A timely meeting as the Cost of Living and Health crises deepen:
We don’t think anyone in Brent
should go hungry.
What are the best ways to organise in Brent for food
justice and security?
Brent Right to Food want to hear your ideas to develop a
local food strategy.
We know there is a huge increase in demand for help from Food
Banks and Brent Mutual Aid.
This will get worse as living costs rise and force families to
choose between heating and eating.
WHAT
IS FOOD POVERTY?
In 2005 the Department of Health defined it as “the
inability to afford, or have access to, food to make up a healthy diet”. The Food Foundation [1] says
it is the state of
being without reliable access to a sufficient quantity of affordable, nutritious
food.”
Food
poverty affects so many of us - including working parents, pensioners, people
with disabilities, zero-hours contract workers and anyone unemployed.
You may be one of the 11 million people in food poverty in the UK.
Brent Poverty Commission found that in 2020 up to 1 in 3 households (17% - 33%)
in this Borough live below the poverty line and 22-43% of Brent’s children live
in poverty. The pandemic has made this worse.
Food
poverty has a major impact on our health – hunger, malnutrition and obesity can
lead to diet-related illness far beyond childhood and impacts on our mental
health. Studies have shown that poor diet is also linked to disability and
earlier death. [2]
Key
Factors in Food Poverty
·
Low
income - people simply cannot afford to buy food
·
Variable
quality of affordable food on offer
·
Lack
of support for nutrition, budgeting and cooking skills
·
More
support needed from suppliers and regulators.
Most of us acknowledge
the problem – so now we need to tackle it together
Your ideas are welcome
at the Brent Right to Food Summit
on 12th
March at Newman College, Harlesden Road
NW10 3RN 4-7pm..
BUSES 206, 226. 260, 266, 18 / Bus 187 from
Harlesden station [ Overground and Bakerloo Line].
ALL
WELCOME Free entry - use the link for your ticket.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/brent-right-to-food-summit-tickets-268924559597
Sat, 12 March 2022
16:00 – 19:00 GMT
Newman Catholic College
Harlesden Road London NW10 3RN
An afternoon of discussion and
debate on the Right to Food, and how it can be implemented in the London
Borough of Brent.
With participation from:
·
Dee Woods, Granville Community Kitchen
· Rajesh Makwana, Sufra NW London
·
Kemi Akinola, Be Enriched
· Katie Pascoe, Let's Grow Brent
· Clive Baldwin, Human Rights Watch
· Anne Kittappa, Brent Senior Policy Officer
[1] [Food
Insecurity Tracking | Food Foundation
says:
“Food insecurity (sometimes referred to as food
poverty) is the state of being without reliable access to a sufficient quantity
of affordable, nutritious food. To assess the impact of household food
insecurity across the UK, The Food Foundation has been commissioning a series
of nationally representative surveys since the outbreak of the Covid pandemic.
We track and report on people’s experiences of food insecurity particularly
focusing on at risk groups such as families, BAME and ethnic groups, people
with disabilities and children on Free School Meals.”
[ 2] Health
effects of dietary risks in 195 countries, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for
the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 - The Lancet
