We launched ‘Your Local Pantry’ as a social franchise on 7 December. Our Business Development Officer Dave Nicholson explains how Pantries will help tackle food poverty and the Poverty Premium.
Opening up the Pantry
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Category Archives: Poverty Premium
Chancellor challenged to #BurytheDebt for grieving families
The Fair Funerals campaign has launched a new call to tackle funeral poverty. Campaigns manager Heather Kennedy explains how you can help.
The new food banks? Our plans for a social supermarket franchise!
Church Action on Poverty is launching a new project that will enable people on low incomes across the UK to avoid the Poverty Premium and escape food poverty, by getting good food at fair prices. Our Business Development Officer Dave Nicholson explains…
Richest spend more on restaurants than poorest do on housing and energy bills
The richest 10% of households spend more on eating out (£58.40) than the poorest 10% of households spend on housing, fuel and power combined (£44.50). That’s one of the findings of new research published today by the Equality Trust.
Five links for Friday
Some end-of-the-week reading: five interesting links we came across this week.
A Good Society on the Firth of Cromarty
Our National Community Link Worker Amanda Bickerton has been travelling far and wide to follow up on the Good Society conversations we held in communities last year. Her is Amanda’s report on a recent journey to Scotland.
Fairforyou: An affordable alternative to Brighthouse
Today sees the launch of Fairforyou – a new not-for-profit lending company, offering furniture and white goods at vastly cheaper prices than Brighthouse and other existing high cost lenders.
According to our independent cost comparison below, buying a Hotpoint fridge freezer will cost £584 from Fairforyou, compared with £1,326 from Brighthouse – an astonishing total cost saving of £742.
Fair for You aims to provide transparent and affordable credit for essential household items to families who do not have access to mainstream finance. Established in 2015, Fair for You has carried out extensive market research among lower income households to develop affordable, flexible and responsible credit to meet their needs. Importantly, loans can be repaid early, with no penalty; customers are encouraged to overpay, which many do; and there are no added fees for missed payments. If Fair for You’s credit checks show affordability is an issue, applicants are encouraged to seek debt advice. Continue reading
