The ‘Perfect Storm’: Food Banks and Food Insecurity During the Covid-19 Pandemic

IF 2.3 3区 社会学 Q1 SOCIAL ISSUES
Sarah Pickering, Jason Wood
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Abstract

In the UK, food banks and other forms of food aid have become a normalised support mechanism for those living at the sharp end of poverty. Drawing from accounts of those who have used, worked, and volunteered in two of England’s food banks during the Covid-19 pandemic, this article explores some of the key challenges that emerged for food aid during this unique period. In documenting these experiences, the paper concurs with previous work that has identified the expanding role of food banks in providing core welfare support, suggesting an increasingly extended welfare function of food aid. This has implications for understanding the effectiveness of welfare – and the appropriateness of our reliance on voluntary aid – in the post-pandemic period.
完美风暴":科威德-19 大流行期间的粮食银行和粮食不安全问题
在英国,食物银行和其他形式的食物援助已成为生活在贫困边缘的人们的一种常态化支持机制。本文从那些在 19 世纪科维德大流行期间使用过、工作过和志愿服务于英格兰两家食物银行的人们的叙述中,探讨了在这一特殊时期食物援助所面临的一些关键挑战。在记录这些经验的过程中,本文与之前的工作相一致,发现食物银行在提供核心福利支持方面的作用不断扩大,这表明食物援助的福利功能日益扩展。这对理解福利的有效性--以及我们在大流行病后时期对自愿援助的依赖是否适当--具有影响。
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