nations Special Rapporteur during his...