UNISON’s Derby City branch have launched a food bank for local families impacted by Storm Babet. The heavy rainfall caused flooding across the East Midlands, including Derby, where fourteen families lost everything when their houses were submerged by the rising water. The city council said record-breaking water levels were seen in the River Derwent, which […]
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Cash-strapped school support staff are using their own money to help pupils and their families cope with the cost-of-living crisis, says UNISON today (Friday). A UK-wide union survey of more than 6,000 school workers reveals staff – including teaching assistants, catering and cleaning workers, librarians and sports coaches – are buying food for hungry pupils, and contributing towards the cost of […]
UNISON East Midlands launches #OneExtraItem campaign to support working families being plunged into poverty. As more low paid workers are forced to rely on food banks just to make it through the week, UNISON East Midlands has pledged to support local charities, churches, and community organisations in making sure their shelves stay full. The trade […]
We hear from Rachel Long, Welfare Officer at Hampshire Health branch, on how the branch works to support low paid UNISON members and why a pay rise for all NHS staff is so important
To put that into perspective, that’s equivalent to a food parcel for every single UNISON member. Of course austerity is a root cause of this – which is why our union has spent a […]
To help underline the increase with in-work poverty, UNISON at Solent University organised a food bank collection as part of the Grovember recruitment drive. The goal was simple – to do a good thing and provide help to those who need it whilst underlining that so many of those who were supported by food banks […]
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The benefit office ignored her doctor’s notes to the contrary. And her payments were immediately stopped. “At first I didn’t know who to turn to. I was living on scraps and hand-outs,” […]
As Britain succumbs to a poverty crisis, food banks are calling on people’s support to help those less fortunate, including children, who are facing hunger. Between April and September this year the Trussell Trust distributed more than 500,000 emergency food parcels to people in crisis – over 188,500 of them to children. That means that for the […]
To stop UK hunger we must make sure the welfare system works fairly and compassionately.” The […]
As Britain succumbs to a poverty crisis, food banks are calling on people’s support to help those less fortunate, including children, who are facing hunger
Now 80, he shows no signs of stopping. And with his long-time collaborator, writer Paul Laverty, he’s produced one of his most […]