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Food banks are an increasingly normal part of life in the UK, but it doesn’t have to be this way.
Tackling themes including rising living costs, employment, and the relationship between poverty and mental and physical health, A Taste for Change makes the case for a food bank free future and sets out what it will take to get there.
Drawing on personal stories and statistical data from across and beyond Trussell's community of food banks, it asks what it would look like to act decisively on a belief that most of us hold: namely, that everyone matters.
"Heather Buckingham poses important questions for a fairer Britain that government – and society as a whole – needs to find answers for."
Baroness Ruth Davidson, former leader of the Scottish Conservative Party
“Balanced, accessible and informed, this book grapples honestly with food insecurity and the complex factors that drive it, while also identifying the immediate things that can and should be changed.”
Rachel Loopstra, University of Liverpool
"Heather Buckingham has put together a powerful, evidence-led case for a society where everyone can afford the essentials. A must-read!”
Levi Roots, entrepreneur
“Food banks can be hopeful places, but they shouldn’t exist. Heather Buckingham shows how the radical path to a food-bank-free future starts with valuing everyone.”
Ros Wynne-Jones, Daily Mirror
“Compassionate, compelling and courageous, this book challenges us to build a society where everyone doesn’t merely survive, but where everyone can flourish. A society in which everyone matters.”
Chine McDonald, writer, broadcaster and director of Theos
Heather Buckingham is Social Change Advisor at Trussell, a charity whose goal is to end hunger in the UK. She was previously Director of Policy and Research at Church Urban Fund and has held Research Fellow posts at the University of Birmingham and the University of Southampton, exploring civil society responses to social issues.
Heather is an Honorary Visiting Fellow at Bayes Business School and a Visiting Lecturer at the Centre for Charity Effectiveness. She combines her professional expertise with insights from community life in contrasting parts of the UK, including Aston, Birmingham, where she was a volunteer and trustee at her local food bank.
Foreword by Gordon Brown
1. We Have a Problem
2. A Bit About Food Banks
3. A Rising Tide
4. Make It If You Try?
5. Singularly Expensive
6. In Sickness and in Health?
7. Work That Works
8. Social (In)Security
9. Community and Connection
10. Crafting a Different Future