Coronation Quiche at Bay Leadership Academy
A few weeks ago I saw a stack of appetising pasta dishes in the fridge at the Lancaster Hub. I went to the Bay Leadership Academy in Heysham to find out how they were made. Maths teacher Paul Stubbins and Life Skills teacher Julie Sibbert told me Bay Leadership Academy [...]
Eggcup Supports Free School Meals for All Children
About 25% of the families with children in the UK experience food poverty, for instance having to skip meals or eat less – and that is nearly three times as high as it was during the pandemic lockdowns. But not all the children in these families get free school meals. [...]
A better society is possible.
Over Challenge Poverty Week we have explored some of the issues related to poverty in the UK - the factors that drive poverty; the impact that poverty and wider inequality can have; how the reliance on surplus food has created a fragile support system ill-equipped to handle the current [...]
Austerity creates poverty
Do any of these things worry you: Not being able to get a GP appointment Needing expensive social care as you get older Not having enough money coming in to pay your bills Having to wait for critical hospital treatment Losing your home if you can’t pay the rent or [...]
Dusty’s story
In this blog post we tell the story of Eggcup member, Trustee and anti-poverty campaigner, Dusty. Dusty is not able to work due to long term health issues and lives on the poverty line, relying on disability payments (PIP). He’s a strong champion of the voices of those with [...]
Food waste cannot solve poverty: why surplus food redistribution is not the answer
Our current food system is extremely wasteful- in fact food waste is built into how many large food businesses and supermarkets operate. In recent years surplus food created through this wasteful system has increasingly been channelled to food support services, such as food banks and food clubs like Eggcup. [...]
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