Too many British families are hungry!

Yes, there is a lot of "food poverty".
I was there once, but I made the most of what I had because I had the good fortune to have been taught how to eke things out. I managed to put food on the table for my children, and yes, I did go without occasionally. But I soldiered on.
My parents weren't wealthy and we were hand to mouth. We didn't have our own house, but what my parents have was a lot of ingenuity and perseverance. My Birthday present one year was an orange box made into a dolls cot. Dad papered my bedroom walls with wallpaper samples thrown out by a shop. Mum would invent meals with the ingredients she had. I learnt a lot from my parents and grandparents.
It's a shame that these life skills don't seem to be passed down.
The thing is, who's responsibility is it to help? And who should be teaching youngsters how to cope?

I suffered food poverty as a lone parent in the 80s but nothing like the people I spoke to when I volunteered on a helpline during the pandemic. It stunned me to find out that so many people were struggling to feed themselves and their families. And this is before the price hikes. Lord knows how lone parents are managing now.

If people here grew up in poverty, why was that?
Was it because their parents spent their money on TVs, and needless items?

Was it because they didn't bother to help themselves, or maybe because they drank?

Good point, MissA. I assume that most went without vapes or false nails, that's for sure.

MissAdventure

If people here grew up in poverty, why was that?
Was it because their parents spent their money on TVs, and needless items?

Was it because they didn't bother to help themselves, or maybe because they drank?

Are you really that ignorant?

Read the other thread about when you realised people had different lives to you. Most people had quite poor upbringings on there but that was a different time, mostly the 50s when the country was recovering from the war. There weren’t even TVs then and no luxuries.

Life was very frugal. My parents never smoked or drank and never wasted a penny. They never owed anybody anything and just kept their heads above water with no benefits or handouts as did everybody else.

Oh, just the same as my parents too, then

No, I'm not ignorant, no moreso then those who still think that food UNCERTAINTY has anything to do with hair extensions, mobile phones, and false fingernails.

Food uncertainly is to do with times that people are not necessarily able to access what they need.

I think one or two posters are just being sarcastic Primrose53
Just in case tho, as you say it was a different time when there were more low paid jobs than now and usually only the husband went to work while the wife looked after the children and home.Hardly any cash to spare and no luxuries.

It is a different time again now, so comparing it to how people lived in the 50s isn't helpful.

Isn’t helpful?😆

Look, there was food ‘uncertainty’ at any time in the 20th century, or any other century, and there is still some now, but far far less.
Lessons in how to manage on a shoe string would be helpful.

Well, I've found nothing helpful about the idea of having a pig, not having the latest tv (because I haven't) spending £10 to go into a supermarket cafe for £4, to get a free child's meal, not having false nails (because I don't) and not spending money on the latest phone (because I don't)

If it's far, far less, why are hospital admissions and deaths rising due to nutritional defects?

If it is less, then it means "the poor" are coping better, I presume?

Incidentally, the people experiencing food insecurity at levels around 20+ percent are teachers and nhs workers.

Then don’t rely on an online forum for advice as how to manage.
I manage on a shoe string, but get my priorities right as you obvs do.
Younger people are not so savvy tho.
Pay your rent first, then the utilities then food and no frills unless there’s cash at the end of the week.That means no coffees out, either cheap new clothes or clothes from charity shops which when washed can be better than cheap new ones.
Do your own nails and hair apart from a cut now and then.No newspapers or mags and no fags or vaping.A mobile phone is needed for so much but pay as you go or a really good contract.
TV not cinema.
There are mental health cases who can’t cope with life and
there are those who haven’t the faintest idea about managing their money and those tend to be younger people.
There really does need to be some sort of public info about how to manage.
And yeah, the accessing of goods and food can be a problem for some people.

Teachers? You have to be joking.

I'm joining in a discussion, not asking for advice.
I assume it's ok for me to join in a discussion?

If teachers and nurses can’t manage their money then they really do need lessons.

You are asking questions of me and I’m answering.

A GMB London Region survey from May 2022 of 682 school support staff members in London found (222) 33% of School Support Staff (Teaching Assistants, Administrators and other support roles), in London have used food banks or are considering using one to deal with the cost-of-living crisis.10 Jun 2022

Oreo

You are asking questions of me and I’m answering.

There will never be a time when I seek advice here in how to manage money, I can assure you of that.

We surveyed 34 of the UK's NHS charities1, with 21% confirming they had an active food bank for NHS staff or are implementing one, and a further 35% exploring the possibility. Six of those surveyed reported having active food banks in place, half of which were newly opened between October and December 2022.27 Jan 2023

TA’s aren’t teachers and their pay is vastly different.
Well that’s something we can agree on, cos I won’t ever need to ask advice on managing money on a forum either.
Even so, many people do need help on that subject.

NHS staff could be cleaners and TA’s are poorly paid.Nurses and teachers are well paid, tho everyone always seems to feel they need more.

Teacher Tapp surveys show the number of teachers who receive food parcels has also rocketed almost three-fold since the pandemic. The banks are becoming the new frontline of the cost-of-living crisis as food prices soar, despite a dip in inflatio

Oreo

TA’s aren’t teachers and their pay is vastly different.
Well that’s something we can agree on, cos I won’t ever need to ask advice on managing money on a forum either.
Even so, many people do need help on that subject.

At least we've found something to agree on 🤩