Research & publications

See our latest publications, including reports, policy briefings, and evaluations.

Our policy asks and campaigning are rooted in evidence from food banks in our community, and the people who use them.

We use our evidence to campaign for change so that in the future no one needs to use a food bank to survive. See more about our work to change policy.

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Local lifelines: Investing in local welfare during and beyond Covid-19
02 Dec 2022 Ellie Thompson, Emily Spoor, Rory Weal
This report advocates for extended emergency funding for local welfare in England during and beyond COVID-19, highlighting its long-term role in supporting people through financial hardship.
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The True Cost of Living: The action needed to stem the rising tide of destitution
02 Mar 2022 Rory Weal
This report shares findings on the impact of the cost of living crisis on people on Universal Credit, highlighting why the government must urgently uprate benefits in line with inflation.
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Debt to government, deductions and destitution
02 Feb 2022 Alex Bennett-Clemmow, Joanne Oguntimehin, Gail Steeden, Sinead Jefferies
This research report with Humankind explores people's experiences with government debt, its impacts, and pathways to a fairer, safer approach.
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Dignity or destitution? The case for keeping the Universal Credit lifeline
02 Feb 2021 Thomas Weekes, Emily Spoor, Rory Weal
New YouGov research for Trussell reveals alarming consequences of the proposed April 2021 cut to the £20 weekly Universal Credit uplift.
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Lockdown, lifelines and the long haul ahead: The impact of Covid-19 on food banks in the Trussell Trust network
02 Dec 2020 Tom Weekes, Emily Spoor, Rory Weal, Gill Moffett
This 2020 research with Heriot-Watt University reveals COVID-19's impact on Trussell food banks and forecasts changing needs through winter.
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State of Hunger
23 Nov 2019 Glen Bramley, Morag Treanor, Filip Sosenko, Mandy Littlewood
This three-year research project, starting in 2019, was the largest ever piece of research into hunger and food bank use in the UK.
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