We’re really pleased that we’re being joined by anti-poverty charities across the sector to ask the government to put in place a Coronavirus Emergency Income Support Scheme. Standing alongside us and the Independent Food Aid Network are Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG), Children’s Society, Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF), StepChange and Turn2us. Together, we’re urging the government to strengthen the anchor it has already put in place to help protect many people from being swept into destitution as more than 1.8 million people apply for Universal Credit in recent weeks.
You can read the press release here: PRESS RELEASE
This is the busiest ever period for foodbanks across the UK.
Now, a new coalition of charities is coming together for the first time to urge the government to build on its work so far and make sure everyone has enough money for the essentials.
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