While I’m excited for what comes next, I am so sad to be leaving my amazing colleagues after four years at IFAN - taking lots of memories and my passion for #CashFirst with me! 💙

Finishing off todays afternoon workshops with a panel Q&A on emergency responses to tackling infant food insecurity with Pam Amabile and Carolyn Wilson Scottish Government Erin Williams Feed and Flora Douglas #CashFirstCommunities

Really interesting morning workshop at the joint IFAN and The Trussell Trust #CashFirstCommunities conference on the poverty people seeking asylum and refuge face hosted by Pinar.Aksu from Maryhill Integration Network

Our latest figures show just how perilous the situation is for people facing hardship as well as overstretched food banks. A six-month extension of the #HouseholdSupportFund is too little, too late and falls far short of what is needed➡️ bit.ly/3wP1KFi #SaveCrisisSupport

The Chancellor has extended the #HouseholdSupportFund for six months. Our response:
#SaveCrisisSupport

We’ve written to Jeremy Hunt with 120+ organisations calling for an urgent extension to the Household Support Fund. Families facing hardship, hunger, and unexpected costs must be able to get the help they need in their communities. #SaveCrisisSupport

📢 We're excited to announce bookings are open for #CashFirst Communities with IFAN

Join us to explore how we can learn from #CashFirst initiatives across Scotland to build a future where no-one needs to turn to charitable food aid.

👉 Book here: bit.ly/cfc-conf

Last year’s conference was such an fantastic experience - really looking forward to seeing familiar and new faces on 18th March! #CashFirst

Tickets! ➡️ bit.ly/cfc-conf

We’ve written to Jeremy Hunt with 120+ organisations calling for the urgent extension to the Household Support Fund which ends in March.

Without action, we face a hole in local crisis support that neither councils nor the charity sector can fill.

#SaveCrisisSupport

Rather than 'complex and varied' the reason people turn to food banks is simple and singular: lack of income to afford food.

We need to urgently see more #CashFirst responses including the continuation of the #HouseholdSupportFund so that no one needs to turn to charity to eat.

“... there has been real progress made particularly with the introduction of the #HouseholdSupportFund ' Maria Marshall on #CashFirst approaches to local crisis support #SaveCrisisSupport
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TODAY Sir Stephen Timms'sWestminster Hall debate 16.30-17.30 The future of the #HouseholdSupportFund is hanging in the balance & is due to end in 60 days #SaveCrisisSupport Write to your MP via our Can you get cash in a crisis page? bit.ly/3Snsrtf whatson.parliament.uk/event/cal46762.

As Sir Stephen Timms debate is underway, thanks to
Isabella McRae for covering our joint summit on the future of crisis support in Big Issue End Furniture Poverty Barnardo’s Food Matters The Welcome Centre Greater Manchester Poverty Action Cash Perks #CashFirst #SaveCrisisSupport
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The future of crisis support is fragile. Explore IFAN's new map identifying available crisis support in a sample of local authorities in England, what this can tell us, and why it's vital that the #HSF is extended beyond March 31st #SaveCrisisSupport  bit.ly/3Snsrtf

Catch up on latest news from IFAN in our December newsletter - Independent food bank data, the latest on the Household Support Fund, Labour Party Conference, Worrying About Money? leaflets, Money Counts training and more. Read the full newsletter here: bit.ly/41u49k8

“Food bank teams have been calling for the end of the need for their services for years. But donors and fundraisers are part of the solution too.” ⁦Sabine Goodwin⁩ #CashFirst foodaidnetwork.org.uk/post/appealing…

I don’t often get the chance to work with my brilliant colleague ⁦Maria Marshall⁩ in person. Great to spend a few hours together in London today and to finally meet ⁦IFAN⁩’s wonderful volunteer ⁦Anna Gavurin⁩ #CashFirst

Great to hear from Annie McCormack Chair of IFAN member Broke Not Broken at Cross-Party Group on Poverty's final evidence session of their inquiry into rural poverty. 'We know that in a compassionate and caring Scotland we cannot 'food bank' our way out of poverty'  #CashFirst povertyalliance.org/campaigns-proj…