Sophie McKay is a writer and journalist. She writes about issues including tech, social and political issues and the arts. She’s written for publications including iD and Novara Media.

Pandora Haydon is communications manager at the Food Foundation, an organisation that works with charities and researchers to campaign at policy-level to change how the UK eats and accesses food. She promotes policy recommendations for the delivery of socially equitable and sustainable food systems.

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Europe

Citizenship

Eating and Drinking

‘Food For London Now: The Felix Project quadruples supplies to the vulnerable with 100,000 meals a day’, The Evening Standard

‘FOOD REDISTRIBUTION CHARITY IN LONDON FIGHTING FOOD WASTE AND HUNGER’, The Felix Project

‘Food For London Now: Demand has rocketed, now we need to get food to right people’, The Evening Standard

‘UK food banks face record demand’, The Guardian

‘UK takeaway food waste rises during coronavirus lockdown’, The Guardian

‘UK food waste charity given 360 tonnes more than usual as businesses close’, The Guardian

‘Vulnerability to food insecurity since the COVID-19 lockdown’, Food Foundation

‘Nearly two million Londoners struggle to afford or access enough food’, London Assembly

Interview with Pandora Haydon conducted by the author

‘Which? calls for urgent government action to help vulnerable households access food’, Which?

‘Rights Groups Demand Improvement in Government Strategy for Feeding Vulnerable People’, Eater London

‘Government food parcels should come with a health warning’, Sustain

‘Reality bites: how the pandemic changed the way we eat’, The Guardian

‘Coronavirus case studies: How food startup Karma switched to deliveries’, Verdict

‘The Coronavirus Crisis Debt and No Savings Will Leave Millions Vulnerable’, Byline Times

‘Unsecured debt hits new peak of £14,540 per household’, Trades Union Congress

‘State of Hunger: A study of poverty and food insecurity in the UK’, State of Hunger

‘Do people want to be rescued by brands in a crisis?’, Canvas8

‘Food industry coronavirus support efforts swell’, Food Manufacture UK

‘These are the organisations tackling holiday hunger’, The Big Issue

Instead of the coronavirus pandemic being the ‘great leveller’, it has highlighted the number of people who deal with food insecurity. Working to get meals to vulnerable Londoners, The Felix Project uses surplus restaurant and supermarket food to fight food poverty in the capital.

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The Felix Project: supporting with surplus food

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