Wirral mother among renters turning to food banks as gap between a two-bed and housing benefit hits £158 a month – rising to as much as £324 in London

Just around the corner from Glasgow Central station, Trussell and the Independent Food Aid Network (IFAN) welcomed well over 100 delegates to their 2026 Cash First Communities conference last Monday. ...

Martin Hayden explores how one foodbank doubled its volunteer effort using simple techniques borrowed from manufacturing

Scottish Parliament set a high bar with the Child Poverty (Scotland) Act — but the Act's final delivery plan in March, by its own admission, doesn't go far enough.

As the new Scottish Parliament convenes and Ministers get to work, our Chief Executive, Jim McCormick, looks ahead on what it will take to turn the tide on poverty in this parliamentary term.

“We know the solutions that are needed, and with bold and ambitious action it is still possible to lift 100,000 children out of poverty