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LATEST BLOG: Welcome to ENUF, a resource that provides up-to-date facts and figures on the critical issue of UK household food insecurity.
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21% of adults in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland were food insecure in 2016
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ENUF is a resource and network for researchers, practitioners, civil society organisations, and policymakers working on UK household food insecurity.

Research blogs

A 13% rise in instances of people receiving food parcels from The Trussell Trust from last year… but how much bigger is the problem of household food insecurity in the UK?

24 April 2018

Today, The Trussell Trust released their annual count of the number of times that people received food parcels distributed by their network of food banks in the past year. It is a substantial rise from last year’s figures, up by about 13% from 2016-17. In response, The Trussell Trust has raised concerns about the ongoing benefit freeze and the impact of transitions to full-service Universal Credit on food bank use.

Welcome to ENUF

1 February 2018

As the body of research on household food insecurity in the UK grows, we’ve identified a need for a resource that provides up-to-date facts and figures on this critical issue. As interventions are being designed and policy asks are being formulated, it is critical that research informs this work.