Sabine Goodwin
@sabinegoodwin.bsky.social
Independent Food Aid Network (IFAN) Director | Anti-poverty campaigner advocating for #cashfirst or income-focused solutions to food insecurity and an end for the need for charitable food aid in the UK | Opinion pieces - www.foodaidnetwork.org.uk/opinion
I'm pleased to have signed the @bigissue.com open letter on behalf of @ifanuk.bsky.social on the need for Westminster to set 'ambitious, measurable' targets within its forthcoming child poverty strategy www.bigissue.com/opinion/gove... Covered here www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
October 31, 2025 at 9:18 AM
I'm pleased to have signed the @bigissue.com open letter on behalf of @ifanuk.bsky.social on the need for Westminster to set 'ambitious, measurable' targets within its forthcoming child poverty strategy www.bigissue.com/opinion/gove... Covered here www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
“We urge Ministers to drop these proposals. We urge Scottish MPs to vote against these cuts, sending a strong, positive message to disabled people and carers in Scotland that this Government will build a country free from poverty, not one that
forces people into deeper poverty and destitution.”
forces people into deeper poverty and destitution.”
June 26, 2025 at 12:44 PM
“We urge Ministers to drop these proposals. We urge Scottish MPs to vote against these cuts, sending a strong, positive message to disabled people and carers in Scotland that this Government will build a country free from poverty, not one that
forces people into deeper poverty and destitution.”
forces people into deeper poverty and destitution.”
Latest DWP Family Resources Survey data just released. Of households reporting severe food insecurity over the last 30 days (skipping meals, being unable to afford food) 84% did not use a food bank - Food bank use is as ever the tip of the food insecurity iceberg.
www.gov.uk/government/s...
www.gov.uk/government/s...
March 27, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Latest DWP Family Resources Survey data just released. Of households reporting severe food insecurity over the last 30 days (skipping meals, being unable to afford food) 84% did not use a food bank - Food bank use is as ever the tip of the food insecurity iceberg.
www.gov.uk/government/s...
www.gov.uk/government/s...
Great to see @ifanuk.bsky.social 'Worrying About Money?' project listed in Tackling Poverty Locally Online Directory Thanks to the Scottish Poverty and Inequality Research Unit (SPRIU) @emmaosterberg.bsky.social #CashFirst
www.gcu.ac.uk/aboutgcu/aca....
www.gcu.ac.uk/aboutgcu/aca....
December 4, 2024 at 4:54 PM
Great to see @ifanuk.bsky.social 'Worrying About Money?' project listed in Tackling Poverty Locally Online Directory Thanks to the Scottish Poverty and Inequality Research Unit (SPRIU) @emmaosterberg.bsky.social #CashFirst
www.gcu.ac.uk/aboutgcu/aca....
www.gcu.ac.uk/aboutgcu/aca....
Great to read Jo Wildman's blog on ScotCen's evaluation of @ifanuk.bsky.social's 'Worrying About Money?' resources
➡️ natcen.ac.uk/how-worrying...
Read the evaluation in full: bit.ly/WAMguide-evaluation #CashFirst
➡️ natcen.ac.uk/how-worrying...
Read the evaluation in full: bit.ly/WAMguide-evaluation #CashFirst
November 26, 2024 at 7:22 AM
Great to read Jo Wildman's blog on ScotCen's evaluation of @ifanuk.bsky.social's 'Worrying About Money?' resources
➡️ natcen.ac.uk/how-worrying...
Read the evaluation in full: bit.ly/WAMguide-evaluation #CashFirst
➡️ natcen.ac.uk/how-worrying...
Read the evaluation in full: bit.ly/WAMguide-evaluation #CashFirst
Important Westminster Hall debate on food bank use tomorrow at 9.30am thanks to Seamus Logan MP
Here's hoping the UK Government will commit to a #cashfirst approach to #foodinsecurity and end the need the food banks/other forms of charitable food aid
@ifanuk.bsky.social bit.ly/4fQ5YxA #CashFirst
Here's hoping the UK Government will commit to a #cashfirst approach to #foodinsecurity and end the need the food banks/other forms of charitable food aid
@ifanuk.bsky.social bit.ly/4fQ5YxA #CashFirst
November 18, 2024 at 8:02 PM
Important Westminster Hall debate on food bank use tomorrow at 9.30am thanks to Seamus Logan MP
Here's hoping the UK Government will commit to a #cashfirst approach to #foodinsecurity and end the need the food banks/other forms of charitable food aid
@ifanuk.bsky.social bit.ly/4fQ5YxA #CashFirst
Here's hoping the UK Government will commit to a #cashfirst approach to #foodinsecurity and end the need the food banks/other forms of charitable food aid
@ifanuk.bsky.social bit.ly/4fQ5YxA #CashFirst