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A snapshot of Covid-19, food insecurity and community food initiatives
In March 2020, the community and voluntary, private and public sectors responded to the Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown. Community food initiatives either closed because of lockdown restrictions or rapidly changed their services to meet a rise in the need for food delivery or food aid services. This snapshot attempts to summarise what happened, and …