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Hunger pains : life inside foodbank Britain

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WINNER OF THE BRITISH ACADEMY PETER TOWNSEND PRIZE 2017Welcome to Foodbank Britain, where emergency food provision is an increasingly visible and controversial feature of ongoing austerity.

We know the statistics, but what does it feel like to be forced to turn to foodbanks for help?

What does it take to get emergency food, and what's in the food parcel?Kayleigh Garthwaite conducted hundreds of hours of interviews while working in a Trussell Trust foodbank.

She spoke to people like Anna and her 11 year old daughter Daisy who were eating out of date food since Anna left her job due to mental health problems.

Glen explained the shame he felt using the foodbank having taken on a zero hours contract.

Pregnant Jessica walked two miles to the foodbank because she couldn't afford public transport. This provocative book provides a much needed voice for foodbank users and volunteers in the UK, and a powerful insight into the realities of foodbank use from the inside.

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Policy Press
1447329112 / 9781447329114
Paperback / softback
14/06/2016
United Kingdom
English
xi, 195 pages : illustrations (black and white)
22 cm