Local approaches to tackling food insecurity

A combination of inflation, wage stagnation and real-terms cuts to benefits is pushing an increasing number of people into food insecurity. 15 per cent of all households – that’s 8 million adults and 3 million children – experienced food insecurity in January this year.

Councils, alongside our partners in the voluntary and community sector, have a key role to play in tackling rising food insecurity and the significant toll it is taking on low-income household’s health and well-being.

This virtual event will hear from councils and voluntary and community organisations about their learnings from effective local approaches to improving residents’ financial resilience and access to nutritious food – which could be put into action in your area.

Programme:

10.00	Chair’s welcome and introduction Member of the LGA Cost of Living Advisory Group
10.05	Beyond the Food Bank approach Isabel Rice, Food Poverty Campaign Coordinator, Sustain: the alliance for better food and farming
10.20	Learnings from Newcastle’s People and Place project: tackling severe hardship through co-production Andrew Forsey, Director, Feeding Britain Professor Greta Defeyter, The Healthy Living Lab, Northumbria University Samantha Keith, Service Manager - Safeguarding Adults, Newcastle City Council
10.40	Cash-first approaches to food insecurity Gareth Evans, Director, GRE Consulting
11.00	Questions and discussion
11.25	Chair's closing remarks
11.30	Close

This is a virtual event run on the Zoom platform.