Nourish have updated their dignity in practice principles as well as produced a blog on the right to food
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The Food Foundation – Online briefing on hunger statistics
April 2020 Today the Food Foundation and Dr Rachel Loopstra discussed the latest results of our YouGov survey on food insecurity research during the Covid-19 crisis. The recording of the webinar can be found HERE and the slide deck HERE. Also, Dr Rachel Loopstra from King’s College London has done an in-depth analysis of …
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Westminster call for evidence
A committee at Westminster is looking for evidence on covid and the food supply. Further details on their website.
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Scotland’s Poverty and Inequalities Commission
Scotland’s Poverty and Inequalities Commission has published a paper on the covid-19 crisis and the impact on food security which is available on the web.
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E-bulletin: 3 April 2020
Please follow the link to our newest e-bulletin here.
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COVID-19: Guidance for community food organisations
The Scottish Government Food Insecurity Team have provided guidance for community food initiatives (CFIs), which covers information on: How CFIs can help: the Scottish Welfare Fund and use of vouchers; staff, volunteer and service user safety; food supply; maintaining dignity whilst providing food aid; food safety; and details about how to contact this Scottish Government …
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COVID-19: General public health advice, resources and food safety
UPDATE: 17 April 2020. The Food Standards Agency recently produced guidance for Covid-19 guidance for food businesses and their employees. The UK government has also provided comprehensive advice for food businesses. NHS Forth Valley have produced a useful video on providing shopping to people in your community safely. For the most up to date health …
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Nourish survey
A message from the Nourish team:- The outbreak of coronavirus is having a major impact on different parts of the food system. We want to understand the effect this disruption is having on those within our network in order to inform how we can best support each other in the next stages. Please help us …
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COVID-19 funding update
Our colleagues at GCVS have produced a very useful special bulletin, focussed on funding available to charities and community organisations developing responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. GCVS also run regular funding surgeries, with a funding expert and plan to continue to offer these virtually. You can access the bulletin here.