Cost of Living Crisis: Food Donations

The Food Programme

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4.4 • 943 Ratings

🗓️ 2 October 2022

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

As energy bills rise to their new capped level at the start of October, Leyla Kazim shares some inspiring stories of giving that she has heard while on the road with the BBC Food and Farming Awards.

Judging is currently underway for the Awards, which will be held for the first time this year in Wales.

Given the financial situation the UK is in, with food inflation at its highest rate since 2008, perhaps it's no surprise that many of this years finalists are involved with getting food to people who are finding it harder to afford what they need.

From pay what you feel shops, to allotments providing food banks with fresh veg, and cooking for the community, in the face of increasing need, and straight after dealing with the Covid 19 pandemic, our finalists keep stepping forward to support those around them.

Organisations and individuals featured include: EMS Ltd in Hull, Big Bocs Bwyd in Barry, Mrs Mair Bowen from Kilgetty (Pembrokeshire), Mr Alun Roberts (Caernarfon).

Presented by Leyla Kazim Produced in Bristol by Natalie Donovan

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0:50.0	We didn't want it to look like a food bank. We wanted it to look like something, a bit funky and a bit special.
0:57.0	And so as you can see, it's all been skimmed out to look like a farm shop that that was the sort of vibe that we wanted to go for.
1:06.7	We've got two chefs and they cook our ready meals on a night time and the ready meals will feed up to a family of four and they'll cost three
1:14.0	pound and we have them in this fridge and then we have them in other fridges around
1:17.6	the city mostly community centers. Ordinary people doing extraordinary work. Today as energy bills go up again we are on the
1:28.8	road with the BBC Food and Farming Award judges, myself included, hearing about what some of our nominees are doing to help their communities.
1:38.5	The idea of course is if I'm saving money here they can use the money on paying the utility bills or giving their kids a treat or school uniforms or all that really expensive stuff that people have to sort of manage as on a budget.
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1:56.0	As we all know, food prices have been going up gradually all year.
2:01.0	Grocery inflation is at its highest rate in 14 years at around 13%.
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