Cambridge Food Poverty Alliance: New report
A new report by Cambridge Sustainable Food details all the work that has taken that has taken place across the City since March 2020 until the end of Aug 2020. Although impossible to capture and document everything this report shows huge community and voluntary sector response that has been underway to make sure no one went hungry.From the 100’s of volunteers, the people growing food and donating from allotments, streets and community farms to the chefs who have worked tirelessly and all those that have donated, delivered and driven we would like to thank you all.
Since the end of March 2020 and the beginning of lockdown in the UK there has been a tremendous community effort to make sure people don’t go hungry in Cambridge. Whilst we are now moving to a second phase of emergency provision it is clear that in Cambridge, as elsewhere in the country, Covid -19 has highlighted and compounded ongoing issues associated with poverty and austerity. We are concerned that this winter will bring more hardship and that many more people will struggle to feed themselves and their families. The burden placed on local communities to fill bellies with volunteer effort may prove too much. Whilst we recognise the role that surplus food, food banks, charities, and community solutions play in alleviating hunger, we also call on government and other statutory partners to step up and tackle the root causes of food poverty together and in partnership with those who are working with or have experience of food poverty.