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Almost third of Shropshire workers earn less than 'living wage'

New figures from the Office for National Statistics indicates that 32,000 workers in Shropshire are earning less than £8.75 per hour. 27....

Family Meals on a Shoestring in Market Drayton

Jana Jacobson explains why she set up a cookery course in Market Drayton The cooking course came about from a one-off gingerbread making/...

Mapping food poverty in Shropshire

With the help of Dr Andrew Miles and CREST at University Centre, Shrewsbury we have been able to create an interactive map of indicators ...

Demand soars for food banks in Shropshire

Shropshire's Trussell Trust food banks have announced a 27% increase in the number of food parcels distributed. Between April 2018 and Ma...

United Nations Special Rapporteur statement on extreme poverty and human rights in the UK

The UN rapporteur, Professor Philip Alston has completed his two-week fact-finding mission to the UK. We are pleased that Chrissie Pepler...

Reflections on giving evidence to United Nations Special Rapporteur on rural food poverty

Alliance member Chrissie Pepler from the Diocese of Hereford recently gave evidence to the United Nations Special Rapporteur during his tw...

Developing a food poverty action plan for Shropshire

Shropshire did not have a strategy to address food poverty. Community groups had started food banks and other initiatives across the coun...

Finding solutions to food poverty workshops

In June 2018 we invited people from across Shropshire to three workshops to discuss solutions to food poverty. Workshops were held in Cra...

Why do we need a Food poverty action plan for Shropshire?

We know that many people in Shropshire are in food poverty, but so far the county does not have a strategy. We want to develop an action ...

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