Charity launches UK’s first free food delivery service for homeless

A charity has launched the first free food delivery service for homeless people in the UK. Caring In Bristol has created Cheers Drive to provide restaurant-quality meals to the most vulnerable during the Covid-19 lockdown. The project comes as food banks and traditional food services for the homeless, such as voluntary food drops, have suffered... Read More

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March 31, 2020

Stranded migrants, lack of food: in Indian lockdown, poor suffer

The three-week Covid-19 lockdown of India’s 1.37 billion people has stranded millions of domestic migrant workers and left people scrambling for food and other basics amid the ensuing harsh and often violent crackdown by police. “Especially when I look at my poor brothers and sisters, I definitely feel that they must be thinking, what kind... Read More

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November 20, 2019

Pope calls for action against destructive culture of food waste

A negligent and selfish culture of food waste is fuelling the global hunger crisis, damaging the lives of individuals and preventing the progress of all people, Pope Francis said. “In many places, our brothers and sisters do not have access to sufficient and healthy food, while in others, food is discarded and squandered,” the pope... Read More

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September 5, 2019

Argentine bishops ask government to declare food emergency

The social ministry of the Argentine bishops’ conference has urged the government to declare a food emergency as the country’s economy careens into crisis. “In the face of the severe rise in homelessness, poverty, unemployment and the indiscriminate rise in the price of food comprising the basic basket of goods, we find ourselves in a... Read More

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March 7, 2019

PM must ensure food does not dry up under no-deal Brexit, say charities

Several major charities have called on the Prime Minister to take urgent action to ensure vulnerable people do not go hungry in the event of a no-deal Brexit. The leaders of 15 charitable organisations, including the Trussell Trust, Church Action on Poverty and FareShare, have written to Theresa May calling for the creation of a... Read More

Catholic Times, News – UK and Ireland

March 6, 2019

Cardinal Nichols launches Lenten Appeal and a new food relief initiative

Cardinal Vincent Nichols has launched his annual Lenten Appeal, which this year focuses on the problem of food poverty and food insecurity. At the same time, he announced the launch of a new food relief initiative across the Diocese of Westminster. The initiative, launched by Caritas Westminster, the social action agency of the diocese, will... Read More

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