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We work with the press and media to help raise awareness and publicise our work, events and reports. We see national and local media as a vital strategic partner in getting our messaging heard by different stakeholder groups.

 

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Are you a journalist looking for case studies?

We've been compiling a database of people with lived experiences of food poverty and those working on the frontline of the cost of living crisis who are willing to speak with journalists in order to highlight the plight of those on low-incomes. 

This includes case studies of people living and working in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

For more details, call Geoff Bew on 0203 576 1049 or email geoff.bew@FoodFoundation.co.uk

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100 Businesses Pledge to increase vegetable consumption across the UK
Transparent reporting becoming a vital tool in transforming the food system in lead up to COP26 
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Celebrities become Evil Veg in Brand New TV Advert to Launch Third Year of ‘Eat Them To Defeat Them’ Campaign for ITV and Veg Power
Dame Emma Thompson, Amanda Holden, Jamie Oliver, Stephen Mulhern, Giovanna Fletcher and Ranvir Singh voice evil veg characters in the latest advert to get children to eat their veg 
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Podcast featuring Marcus Rashford, Dame Emma Thompson and Melissa Hemsley in discussion with young people about the Children’s #Right2Food Campaign.
In a new podcast, Footballer Marcus Rashford talks to young people and Dame Emma Thompson from the Children’s Right2Food Campaign about overcoming stigma and channelling personal experience of food poverty into campaigning. 
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Food Foundation Release New Report Showing Pandemic Effect on Food Insecurity Remains a Crisis
#ENDCHILDFOODPOVERTY CAMPAIGN 
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Marcus Rashford MBE and Jamie Oliver MBE Write to Government Calling for Urgent Review of Free School Meals
Letter calling for urgent review of Free School Meals sent to PM Boris Johnson  
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Food Foundation calls for Urgent Government Review of School Food  
In light of recent developments on current food provision for Free School Meal pupils during Covid-19 school closure, we are calling on the Government to conduct an urgent comprehensive review into Free School Meal policy across the UK to feed into the next Spending Review. The review should be debated in Parliament and published before the summer holidays.     It needs to:  
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Dame Emma Thompson Introduces New Podcast Series From Children's Right2Food Campaign
Dame Emma Thompson, the Children’s Right2Food Campaign Ambassador, introduces a new series of podcasts in the Right2Food Campaign. The podcasts tell the stories of those on the frontline who will be trying to feed the millions of families and children facing food insecurity over the Christmas holidays.
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New Report from the Food Foundation calls on food industry to set and report on health and sustainability targets 
A new report from the Food Foundation that analyses the performance of supermarkets, caterers and restaurants against key metrics finds a significant number do not have any health or sustainability sales targets.  
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