Food Banks in Schools: Educational Responses to the Cost-of-Living Crisis

Autor/inn/en	Bradbury, Alice; Vince, Sharon
Institution	UCL Institute of Education (IOE) (United Kingdom), Helen Hamlyn Centre for Pedagogy (HHCP)
Titel	Food Banks in Schools: Educational Responses to the Cost-of-Living Crisis
Quelle	(2023), (67 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Hunger; Food; Poverty; COVID-19; Pandemics; Elementary Schools; Student Needs; Child Welfare; Social Bias; Negative Attitudes; School Community Relationship; School Responsibility; United Kingdom; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Lebensmittel; Armut; Elementary school; Grundschule; Volksschule; Kindeswohl; Negative Fixierung; Großbritannien
Abstract	The COVID-19 pandemic shone a light upon the issue of food insecurity in families, with school closures (for most children) drawing concern not simply because of the impact upon pupils' education, but also due to the lack of free school meals available for children in families with low incomes (Lalli, 2021). Since the pandemic, families in the United Kingdom (UK) have been hit by the cost-of-living crisis, with increased energy bills and high inflation meaning that they are faced with higher food costs and increased costs to cook foods. Overall, the pandemic and the cost-of-living crisis have meant that more children are living in food insecure households, and increasingly, schools are responding by establishing food banks. Therefore, this research seeks to explore what impact food banks in schools have upon children, families, staff and settings. The research questions this report aims to answer are: (1) how do food banks in schools operate? (2) what are the motivations for schools to operate food banks? and (3) what are the impacts of schools offering food banks on children, families, and school staff? The report also includes a review of the existing literature on hunger, family stress, impacts on learning, and the wider use of food banks. [Funding for this report was provided by the British Educational Research Association (BERA).] (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01