Exploring nutrition capacity in Australia's charitable food sector

Wingrove, Kate; Barbour, Liza; Palermo, Claire

doi:10.1111/1747-0080.12284

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“…Although short-term need is assumed in Australia [ 22 ], there is evidence of long-term reliance on the CFS [ 23 , 24 ]. The Australian response to food insecurity has been described as ad hoc with numerous small voluntary organisations providing food assistance [ 25 ].…”

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Charitable Food Systems’ Capacity to Address Food Insecurity: An Australian Capital City Audit

Pollard

Mackintosh

Campbell

et al. 2018

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Australian efforts to address food insecurity are delivered by a charitable food system (CFS) which fails to meet demand. The scope and nature of the CFS is unknown. This study audits the organisational capacity of the CFS within the 10.9 square kilometres of inner-city Perth, Western Australia. A desktop analysis of services and 12 face-to-face interviews with representatives from CFS organisations was conducted. All CFS organisations were not-for–profit and guided by humanitarian or faith-based values. The CFS comprised three indirect services (IS) sourcing, banking and/or distributing food to 15 direct services (DS) providing food to recipients. DS offered 30 different food services at 34 locations feeding over 5670 people/week via 16 models including mobile and seated meals, food parcels, supermarket vouchers, and food pantries. Volunteer to paid staff ratios were 33:1 (DS) and 19:1 (IS). System-wide, food was mainly donated and most funding was philanthropic. Only three organisations received government funds. No organisation had a nutrition policy. The organisational capacity of the CFS was precarious due to unreliable, insufficient and inappropriate financial, human and food resources and structures. System-wide reforms are needed to ensure adequate and appropriate food relief for Australians experiencing food insecurity.

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Charitable Food Systems’ Capacity to Address Food Insecurity: An Australian Capital City Audit

Pollard

Mackintosh

Campbell

et al. 2018

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“…In 2015, approximately 75,000 South Australians (4.2% of the population) were classified as food insecure, with higher prevalence among: women (4.9% compared to 4.1% of men); the unemployed (12.3% compared to 2.2% of full-time employed); households with an income of less than AUD$20,000 (12.1% compared to 1.2% of income over AUD$80,000); and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people (16% compared to 4.4% non-Indigenous) [ 9 ]. The demand for food relief has increased, with recipients described as socially isolated, homeless, unemployed, financially struggling and marginalised [ 10 ]. Complex client needs, intergenerational poverty, limited education and employment opportunities contribute to the demand [ 11 ].…”

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‘Sustainable’ Rather Than ‘Subsistence’ Food Assistance Solutions to Food Insecurity: South Australian Recipients’ Perspectives on Traditional and Social Enterprise Models

Booth

Pollard

Coveney

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South Australian (SA) food charity recipients’ perspectives were sought on existing services and ideas for improvement of food assistance models to address food insecurity. Seven focus groups were conducted between October and November 2017 with 54 adults. Thematically analysed data revealed five themes: (1) Emotional cost and consequences of seeking food relief; (2) Dissatisfaction with inaccessible services and inappropriate food; (3) Returning the favour—a desire for reciprocity; (4) Desiring help beyond food; and, (5) “It’s a social thing”, the desire for social interaction and connection. Findings revealed that some aspects of the SA food assistance services were disempowering for recipients. Recipients desired more empowering forms of food assistance that humanise their experience and shift the locus of control and place power back into their hands. Some traditional models, such as provision of supermarket vouchers, empower individuals by fostering autonomy and enabling food choice in socially acceptable ways. Improvement in the quality of existing food assistance models, should focus on recipient informed models which re-dress existing power relations. Services which are more strongly aligned with typical features of social enterprise models were generally favoured over traditional models. Services which are recipient-centred, strive to empower recipients and provide opportunities for active involvement, social connection and broader support were preferred.

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“…The country's largest group of food bank projects -the Trussell Trust Foodbank Network [1] -reports rising numbers of food parcels distributed from just under 41,000 in 2009-2010 to over 900,000 in (Trussell Trust, 2013. These data are much cited as evidence of need for emergency food provision in the UK and as an indication of an emerging problem.…”

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Rising use of “food aid” in the United Kingdom

Lambie-Mumford

Dowler²

2014

British Food Journal

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Exploring nutrition capacity in Australia's charitable food sector

Cited by 11 publications

References 32 publications

Charitable Food Systems’ Capacity to Address Food Insecurity: An Australian Capital City Audit

Charitable Food Systems’ Capacity to Address Food Insecurity: An Australian Capital City Audit

‘Sustainable’ Rather Than ‘Subsistence’ Food Assistance Solutions to Food Insecurity: South Australian Recipients’ Perspectives on Traditional and Social Enterprise Models

Rising use of “food aid” in the United Kingdom

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