Research, Reports and Evidence
The resources on this site have been shared in good faith by projects and partners within the Feeding Britain network, to help save time and share practice.
All example documents will need to be reviewed and amended for your project before being used.
Your Local Authority may hold data on levels of food insecurity and deprivation too.
The following sites may provide helpful data and evidence on levels of food insecurity:
Evaluation reports
2022-Foleshill-Evaluation-Report (1).pdfEvaluation of Foleshill Social Supermarket - University of Coventry (2022)
The-Burrell-Shop-Impact-Report.pdfImpact Report of the Burrell Shop (Affordable Food Club), Thetford (2021)
Pathways-From-Poverty-Final-Evaluation-Report-June-2021.pdfPathways from Poverty evaluation: Co-locating expert advisors within food settings (June 2021)
Feeding Britain reports
Energy-costs-briefing-paper-August-2022.pdfEnergy bills and household incomes (August 2022)
A-Hunger-Trap-Eligibility-criteria-for-free-school-meals-in-England.pdfA Hunger Trap – Eligibility criteria for free school meals in England (July 2022)
Families-early-experiences-of-prepaid-cards-under-Healthy-Start-February-2022.pdfFamilies’ early experiences of prepaid cards under Healthy Start (February 2022)
A-Policy-for-Improving-Child-Nutrition-–-Securing-Full-Take-Up-of-Healthy-Start-Vouchers-and-Free-School-Meals-in-England-2022.pdfA Policy for Improving Child Nutrition – Securing Full Take-Up of Healthy Start Vouchers and Free School Meals in England (2022)
Structural Inequalities briefing papers and webinars by Feeding Britain, IFAN and the University of York.
Structural Inequalities Briefing (Immigration policies and food insecurity).pdfStructural Inequalities Briefing: Immigration policies and food insecurity (Sept 2021)
Structural Inequalities Briefing (Secure work and a secure safety net ).pdfStructural Inequalities Briefing: Secure work and a secure safety net (July 2021)
Structural Inequalities Briefing (Disability and food insecurity).pdfStructural Inequalities Briefing: Disability and food insecurity (June 2021)
The impact of affordable food clubs
Frontiers - The future of charitable alternative food networks in the UK: an investigation into current challenges and opportunities for foodbanks and community markets (June 2023).pdfThe future of charitable alternative food networks in the UK: an investigation into current challenges and opportunities for foodbanks and community markets (June 2023)
Holding community conversations
Listening Skills.pdfListening skills guide
Listening Campaigns.pdfListening campaigns guide
Sample Listening Campaign Conversation Frameworks.pdfSample Listening Campaign Conversation Frameworks
Wider reports
Fuel Bank Foundation: This is not cosy, this is a crisis (Winter 2023/24)
Feeding Liverpool: Without Access to Justice: The Work and Welfare Problems Driving Food Insecurity (Jan 2024)
