#breadoverbombs Multinational Music Based Charity Organization, Providing Emergency Food To People In Crisis Since 2013. A 501(c)(3) Registered Charity.
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Alice Cooper serving food at a shelter.
Jon Bon Jovi washing dishes at his restaurant that feeds homeless people.
THAT's why they're both rock stars.
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âźď¸ If disability cuts go ahead, nearly HALF A MILLION people will be pushed into severe hardship and at risk of needing a food bank.
But this isn't a done deal. If enough MPs vote against it, we can stop this bill becoming law.
Email your MP now âŹď¸
action.trussell.org.uk/your-âŚ
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đ¨ Due to the City of LA's overspending & budget cuts, the Rapid Response SENIOR MEALS Program will be ending on Aug 31, 2024 - affecting 5,400+ seniors.
There was an effort to transfer $ from the Liability Claims account to fund Senior Meals but that got sent back to Committee.
ALT LA ist headline screenshot LA's free weekly meal program will disappear next month, leaving thousands of older adults in limbo by Makenna Sievertson
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Can you guess what happens when you give kids food stamps?
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They...
âŤlive longer,
âŤinvest more in human capital,
âŤare more economically self-sufficient,
âŤlive in better neighborhoods,
âŤare less likely to be incarcerated.
academic.oup.com/restud/advaâŚ
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New data from @EndChildPoverty shows 4.2 million children in the UK (29%) are growing up in poverty. 71% come from a working household.
Local authorities with the highest levels of child poverty:
Tower Hamlets 47.5%
Birmingham 46.4%
Manchester 44.7%
Sandwell 44.6%
Newham 43.7%
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Most households reporting severe #foodinsecurity (skipping meals/cutting back on food) don't use a food bank. @TrussellTrust figures represent the "very tip of the iceberg".
We're facing a policy-driven public health calamity. #CashFirst
@BigIssue
bigissue.com/news/social-jusâŚ
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As ever Audrey Flannagan of @GlasgowSEFBank tells it how it is. Like the words of so many food bank managers and volunteers up and down the country her testimony tells us much more than statistics ever could #CashFirst @TrussellScot @IFAN_UK
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This is my 6th year at @FactCheck and every winter Englandâs NHS has been in crisis.
So when I started looking at the latest stats I was expecting to do a story about history repeating itself.
But itâs not repeating. 2022 was *so* much worse.
I can prove it in one graph.đ§ľ
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âThere is nothing perfect about food poverty, there is nothing perfect about supermarket workers relying on food banks, there is nothing perfect about people being made to be grateful for the meagre crumbs given to them â we need a right to food, now.â feedbackglobal.org/nothing-pâŚ
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Itâs vital that the myth that surplus food redistribution solves poverty needs to busted. Adding fridges/freezers to the equation further entrenches a charitable food aid response. This funding could go directly to people in cash so they donât need food aid #CashFirst @IFAN_UK
If only donations of fridges and freezers to food banks would start to address growing poverty and inequality in the UK - In fact the conflation of food poverty and food waste further entrenches a charitable food aid response to poverty #PlentyToShare
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The presence of charities in society is not a sign of a healthy society. It's a sign of a society that's failing its members.
Charities should be rare and focused on those few falling through universal systems, not common and utilized as a replacement for a torn social contract.
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âItâs clearer than ever that a food bank response is not the answer and the government must ensure that people can afford food and other essentials through adequate incomes.â @sabineegoodwin @IsabellaMcrae @BigIssue
@TrussellTrust
bigissue.com/news/social-jusâŚ
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As @IFAN_UK has been saying for years @TrussellTrust data, however alarming, is only ever the tip of the #FoodInsecurity iceberg (@foodgov data below) and we know that thousands more independent food banks and other charitable food aid providers are struggling to cope.
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'Whatâs clear from this research is that some groups are less equal and more impacted [by the cost of living crisis] than others, including our black and minority communities.' - @Halima_Begum of @RunnymedeTrust theguardian.com/society/2022âŚ
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âPushing people into work won't deal with the reasons people cannot work.'
I think I am absolutely correct here.
Benefits must rise in line with inflation. No ifs or buts.
@vicderbyshire @bbcquestiontime @MartinSLewis @dridleyitv
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âA child was âpretending to eat out of an empty lunchboxâ because they did not qualify for free school meals and did not want their friends to know there was no food at home.â
theguardian.com/business/202âŚ
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It's terrifying that hundreds of schools are now having to set up food banks to make sure families have enough to eat.
Thanks to @StG_MrsBarry, @sabineegoodwin and all the other teachers and experts who spoke to me.
bigissue.com/news/social-jusâŚ
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'There is NO cutting back. There is NO Money Saving Expert. You could put me into one of those households and do every trick in the book and I wouldn't even get close to scratching the sides of what is needed.'
@MartinSLewis says how he'd stop rising energy bills.
@mrjamesob
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âItâs not sustainable to expect us to be the safety net. Weâre putting a plaster over a knife wound.â
âItâs indefensible to rely on overstretched food banks to fill an ever-widening gap.â
@MicahLiverpool @sabineegoodwin @NaomiPMaynard
@dadshouseuk @jrf_uk
ifanuk.org/3pCBTdb
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1 in 4 retail workers are now skipping meals to be able to pay bills - a huge increase from 1 in 20 skipping meals last year. This latest data from @UsdawScotland @ScottishTUC
