Why do people use food banks? A qualitative study of food bank users in an English city

Wainwright, David; Buckingham, Alan; Wainwright, Elaine

doi:10.1332/204080518x15428930047072

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“…During the first weeks of the lockdown, food banks, social groceries, and other organizations experienced a rapid rise in demand for all kinds of material aid, such as food, clothing, and care equipment. The reasons reported by coalition members for this increase confirms earlier research on why people make use of food banks (Wainwright et al, 2018). More specifically, several respondents reported that cheaper products were sold out in regular stores.…”

Section: Need For Materials Services and Food Packagessupporting

confidence: 83%

Nonprofit Advocacy Coalitions in Times of COVID-19: Brokerage, Crowdfunding, and Advocacy Roles

Raeymaeckers

Puyvelde

2021

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

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This article analyzes the roles an advocacy coalition undertakes to support nonprofit organizations to cope with the challenges caused by lockdown and physical distance measures to stop COVID-19. We find that social workers and nonprofit members of the coalition created different kinds of solutions and innovative practices to support vulnerable target groups when confronted with the COVID-19 crisis and the resulting lockdown regulations. In particular, we show that the coalition was pushed to diversify its activities, leading to the development of three roles: a direct and indirect advocacy role, a brokerage role to provide information on new practices, and a crowdfunding role to provide finances for material aid. We conclude by emphasizing the implications of our analysis for both theory and practice.

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Section: Need For Materials Services and Food Packagessupporting

confidence: 83%

Nonprofit Advocacy Coalitions in Times of COVID-19: Brokerage, Crowdfunding, and Advocacy Roles

Raeymaeckers

Puyvelde

2021

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

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“… Low and or unpredictable income driving compromised diets Materials Impact of low wages and employment practices [ 36 , 43 , 44 , 48 , 49 , 52 , 65 , 78 ]. Negative impact of low benefits payments [ 36 , 37 , 40 , 48 , 53 , 67 , 78 ]. Benefit delays causing hardship [ 36 , 40 , 46 – 48 , 50 , 52 , 53 ].…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“… Individual and organisational. Wainwright et al, (2018) [ 53 ] Explore food bank use. Qualitative study.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

A critical exploration of the diets of UK disadvantaged communities to inform food systems transformation: a scoping review of qualitative literature using a social practice theory lens

Hunt,

Pettinger,

Wagstaff

2023

BMC Public Health

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The UK food system affects social, economic and natural environments and features escalating risk of food insecurity. Yet it should provide access to safe, nutritious, affordable food for all citizens. Disadvantaged UK communities [individuals and families at risk of food and housing insecurity, often culturally diverse] have often been conceptualised in terms of individual behaviour which may lead to findings and conclusions based on the need for individual change. Such communities face public health challenges and are often treated as powerless recipients of dietary and health initiatives or as ‘choiceless’ consumers within food supply chains. As transforming the UK food system has become a national priority, it is important a diverse range of evidence is used to support understanding of the diets of disadvantaged communities to inform food systems transformation research.A scoping review of UK peer reviewed qualitative literature published in MEDLINE, CINAHL Plus with Full Text, EMBASE, PsycINFO and Web of Science between January 2010 and May 2021 in English. Eligibility criteria were applied, a data extraction table summarised data from included studies, and synthesis using social practice theory was undertaken.Forty-five qualitative studies were reviewed, which included the views of 2,434 community members aged between 5 and 83. Studies used different measures to define disadvantage. Synthesis using social practice theory identified themes of food and dietary practices shaped by interactions between ‘material factors’ (e.g. transport, housing and money), ‘meanings’ (e.g. autonomy and independence), and ‘competencies’ (e.g. strategies to maximise food intake). These concepts are analysed and critiqued in the context of the wider literature to inform food systems transformation research.This review suggests to date, qualitative research into diets of UK disadvantaged communities provides diverse findings that mainly conceptualise disadvantage at an individual level. Whilst several studies provide excellent characterisations of individual experience, links to ‘macro’ processes such as supply chains are largely missing. Recommendations are made for future research to embrace transdisciplinary perspectives and utilise new tools (e.g., creative methods and good practice guides), and theories (e.g., assemblage) to better facilitate food systems transformation for disadvantaged communities.

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“…This independent position will allow to maintain the benefits of flexibility and informal relationships with their users. Authors also emphasize that food banks have in fact no ambition to replace statutory social benefits and social services [10].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Corporate responsibility aspects of food banks network in the Czech Republic regarding the need of their economic sustainability

Polacek

Vavřina

2021

SHS Web of Conf.

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Research background: Food banks, in their current form, provide services free of charge, but their activities cannot be conducted without public subsidies. Specifically, these are operational and investment subsidies mainly from the resources of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Republic. Thus, the tendency to change the current servicing scheme, mainly from the economic point of view, becomes a growing interest area for food banks and respective stakeholders. Purpose of the article: Purpose of the article is to identify current best practice of food banks sector and to find common aspects of the financial position of food banks in the Czech Republic, using their financial statements and approaches of technical financial analysis in application on the sample of entities. Methods: Authors use general methods of analysis and synthesis of relevant scientific articles and studies with respect to the fact that the problem area of effective and efficient activities in the CEE countries or even Europe is quite rare. There are employed data from accessible financial statements of currently existing 15 food banks in the Czech Republic. Findings & Value added: This article provides an initial outcome of an ongoing specific research project on sustainable service of food banks in the frame of corporate responsible activities within a globalized food manufacturing and food supply chain industry. Authors fill with partial results of this article a gap in the research of the sustainable food bank activities in the CEE countries.

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Why do people use food banks? A qualitative study of food bank users in an English city

Cited by 7 publications

References 17 publications

Nonprofit Advocacy Coalitions in Times of COVID-19: Brokerage, Crowdfunding, and Advocacy Roles

Nonprofit Advocacy Coalitions in Times of COVID-19: Brokerage, Crowdfunding, and Advocacy Roles

A critical exploration of the diets of UK disadvantaged communities to inform food systems transformation: a scoping review of qualitative literature using a social practice theory lens

Corporate responsibility aspects of food banks network in the Czech Republic regarding the need of their economic sustainability

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