Food bus fights poverty in the UK's cost of living crisis | Times Reports

Feeding Britain is a charity that helps to tackle food poverty in the UK. The Key Community Bus in South Shields offers an affordable mobile food service and is part of the Feeding Britain network.
Feeding Britain is one of three charities supported by the Times and Sunday Times Christmas appeal this year. It runs 350 “food clubs” across its 85 regional networks, helping people on low incomes to access healthy and fresh food and stretch their budgets further.
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[@suzie5772]

God bless these wonderful people who run this community food bus. It’s heart breaking that people are struggling to eat.

[@khoyrulislam]

Decade and a half of the Tories ruining this country and you people will still vote for them!

[@regina9783]

God bless you all for helping the children of God praise God

[@African.Diaspora.InLondonUK]

The community food bus is a lifesaver. This is now the norm in UK.

[@rosahacketts1668]

This is the first time I have see one.

[@londongirl1733]

Like they need to be Thankful 😢this has been paid for by decades of work. But I agre at least it’s dignified. Should not exists though as this is due to disgusting corporations and their endless greed.

[@titikwinarti2472]

Is this Britain...? Going poor now..

[@roops2939]

​@titikwinarti2472 the UK is a poor country.

[@bowjana8128]

Third world

[@idharudhar5985]

What a fantastic idea to have a food bus come to the community so it is accessible and affordable for those who can't go the distance or want to make their money last longer.

[@Shadow-7773]

@graeme4896 That happens anywhere there is free food offer for those who need a hand. Evil runs deep with humans! 50k trucks in a food line??

[@amyst3887]

What a fantastic project! But what a terrible shame that it is even required in one of the richest countries in the world.

[@pam14321]

It really is fantastic but as you say it’s a disgrace it’s even needed, what has our country come too.🙁

[@user-gd1yg6le1h]

This is Britain growing poor but the multinational and billionaire grow wealth. And the government make sure the bank get bigger bonuses,?

[@gina9523]

What a great idea, helping so many struggling people, hope this takes off all over the country ❤

[@janetbransdon3742]

What a wonderful service.❤❤❤

[@rosahacketts1668]

What a brilliant idea as there will be many people who don't like the idea of Food Banks as it makes them feel like they are begging. Whereas this, people pay for items at a reduce cost, hence giving them a sense of pride and dignity.

[@tonygunn6889]

Want some mp see the reality. People who are benefits use food bank

[@londongirl1733]

Yes correct let folk have dignity after all it’s not free now is it! It’s been paid for by decades of work.

[@mimi1o8]

Helping the needy, specially the seniors and disabled, it’s a great job. Wonderful idea, I’m sure everyone appreciates your work.

[@billybobkingston5604]

UK is now 2nd after America for wealth inequality, sad form of leveling up

[@carolynellis387]

Billy bob, more like levelling down

[@JohnnyWitney]

But America is a lot more wealthier of a country than little Britain

[@sjchan3199]

Fantastic service, nice to see people getting help they need, while mps are only interested in lining their own, friends and families pockets.

[@kingbush9328]

If you don't find a means of multiplying your money, you will wake up one day and realize that the money you thought you had, had been exhausted. Investment is a ladder to climb the financial wall.

[@maxiecharles2842]

Everyone needs more than their salary to be financial stable. The best thing to do with your money is to invest it rightly, because money left for saving always end up used with no returns.

[@chrispaul3778]

Who is your financial coach, do you mind hooking me?

[@cassiejacobs4197]

Am looking for something to venture into on a short term basis, I really need to create an alternate source of income, what do you think I should be buying?

[@kingbush9328]

Cryptocurrency investment, but you will need a professional guide on that.

[@kingbush9328]

Facebook 👇

[@sakhter4044]

Very sad this is an old man who needs help shame on the uk government letting the decent, legal and british people down people need to speak up, make demands and protest. Alot of working people those with a mortgage for one family house or those who are renting are the ones who need help as they get no benefits even though they are working hard while the freeloaders get all the help especially the imported ones. It is sad as most people will have paid there taxs but when they need help no one is there much well done to these sort of people who are trying to help.

[@bustermika18]

I truly admire our citizens' generosity. Our government should be ashamed as they are exploiting us citizen's generosity. We, who pay so much tax while they dont do much about the food costs. They keep claiming that they are helping the cost of living. But why do we still struggle to buy food, as prices are still on a high. And yet they spend our money easily to help illegal immigrants while our citizens are struggling to bring food to the table, heat their home and to keep their home.

