Get emergency food2nd Dec 2022
Written by Ellie Thompson, Emily Spoor and Rory Weal
Report
Local lifelines: Investing in local welfare during and beyond Covid-19
This report makes the case for extending emergency funding for local welfare assistance and reinvigorating the long-term role of local welfare in supporting people through financial hardship.
The report looks at the role of local welfare assistance in England specifically.
Local governmentMoneySocial security
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Covid-19 has pushed significant numbers into serious financial hardship.
As Covid-19 hit the UK, we saw an immediate and sustained surge in need across the food banks in our community, and around half of those people forced to use food banks were doing so for the first time. Levels of need are forecast to remain high over the winter – with 670,000 people forecast to be pushed into destitution.