How big is the problem of food insecurity in the UK?
The Trussell Trust reported a 13% rise in instances of people receiving food parcels fin 2018… but how much bigger is the problem of household food insecurity in the UK? Today, The Trussell Trust released their annual count of the number of times that people received...Food insecurity measurement on the Family Resources Survey
One of the major developments for research and policy on UK household food insecurity in the past months has been the news that household food insecurity will be measured on the Family Resources Survey going forward. And no time has been wasted: with new data being...What gets measured gets mended
This is a blog post by Courtney Scott of the Food Foundation – reproduced here with permission. TODAY in parliament, Emma Lewell-Buck MP will be giving a first reading of the Ten Minute Rule Bill on the measurement of household food insecurity. The Bill is...Vulnerability to food insecurity in the UK 2004-2016
The content below presents a briefing of a recently published paper which analysed the risks of food insecurity between 2004 and 2016 in a population-based study of UK adults. * Background People who are food insecure do not have enough to eat or are uncertain they...Welcome to ENUF
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.