Sentences with phrase «on food banks»

Up to 7 million pets enter shelters each year, but not all pets in need live in shelters — some live with pet parents who rely on food banks.

For instance, do any of these students in the survey depend on the food bank because they've got to choose between a wireless plan and putting food on the table?

She hopes that as underlying causes of poverty are addressed, less people will be reliant on food banks for survival.

In the past they have repeatedly pressed the prime minister on food banks.

Families with children are most likely to rely on food banks, making up half of those who use them, a...

VICTORIA — A new report shows British Columbians are relying on food banks more than ever, demonstrating how Christy Clark isn't there for people who are struggling, say the New Democrats.

Sally and Helen Crawley (First Steps Nutrition Trust) and other members of the Baby Feeding Law Group, have produced the Information on Food Banks supporting pregnant women and families with infants (2015), aware that despite the UK's well - established welfare system, increasing numbers of UK families are resorting to using food banks.

FDC addressed this need in a Statement for the Record to the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight Joint Hearing on Food Banks and Front - Line Charities: Unprecedented Demand and Unmet Need (November 19,2009).

A six-fold increase in the number of people relying on food banks represents a disturbing intensification of this problem.

«Today, I am focused on the food bank.

The government's position on food banks was mired in confusion after it emerged that David Cameron had enthusiastically backed their work at a Christian faith group's Easter reception, in contrast to biting criticism of the schemes made last week by Iain Duncan Smith's work and pensions department.

The new leader concluded by saying the poorest were suffering a terrible burden of austerity and have seen their wages cut or are forced to rely on food banks under the Conservatives.

The farm bill proposes a $ 1 billion cut to food stamps, which would affect nearly 850,000 struggling families who already depend on food banks like the Alameda County Community Food Bank in Oakland, Calif..

Helen Metcalf, Unison's regional officer, said: «This is a devastating blow for the 2,700 teaching assistants in the county, who now face being driven into poverty and relying on food banks through losing # 200 - # 400 per month of their salary.»

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At the end of the 25 - year PPA, the ownership of the solar installations will be transferred to the Regional Food Bank, at which point the electricity from the solar panels will be free, for further cost savings on the Food Bank's overall electricity bills.

I've reached this conclusion after 18 years of researching food, hunger and poverty; volunteering at food banks; serving on a food bank board; and recently taking part in a challenge where I ate from a typical food bank hamper for three days.

Specific activities seen on a Food Bank Volunteer resume are distributing food to program beneficiaries, replenishing stocks, implementing food hygiene standards, maintaining storage spaces clean and organized, and loading and unloading food items.

Stating that the reliance on food banks had gone up six fold since the government came into office Miliband quizzed the PM over what measures he would take.

He said 49 of the 71 countries which took part in the Glasgow Commonwealth Games were the same size or smaller than Scotland, yet thousands of children with families were reliant on food banks, while the UK government was spending an «obscene» amount of money on nuclear weapons, based on the Clyde.

Instead of tinkering with how it measures poverty, the Government needs to recognise its culpability in the disgraceful rise of children and families depending on food banks, living in sub-standard housing and struggling to make ends meet.»

It's now commonplace to read heart - wrenching stories of children arriving at school unfed, hollow - eyed with hunger and unable to learn, of families relying on food banks to get by, and of teachers buying them groceries with their own money.

Ifan accused the Government of «relying» on food banks and it urged ministers to accept their «responsibilities» for Britain's «hunger crisis».

As Premier report that 27,000 people are relying on food banks this Christmas, Natalie Williams says we're becoming desensitised to the seriousness of the situa...

«People who are struggling to find work or relying on food banks.

But he also used his message to highlight the suffering of people «struggling to find work or relying on food banks» whose plight did not make national headlines.

So many British families are relying on food banks to be able to give their children the essential nourishment they need to grow up and develop and there are many charities who are also doing what they can to make sure no one has to go hungry.

12:19 - On food banks, Cameron points out their use went up under the New Labour government, too.

With food prices also up 44 % since 2005, growing numbers of people have been forced to rely on food banks.

If they cared they wouldn't have supported the Tory cuts to welfare which have resulted in many, including the sick and disabled, having to rely on food banks and charity to get by.

The Chancellor needed to immediately end the roll out of Universal Credit to prevent rising child poverty and homelessness and end the public sector pay cap to end the scandal of public sector workers relying on food banks to survive.

«While the Tories refuse to properly clamp down on tax avoidance and push ahead with tax giveaways to the corporations and super rich, public sector workers like our nurses are relying on food banks.

Jacob Rees Mogg has followed in the footsteps of fellow Tory MP Dominic Raab by speaking out on food banks — and attracting immediate criticism.

We can expect to see more and more of them having to rely on food banks.»

Those depending on food banks, or worried about the NHS, or worried about the cost of living crisis won't mind a bit of historical revisionism.

Grahame Morris, Labour MP for Easington, said: «The huge increases in the reliance on food banks is directly related to the cost of living crisis and Cameron's cuts to welfare safety nets.

During difficult financial times, families struggle to make ends meet and rely on food banks to supplement their food source.

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The number of Nova Scotians relying on food banks has increased almost five per cent over the past year, with thousands needing assistance each month.