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Food Banks in Schools and Nurseries : The Education Sector's Responses to the Cost-Of-Living Crisis.

Available Open Access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.During the cost-of-living crisis, schools and nurseries have had to step beyond their educational purpose to offer free food to families through food banks. This book explores how these food banks operate, why families use them and how they a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bradbury, Alice
Other Authors: Vince, Sharon
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Bristol : Policy Press, 2025.
Subjects:
Food banks > Great Britain.
Food relief, British.
School children > Food > Great Britain.
Banques alimentaires > Grande-Bretagne.
Aide alimentaire britannique.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Poverty & Homelessness.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover
  • Food Banks in Schools and Nurseries: The Education Sector's Responses to the Cost-of-Living Crisis
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • One Why research food banks in schools and nurseries?
  • Introduction
  • Rationale for the research: the cost-.of-.living crisis
  • The education context
  • Primary schools from 2010 to the early 2020s
  • The early years sector
  • Theoretical tools
  • Policy sociology and enactment
  • Power and responsibilisation
  • The research studies
  • Case study schools and early years settings
  • Interviews
  • Analysis of the two datasets
  • Ethical issues
  • Structure of the book
  • Two How have the cost-.of-.living crisis, Covid and austerity affected families and schools?
  • Introduction
  • The relationships between poverty and education
  • The role of austerity
  • The impact of the Covid pandemic
  • Current policy challenges: funding and the cost-.of-.living crisis
  • Research on hunger, family stress and learning
  • Biosocial perspectives
  • The impact of hunger on learning and participation
  • The impact of family stress
  • Food bank research: the critique of neoliberal solutions to poverty
  • Social interactions and food
  • The deserving/.undeserving poor trope
  • The withdrawal of the state and rise in governmentality
  • Critiques of the 'Good Samaritan' narrative
  • Conclusion
  • Three How do food banks in schools work, and how did they start?
  • Introduction
  • How do food banks in schools work?
  • Sourcing food
  • Reduced donations due to the cost-.of-.living crisis
  • Distributing food
  • Identifying families in need of support
  • Ways of distributing food: choice and dignity
  • Non-.food provision
  • The 'green' agenda: cloaking poverty?
  • How did food banks in schools start?
  • Conclusion
  • Four What is the impact of food banks on children and their families?
  • Introduction
  • Impact on learning
  • Concentration and 'brain development'
  • Physical impacts and behaviour
  • Children's wellbeing
  • Social impacts
  • Impact on families
  • Family wellbeing
  • Deficit discourses about families
  • Impact on particular groups of families
  • Conclusion
  • Five Why do schools have food banks?
  • Introduction
  • Home-.school relationships
  • Awareness of needs
  • Improved connections and trust
  • Difficulties in relationships
  • Moral justifications
  • Practical justifications
  • Ease of access
  • Reducing stigma
  • Conclusion
  • Six Where is policy? Schools, responsibility and the withdrawal of the state
  • Introduction
  • The wider policy context
  • Policy enactment, context and the policy vacuum on food insecurity
  • Accountability and the potential for growing disparities
  • The responsibilisation of schools
  • Conclusion
  • Notes on anti-poverty and food campaigners
  • Historical
  • Contemporary
  • References
  • Index