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“Not long now,” says Marie, “The rush is coming.” At the Henry Fawcett School food bank, it’s the calm before the storm. Crates of produce line the school courtyard: satsumas, bananas, courgettes, car

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In other countries we’d call it aid. Lorries arriving at the warehouse full of food: surplus from supermarkets, wonky veg from farms, mislabelled products from wholesalers. It’s Thursday, and by the e

Save the Children’s humanitarian director Rachael Cummings says the starvation crisis is the worst she’s seen

Earlier this year I had the opportunity to visit baby banks in three very different parts of the country – Leeds, Bicester and Bedford. Each had its own unique set of challenges, shaped by the needs o

The two groups most likely to be in poverty in the UK today are children and disabled people. But for families with a disabled child, life costs so much more. Family Fund is the UK’s largest charity m