Comments Off on Living Hand to Mouth: children and food in low income families – published today
Over four million children in Britain are growing up in poverty, with many at risk of going without nutritious or adequate food. As poverty has risen, families with children are.. Read More
Comments Off on A proper meal? New blog post comparing free school meals in Portugal and the UK
If we had not included Portuguese young people in our cross national study, the inadequacies in the free school meal system in England might not have been quite so obvious... Read More
Comments Off on Food and hard times in three European countries
New findings and panel discussion with Danny Dorling, Hannah Lambie-Mumford and Liz Dowler. Tuesday 30th April 2019, 5.15-8pm, University College London. Further details Having enough to eat of a decent.. Read More
Comments Off on When children cannot invite friends to have a snack’: article in Público newspaper, Portugal
Público, one of the leading Portuguese newspapers, published an article on the Families and Food in Hard Times research project last Tuesday, as part of a series on the occasion.. Read More
Comments Off on THE BMJ Opinion : Child food poverty requires radical long term solutions
The end of the summer holidays may offer some respite for children experiencing holiday hunger. But as Rebecca O’Connell and her team explain, food poverty is a problem all year.. Read More
Comments Off on Children’s experiences of food poverty in UK newspapers
The dramatic rise in food banks has driven food poverty into Britain’s public consciousness. But our new article finds that the consequences for families with children rarely hit the headlines.. Read More
Comments Off on Child food insecurity in the UK – three new SPERI Briefs published today
A research brief by the Families and Food in Hard Times study is published today by the Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute as part of a new three-part series of.. Read More
Comments Off on Greater entitlement to free school meals would reduce stigma, shame and hunger
IOE London blog by Rebecca O’Connell, Julia Brannen and Abigail Knight For more than a century the UK government has provided free school meals (FSM) to children whose education might.. Read More