[@user-qy9rt9cy2b]

Thankfully there is kind people too help out tose in need god bless these kind people ❤❤❤❤

[@Annie4Always]

Absolutely brilliant! And so sweet! This is such a perfect 'model for many communities to follow. This amazing wee bus, supported by such wonderful people, offers everything these dear folks would need. This supports them not only in maintaining their dignity, but it also gives them an opportunity to build relationships & friendships. As well as, provides excellent food products at a reduced cost, enabling folks to have healthy meals at much better prices, which are more affordable for their budgets. Brilliant! Thank you for caring & for supporting these dear folks in this amazing way! Blessings to you!

[@Peekaboo-Kitty]

I wish they would do this here in Australia.

[@Sad_bumper_sticker.]

So sad that this is needed

[@buy.to.let.britain]

at least house prices are at the highest ever ? = so good news for investors.

[@TheSuperPsychoKiller]

People who deserve peerages are those who run charities.

[@amanullahbayat2101]

Thanks to the one who worked to do this great thing

[@glennhopkins2643]

It all began with Tony Blair. He ought to be deeply ashamed and in prison. .

[@ginatanaka3228]

you guys are doing a wonderful job, keep up the great work!

[@kierstenwatts3179]

Thank you for your Service ❤

[@shelleyretter2230]

It's a great idea for people in need

[@pPod1231]

I’m angry and disgusted that this is even needed. For a small ish number of people who still think these people need to “get another job” or “should work harder”

[@briancox9357]

Exactly. One of the biggest lies out out by capitalism is that hard work makes you better off. This must be why nurses and soldiers are wealthier than MPs and bankers lol

[@Xelenteontae_]

Not those people because they seem like Pensioners. We need to get more jobs in order to get out of this mess that the government and large Cooperations have created for us somehow, this is the only thing you can think of. What else is there to do?

[@Freemouse159]

If you're a Tory voter this is the mindset...

[@elaine8417]

This is great well done all involved you are all awesome ❤

[@LeilaLamb]

This made me cry. What lovely people.

[@angelaswales7492]

Reminds me of the grocery vans that used to come round .

[@samueljaramillo4221]

Unfortunately It’s a world wide crisis . Nobody should have to go through this,especially seniors. These supplies should be free.

[@enitahofstrom6027]

What an absolute wonderful idea...God Bless you.

[@mariedamon5655]

How lovely hope they do this every where eventually. So wonderful to see people getting support x

[@workingstudentera]

Blessed these people trying to make a difference.

[@TheLastSongbird124]

Brilliant, thank God we still have good people in our communities, this is the kind of peope I remember living with as a kid in the 50s and 60s, real people, salt of the Earth types...although dying out literally! The bus is fantastic idea, may you grow from strength to strength.

[@darrennash2752]

Such great people for doing this

[@melonimurphy9077]

This is awesome! They need something like this in the United States where should I go to start something like this or look into something like this?

[@user-jb7uz4hs2i]

It is so heart-breaking! What happened to the Post War dream? There would have been such hope and optimism in 1945 for a new age and future for everyone in the UK. Look at us now...

[@AlphineWolf]

Unfortunately the UK had the Russians to worry about. Trying to recover from ww2 while simultaneously worrying about dealing with the next big aggressor.😅

[@antoanetaanastasova3946]

@@AlphineWolf Very well said, and while sanctioning Russia they are sanctioning their own population.

[@nicholasgodleman7520]

Boomers fucked everyone.

[@janetmalcolm6191]

We are all going backwards.

[@Witchfinder.General]

It's almost like government tax & spend makes people poorer...

[@joannesmith3991]

what a fantastic idear for all and older people who cant get to the stores , also great if you run out of something and dont want to go all the way to the shops for maybe a few things , well done

[@McIntyreBible]

Thank God for these Charity organizations!

[@mouseminer2978]

God bless you guys.

[@farshadyazdani9102]

You are amazing.

[@pixie706]

Quite a few years ago I lived in a remote spot. We had a van selling eggs veg and odds and ends coming to the farmsteads weekly . Also a fresh fish van and once a month a hardware and clothing van . This isn't a new idea but very useful

[@janetmalcolm6191]

This is run NOT for profit. Yes people did run vans years ago but to make a living from what was sold.

