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How will disabled people manage through the Covid-19 pandemic? – 9 months on

In May 2020 as part of the Life on the Breadline research guest blog posts during the Covid-19 pandemic, we heard from disability activist and blogger, Hannah Deakin, on ‘How will disabled people manage through the Covid-19 pandemic?’ . 9 months later, we hear from Hannah again as she reflects Read more…

By Stephanie Denning, 4 years24th February 2021 ago

Homelessness and Covid-19: 6 months later

The next in our series of ‘6 months on’ guest blog posts comes from Rebecca Stockman who works with YMCA St Paul’s Group in delivering Merton Winter Night Shelter. Rebecca writes: I often wonder what difference it would have made to have known what an extraordinary this year was going Read more…

By Stephanie Denning, 4 years8th December 2020 ago

Does Covid-19 mean foodbanks are here for good? – 6 months later

In the second of our guest blog series that re-visit posts from summer 2020, now in December 2020 we hear again from foodbank volunteer Bob Jefford on foodbank responses to the Covid-19 pandemic. Bob writes: If Harold Wilson was around today he might well have puffed on his pipe and Read more…

By Stephanie Denning, 4 years1st December 2020 ago

A neighbourly response to Covid-19: 6 months later

During the summer of 2020 the Life on the Breadline blog hosted 10 guest blog posts on responding to the Covid-19 pandemic. 6 months later we’re re-visiting for updates with several of our guest writers. First is from Paul Wright, a Street Connector Mentor on the Firs and Bromford estate Read more…

By Stephanie Denning, 4 years26th November 2020 ago

Food Insecurity and Covid-19 in Stoke-on-Trent

This week’s Covid-19 guest blog post comes from Alison Briggs. Alison is currently a 2nd year PhD research student in the department of Geography in the School of Environment, Education and Development at the University of Manchester. Her research explores experiences of food insecurity in and through the relational spaces Read more…

By Stephanie Denning, 5 years22nd July 2020 ago

Challenging food poverty through empowerment and participation

This week’s guest blog post during Covid-19 comes from Val Barron is a community practitioner with Communities Together Durham and a William Temple Scholar. Val writes: Sitting here reflecting on the first day of the excellent ENUF food and poverty conference, I am left with the same two questions that Read more…

By Stephanie Denning, 5 years24th June 2020 ago

Holiday hunger provision during Covid-19 – how TLG Make Lunch is adapting

This week in our series of guest blog posts we hear from Jasmine Le Ny from TLG on how their Make Lunch programme is adapting to help families during the Covid-19 pandemic: It feels like there is something new for each of us to adapt to everyday during this Covid-19 Read more…

By Stephanie Denning, 5 years17th June 2020 ago

Experiences of being a Priest in a Pandemic

Our next guest blog post during Covid-19 comes from Suzanne Vernon Yorke, a Church of England priest in London. She shares with us her experience of being a priest in a pandemic: Who, where, what am I? I’m a vicar (priest) in a small community church (30ish people) on a Read more…

By Stephanie Denning, 5 years10th June 2020 ago

Homelessness and Covid-19

This week our guest blog post comes from Rebecca Stockman who works with YMCA St Paul’s Group in delivering Merton Winter Night Shelter. Rebecca writes: In Merton, a multi-faith, grassroots winter night shelter, MWNS, has been running and growing since 2011. Just last Autumn it seemed like a daunting leap Read more…

By Stephanie Denning, 5 years3rd June 2020 ago

Becoming a doorstep community

The next in our series of guest blog posts during Covid-19 comes from Naomi Maynard, a food pantry volunteer in Liverpool. Naomi writes: On 6th December 2019 St George’s Everton Your Local Pantry opened its doors for the first time, welcoming in 20 or so members who had heard about Read more…

By Stephanie Denning, 5 years27th May 2020 ago

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