In previous articles I wrote about the good work of Street Safe Derby, and the Guru Nanak mission who have been relentlessly providing hot and cold food, as well as drinks, toiletries, […]
In Trussell Trust’s 2015 report they have seen fit to clarify their statement regarding their published statistics following my question to them, directly, last year. On June 18 2014, I posted an […]
When the ostentatious glamour of the Lady-boys of Bangkok were in full swing dancing to the Village People, and the scantily clad, over-perfumed, Friday night revellers stumbled between restaurants and bars, with […]
Every 4 weeks, the doors of the church are opened up to provide hot meals for those that feel that they need the support of the All Nations for Christ Church in […]
Trussell Trust who run over 423 Food Banks in the UK ( currently zero in Derby) declared in their 2013/14 report that they handed out parcels to 913,138 people. This is a […]
Derby has over 22 organisations supplying food and/or hot meals to the vulnerable in the City. These are operated through a variety of faith based, ethnic minority and refugee support groups. Each […]
The meteoric rise in the availability of food via Food Banks is a story of many dimensions. In one respect it is a modern day tragedy that anyone in the UK feels […]
A chance discussion with Jas just outside the Guru Arjen Dev Gurdwara on Stanhope Street introduced me to this recent initiative where they provide hot food for the Derby homeless. Motivated by […]
The Governments strategy to placate the populist backlash over so-called “benefit-seeking” Euro-migrants as well as exploiting every opportunity to save money , involves a collection of benefit changes which will be fully […]
Food Banks, and other forms of free food provision, is a disturbing symptom of the times. One’s political agenda will determine how one forms a view on the reason why the demand […]
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