[@DamiensTrainsandTravels]

Think all foreign aid is needed to help the UK, charity begins at home after all.

[@teainortakoy]

The UK is the 5th richest country in the world so I don't think we'll qualify!

[@rajarshibasak347]

​@@teainortakoy now 6th

[@teainortakoy]

@@rajarshibasak347 thanks, I hadn't seen that news.

[@Noname-oo9gn]

Most of the products cost more than in my home town 😮 I do not shop at corner shops everyone knows they charge more.

[@yermanoffthetelly]

Did you hear the part about being a food desert? They may not have a supermarket for miles. If you don't have transport, are elderly or have health issues it's not that easy to just pop down to the shops.

[@janetmalcolm6191]

Things are sold at whatever price they can buy them in at!

[@trevorwills3356]

Coop prices are a rip off a supermarket charging corner shop prices

[@teresitap5778]

Brilliant,hope it catches on.❤

[@abdulrajaf6]

Honestly....This IDEA is VERY GOOD....HELPING the PEOPLE who NEEDS to EAT...Daily...(World NEED CREATIVITY on Food Security...)...

[@OldhamSteve52]

God bless you all.

[@kataisa3]

It’s mind-boggling how something like this is even necessary in a place like Great Britsin.

[@McIntyreBible]

I wish America had a service like this one!!

[@AceStar1994]

My town ❤

[@Susieq26754]

That's really nice. ❤ People need this so bad!

[@CherylHarpercompulsivespinner]

What a wonderful service. God bless these people.❤

[@happycook6737]

How lovely! 👏

[@Missy-mn6cc]

Great idea just hope this food goes to those who need it. I know alot of people that can afford food but still getting it from food banks

[@thefunfam1433]

And? If people don’t utilize the food banks( most don’t) they close

[@penitent2401]

They charge at or below cost and then there is cost of maintenance and fuel for the bus, even if all the staff and driver are volunteers, the program still needs funding to operate. Good change of pace though, 3-4 miles away to a food bank may not seem like much, 5 minute drive, but with no transport that can be 2-3hr walk there and back. Especially hard for the elderly or with disabilities and has to carry the items back.

[@Rod-bp8ow]

Roving vans, vehicles and buses, anticipates the needs and prioritizes the employees, individuals, citizens of the city. Efficient standards in managing inventories and creation of businesses.

[@Sweetie8387]

What a fantastic idea!

[@amanullahbayat2101]

AMAZING THANKS 😊❤❤❤ thanks thanks thanks

[@archibaldocruz4561]

how about joining a party that really wants to help the people? How about voting against those who do this to you? How about understanding that Corbyn wanted to help you?

[@antoanetaanastasova3946]

Socialism is not very popular in UK.People forgot the hundreds of years fighting for workers rights and voted for the Tory Capitalists.

[@Shadow-7773]

@archibaldocruz4561' Voting for someone else is not going to happen there or here in the US. Folks will keep voting for the worse folks, as soon as they hear the word free!. Every year or half or two years or four years, poor folks vote the vary people who makes their lives unbearable, right back in to office to do it all over again!.

[@janetmalcolm6191]

​@@antoanetaanastasova3946yes this is true. People had a good chance but listened to the media tripe put out instead.

[@jeanlowen4213]

This reminds me of the 1950’s when we moved out to a new council housing estate, where there was no shops! And poverty was rife too!

[@janetmalcolm6191]

It came round again in the 70's. No money because of no jobs. Unions out on strike. Things go in cycles. Unfortunately. A bit of a boom then unfortunately a bust then follows!

[@rajanslathia6127]

It's beautifully service team, from India

[@wideawakerealist2141]

Try your local Co-Op if you don’t want to go to town, they reduce fresh produce daily substantially. In the afternoon and again early evenings

[@terrylynn9984]

We need something like this in Canada, 6 million Canadians our of a 40 million pops utilized food banks in the last few times. Amazing service ❤

[@aliceseger7108]

What a wonderful idea❤

[@kcdrapes]

Just a thought let’s stop the discount meals in parliament and divert the savings to these programs that on the ground people actually need

[@curiousgeorge6921]

The woman is an angel..God bless

[@rubyred8845]

A great service, bless you all.

