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From the food emergency to poverty prevention: the changing function of food banks in Leicester

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posted on 2025-01-16, 17:14 authored by Tania ArrietaTania Arrieta, Jonathan S Davies

This independent policy brief explores the evolving social function of food banks in Leicester. From our academic perspective, the intention is to support the city’s food bank network, the Leicester Food Partnership, the development of a Food Health Needs Assessment in the city, and the wider network of stakeholders constituting the Feeding Leicester Steering Group.

While food banks continue to support people with the provision of emergency food parcels, they increasingly support the prevention of poverty in different ways. Poverty prevention refers to the wide range of functions that food banks are undertaking in relation to social welfare, including employability and financial management support. The increased need that the city has experienced recently, in particular after the Covid19 pandemic, led to the development of the Leicester Food Partnership (LFP), an informal arrangement between 22 food banks. This policy brief focuses on the LFP and its poverty prevention work in local communities.

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College of Business School of Management

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  • VoR (Version of Record)

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University of Leicester

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978-1-912989-35-5

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2025

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2025-01-16

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en

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