Coronavirus Food Alert

These pages communicate how the Sustain alliance is striving to secure a resilient food system during the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. We are organising ourselves around three headline issues:

We are also working on three cross-cutting themes:

Read Sustain's statement on priorities and principles for our response to the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic

Coronavirus news and blogs

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Government U-turn on income threshold for free school meals for some children with NRPF

Following legal action by a low-paid carer, the Government has increased the maximum income threshold for children in households with 'No...

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All outdoor markets – food and non-food – can fully re-open from 1st June

Sustain has welcomed news that all stallholders in outdoor markets will be able to trade from 1 June, and indoor markets from 15 June, and is calling...

Blog

10 ways industry is flogging us junk food through lockdown

Junk food companies are coming up with innovative ways to sell junk food to us during lockdown, some of which might raise a few eyebrows. Fran...

News

Sippets: May 2020

Recent crumbs of news from the world of Real Bread.

Blog

Now is the time for a national household food security plan

Millions of people are struggling to put food on the table. When lockdown eases, hunger will not go away. It's time for a National Food Security...

News

Trade body issues urgent call to re-open retail markets with 65 per cent closed

The National Market Traders Federation (NMTF) has labelled the closure of markets ‘a farce’, as new data reveals two-thirds of traders...

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Breadsticks and chill

Finding your happy place in a bag of flour.

News

Unhealthy food brands are using the crisis for PR stunts

A recent article in The Grocer has outed junk food brands, like Krispy Kreme, who are using the current Covid-19 crisis to push their brands...

Blog

Rebuilding a 'new normal' for school food

As the government starts to lay out phased return of children to school over coming months, Jeanette Orrey, co-founder of Food for Life and...

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Grants of £300 to £100,000 for food charities for Covid-19 emergency food response

If you run a front-line not-for-profit or charity that provides food, you may be eligible to apply for a grant to provide food those who need it.

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Government offers “crumbs” to hundreds of thousands of people struggling for food during Covid-19

Sustain reacts with dismay to the Government announcement today that they will provide £16m for food charities to help meet the astronomic rise...

Blog

Farming through a pandemic: the better food shed story

Sustain is sharing this blog from alliance member Growing Communities as it describes the experience of working in the front lines of supplying...

News

Has your bakery closed during this crisis?

Please contact the Real Bread Campaign

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Government urged to keep feeding children during school holidays

Over 50 charities, organisations and education unions have called on Education Secretary Gavin Williamson MP to announce additional funding for...

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Vulnerable people risk going hungry without urgent government action, warns Which?

After receiving calls from 1,000 vulnerable people struggling to access food during Covid-19, the consumers' association Which? demands...

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200,000 children missing meals during Covid-19 lockdown

200,000 children have had to skip meals because their family could not access sufficient food during Covid-19 lockdown, according to new research...

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Emergency income scheme needed as food banks see record number of people running out of food

The Trussell Trust and Independent Food Aid Network food bank networks report an unprecedented surge in demand for food aid since the beginning of...

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Enfield school caterers deliver meals to older people in the community

Enfield’s school catering team has launched a bold new service to provide hot meals for older and vulnerable residents in response to...

Blog

Bake to the drawing board

Emma Parkin on totally overhauling the way her Real Bread bakery and café in Exeter operates during lockdown.

News

Free school meals needed for more children in families with 'No Recourse to Public Funds'

Charities are calling on Education Secretary Gavin Williamson MP to take urgent action to ensure that children in some of the poorest families in the...

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Local loafers needed to help feed the nation

Campaign supporter Steven Winter is asking fellow Real Bread bakers to bake a new national loaf for NHS staff, other frontline and hidden heroes, and...

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Fringe Farming: why Market Garden Cities need to be part of a resilient food supply

In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, more than ever, we must unlock land around cities to create a renewed model of peri-urban food production...

News

Sippets: April 2020

Recent crumbs of news from the world of Real Bread.

Blog

Wholesalers can help keep communities fed through Covid-19 and beyond

Food wholesalers and local shops are the unsung heroes of Covid-19. Let's help them play their part in keeping communities fed, says retail...

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Coronavirus Food Alert

Coronavirus news and blogs

Government U-turn on income threshold for free school meals for some children with NRPF

All outdoor markets – food and non-food – can fully re-open from 1st June

10 ways industry is flogging us junk food through lockdown

Sippets: May 2020

Now is the time for a national household food security plan

Trade body issues urgent call to re-open retail markets with 65 per cent closed

Breadsticks and chill

Unhealthy food brands are using the crisis for PR stunts

Rebuilding a 'new normal' for school food

Grants of £300 to £100,000 for food charities for Covid-19 emergency food response

Government offers “crumbs” to hundreds of thousands of people struggling for food during Covid-19

Farming through a pandemic: the better food shed story

Has your bakery closed during this crisis?

Government urged to keep feeding children during school holidays

Vulnerable people risk going hungry without urgent government action, warns Which?

200,000 children missing meals during Covid-19 lockdown

Emergency income scheme needed as food banks see record number of people running out of food

Enfield school caterers deliver meals to older people in the community

Bake to the drawing board

Free school meals needed for more children in families with 'No Recourse to Public Funds'

Local loafers needed to help feed the nation

Fringe Farming: why Market Garden Cities need to be part of a resilient food supply

Sippets: April 2020

Wholesalers can help keep communities fed through Covid-19 and beyond

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