[@stevebrooks5555]

Fantastic idea and the people who run these projects are brilliant

[@olgamelo676]

Very nice iniciative! The

[@teresawilson3893]

What a great idea

[@ELEKTRARE]

They are just fabulous people who help those in need wooooow what being human is …. Period 🤗

[@user-pk2rg6yb5u]

What a brilliant idea

[@laurenskipp4348]

That’s brilliant

[@user-ww5ru8pm9z]

It is a great idea but it does’t solve the real problem or help change to happen. Shameful that it’s necessary!

[@seanpittaway5341]

Fair play to all involved. The fact this is needed shows how much the government is wasting and keeping for themselves and their friends.

[@dermottelliot9634]

Lovely x

[@Mr_Spliffy]

Effing brilliant ❤

[@georginamahoney649]

How wonderful ❤

[@farahmalik8980]

What are the royals doing about helping the people besides their fashion parade and shaking hands

[@AbidHussain-bb3dx]

This is fantastic are you Keighley

[@papadajnia268]

Life is to expensive in uk now ....is no point for us eastern European people to be here any more😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@teainortakoy]

Cost of living here has gone up a lot but I hope you enjoyed living here and that things get better.

[@user-jo7eb2lx9r]

What an absolute genuine Peter is , is there anyway I can send him a shop or some money personally

[@judithfenton1054]

This is my dad so lovely thank you x😊

[@judithfenton1054]

My mam died in June and it’s been life changing and i am trying to support my dad best way I can with helping with paper work etc and to manage on his own too x

[@user-jo7eb2lx9r]

I’d love to be able to help , we had similar situation with my grandad years ago when my Nan passed x

[@jaimecosta2966]

Brilhante

[@johnmaurer2035]

The Government would be proper f**ked, without all of the Charities in the UK.

[@JohnnyWitney]

Sad to say there would probably be a civil war

[@TGIF82]

Although it’s hard to see struggle, provisions like this shouldn’t be left for the crisis. The supermarkets waste so much food, good quality food and therefore whether we have high inflation or not, that food should be available to those who compromise quality of their diet because of life-changing events such pension, illness, loss of job. In some Nothern countries this is in place regardles- you got something extra whether business or individual, pass it to those who need it more. Love this concept and we distribute grants for the projects like this. If there is one thing that say is positive about pandemic is that the businesses, funders and communities started to work more together and food provisions are more effective in collaborations with the chain markets etc. Shame is that initiative does not come from this government. there is lack of regulations on the waste of food by the businesses. Not even food, but also other products. These people do the real hard work to make a change.

[@ismaelhall3990]

This is a great idea.

[@joycejackson9315]

What the heck. This is frightening.

[@werlysteinmann445]

Aww bless ❤️❤️❤️

[@sallyclay1974]

Im retired in Danbury, CT. My stock money, went, in about 8 yrs, after the bankruptcy of my company, 2008, and I retired. Now, im a fixed income.I have a housng voucher, that helps, but the cost of living, is now, a global problem.

[@Sobekveil]

Would be nice to have this in USA but it might not work due to how huge we are.

[@Sarah-qo9bu]

Doing more than the government

[@rondonnis6588]

85p for beans! You can get then for 27p at aldi and how can you give them an authentic shopping experience in an old rickety bus lol

[@claudiamariebermudez6727]

Nice idea 💡

[@who52au]

You really need the Security window for the cashier ?!

[@OfficialWilliamHillChannel]

This is what the content of the BBC should honestly be. I don’t understand why we got shows like Under The Hammer on bbc where ppl are acting like they’re really buying a home for millions. 😂😂😂we all know that it’s character playing roles.

[@DavoInMelbourne]

Food bus fights poverty, caused by 14 years of a working class despising Tory government in UK’s cost of greed crisis.

[@skavengerr]

Very painful!

[@user-qy9rt9cy2b]

Torie government should be ashamed of how a lot of people are reduced too liveing . King Charles she pay his own way and help his people

[@Mark28644]

A supposedly rich country like the UK there should be no poverty & the need for food banks or food buses!! Just so sad!! These helpers are doing a great job in feeding these desperate people though!!

[@jennim282]

I wish i could help people but im watching the pennies myself. Had a close death recently myself and the loss of a loved one is bad enough but then you have the financial loss as well.

[@dotboesdal6761]

❤