Ending the need for food banks - draft plan: consultation analysis

Independent analysis of responses to the public consultation on the national plan to end the need for food banks.


References

Respondents referenced a wide rage range of documents and research across their responses. Many of these were referenced in the consultation itself or were government research papers, policy documents or national statistics; also mentioned were the responding organisations website, documents setting out the responding organisation's policy position and services, as well as general policy papers and research papers that informed their response.

Alston, P. (2020) 'The parlous state of poverty eradication: Report of the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights'. Human Rights Council. doi: 10.1163/2210-7975_HRD-9970-2016149.

Birt, C, et al Poverty in Scotland (2021)

Caraher, M. and Davison, R. (2019) The normalisation of Food Aid: What happened to feeding people well? [version 2; peer review: 4 approved]. Emerald Open Res. 2019, 1:3. https://doi.org/10.12688/emeraldopenres.12842.2

Child Poverty Action Group (2020) Is Food the Right Response to Child Hunger? Available: https://cpag.org.uk/news-blogs/news-listings/food-right-response-child-hunger

The Children and Young People's Commissioner Scotland living-more-important-than-surviving.pdf (cypcs.org.uk)

The Children and Young People's Commissioner Scotland The pandemic's impact on: Children and young people in poverty (cypcs.org.uk)

Citizens Advice Scotland, Five People, Five Reforms: Strengthening Universal Credit after the Pandemic, December 2021.

Citizens Advice Scotland, Mind the Fuel Poverty Gap: Warm Home Discount in the Scottish context, (July 2020)

CPAG, After the Cut: What Now for Families?, October (2021)

Darmon, N. and Drewnowski, A. (2015) Contribution of food prices and diet cost to socioeconomic disparities in diet quality and health: a systematic review and analysis. Nutrition Reviews. 2015 Oct; 73(10):643-60. https://doi.org/10.1093/nutrit/nuv027

De Schutter, O. (2010) Agroecology and the right to food. United Nations Office of the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food. Available at: http://www.srfood.org/images/stories/pdf/officialreports/20110308_a-hrc-16-49_agroecology_en.pdf

De Schutter, O. (2012) 'Report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Olivier De Schutter'. United Nations. doi: 10.1163/2210-7975_HRD-9970-2016149.

Douglas, F, et al Health professionals' experiences and perspectives on food insecurity and long‐term conditions: A qualitative investigation – (2020) - Health and Social Care in the Community - Wiley Online Library

Edinburgh Poverty Commission, A Just Capital: Actions to end poverty in Edinburgh, (September 2020)

Egan, J. and Robison, O. (2019) Integrating money advice workers into primary care settings: an evaluation. Available: https://www.gcph.co.uk/assets/0000/7293/Advice_workers_in_deep_end_GP_primary_care_setting.pdf

Evaluation-of-Aberlours-Urgent-Assistance-Fund_Professor-Morag-Treanor_November-2020.pdf

Fitzpatrick, S et al JRF Destitution in the UK (2020)

The Food Foundation (2021) The Broken Plate 2021: The State of the Nation's Food System. Available: https://foodfoundation.org.uk/sites/default/files/2021-10/FF-Broken-Plate-2021.pdf

Hilber, D. and MacLeod, M.A. (2019) The Scottish Welfare Fund: Strengthening the Safety Net. A Study of Best Practice. Available: https://amenuforchange.files.wordpress.com/2020/01/a-menu-for-change-swf-report-updated.pdf

Hardy, F, et al, Living through a pandemic: Experiences of low income families in Renfrewshire and Inverclyde (2021) https://www.povertyalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/TPA_GHS_Project_Research_Report_FINAL_proof_02-1.pdf

The Health Foundation (2017) Our food and health. How is our health influenced by the food we eat? Available: https://www.health.org.uk/infographic/our-food-and-our-health

Loh, S. et al Working‐age adults using food banks in England have significantly poorer health and higher rates of mental health conditions than adults in the general population: A cross‐sectional quantitative study. Health and Social Care in the Community. 2021 Sep; 29(5):1594-1605. https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.13226

Loopstra, R. (2018) Interventions to address household food insecurity in high-income countries. Proceedings of the Nutrition Society. 77(3): 270-281. doi:10.1017/S002966511800006X150

MacLeod, M.A. (2015) Making the Connections: A study of emergency food aid in Scotland. Available: https://www.povertyalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Emergency-Food-Aid-Report.pdf

Marshal, C. and Goodwin, S. (2021) Independent Food Aid Network and Nourish Scotland report - Promoting a 'cash first' approach to food insecurity in Scotland: Lessons from developing 'Worrying About Money?' leaflets. Available: https://www.nourishscotland.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Promoting-Cash-First-in-Scotland-300621_FINAL.pdf

McKenna, R. (2019) FROM PILLAR TO POST. Destitution among people refused asylum in Scotland. Destitute Asylum Seeker Service. Available: https://www.rst.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/From-Pillar-to-Post-Feb-2019.pdf

Nourish Scotland (2020) Emergency Food Provision: Dignity during COVID-19 – Online Workshop Report. Available: https://www.nourishscotland.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/COVID-19-Online-Workshop-Report.-7-External.pdf

Perry, J, et al Emergency use only, understanding and reducing the use of food banks in the UK foodbank-report.pdf (trusselltrust.org)

Pool, U, Dooris M Prevalence of food security in the UK measured by the Food Insecurity Experience Scale | Journal of Public Health | Oxford Academic (oup.com)

Power, M. et al (2017) All in it Together? Community Food Aid in a Multi-Ethnic Context. Journal of Social Policy, 46(3): 447-471. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0047279417000010

Rao, M. et al (2013) Do healthier foods and diet patterns cost more than less healthy options? A systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ Open. 2013; 3(12). doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-004277

Saxena, L. P. and Tornaghi, C. (2018) The Emergence of Social Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health Poverty and child health - views from the frontline, RCPCH, 2017 (https://www.rcpch.ac.uk/resources/poverty-child-health-views-frontline)

Supermarkets in Britain: Food poverty, Food waste and Austerity Retail. Research Report. Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience, Coventry University: Coventry. Available: https://pureportal.coventry.ac.uk/en/publications/the-emergence-of-social-supermarkets-in-britain-food-poverty-food

Scott, C. et al (2018) Affordability of the UK's Eatwell Guide. The Food Foundation. Available: https://foodfoundation.org.uk/sites/default/files/2021-10/Affordability-of-the-Eatwell-Guide_Final_Web-Version.pdf

Sosenko, F. et al (2019) State of Hunger. A study of poverty and food insecurity in the UK. Available: https://www.stateofhunger.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/State-of-Hunger-Report-November2019-Digital.pdf

War on Want UK food poverty: The right to food is a human right

Williamson, S. et al (2017) Deprivation and healthy food access, cost and availability: a cross-sectional study. J Hum Nutr Diet. 2017 Dec; 30(6):791-799. https://doi.org/10.1111/jhn.12489

Young, S (2021) How Social Security Can Deliver for Disabled People in Scotland, https://www.jrf.org.uk/report/how-social-security-can-deliver-disabled-people-scotland

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