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[MarkG]

Looks like the left over play-off final food is being distributed.

Wembley food for England matches and FA Cup final handed to vulnerable families

WEMBLEY food that should have been eaten at last year’s FA Cup final and five England matches is being shipped out to UK food banks. More than 500,000 items of surplus food – both fresh produce and…

www.thesun.co.uk

"It is understood the items include a mixture of dry and frozen foods such as soups, hot dogs, beans and vegetables."

 

[QR]

Maybe those previous centres (under another name) weren`t working........ nothing wrong with evolution and improvement is there?

Even the Guardian acknowledged their failing in 2010

Sure Start centres fail to help neediest families

Despite extra funding, a "low level" of outreach work means parents and children in the poorest areas are not getting the services they need

www.theguardian.com

But by 2019 the same paper changed their tune....

Sure Start numbers plummet as cuts hit children’s services

Exclusive: Study reveals 20% decline in use with biggest fall in England’s poorest areas

www.theguardian.com

And even the "closures due to austerity" isn`t necessarily true as some have already been "re-branded".

Not so sure of Sure Start figures - Full Fact

While many Sure Start children's centres have closed since 2010, just how many depends on what exactly you count.

fullfact.org

Not performing as desired on one metric does not equate to 'not working'.

As the minister said...

Primarolo said: "Sure Start has been instrumental in helping families give their children the best start in life. But for many this is still a relatively new way of working.

"Our ongoing communications campaign is raising awareness of children's centres, so that families know about their local children's centre and the services it provides, and outreach workers are playing an important role in ensuring children's centres reach the most vulnerable families."

 

[Essexyellows]

Not performing as desired on one metric does not equate to 'not working'.

As the minister said...

Primarolo said: "Sure Start has been instrumental in helping families give their children the best start in life. But for many this is still a relatively new way of working.

"Our ongoing communications campaign is raising awareness of children's centres, so that families know about their local children's centre and the services it provides, and outreach workers are playing an important role in ensuring children's centres reach the most vulnerable families."

Chill your beans... it was 11 years ago.
Nothing wrong with improving things is there?

 

[QR]

Chill your beans... it was 11 years ago.
Nothing wrong with improving things is there?

There go the goalposts again.

 

[Essexyellows]

There go the goalposts again.

Nothing stays the same, change is constant.

We don`t send kids up chimneys anymore....... moving the damned goalposts made it illegal.

 

[Marked Ox]

Nothing stays the same, change is constant.

We don`t send kids up chimneys anymore....... moving the damned goalposts made it illegal.

JRM will want the chimney sweeps legislation cancelled.

 

[Essexyellows]

JRM will want the chimney sweeps legislation cancelled.

And rightly so.... need to do something with the uneducated...

 

[Essexyellows]

So inflation is going up and the cost of living is increasing.

So what do we need to do to help everyone? Fire away..... remember you can`t give things away because someone has to pay for it.

Food security - evidently it is very weak, with a large number of imported foodstuffs and over reliance on balancing exports and imports. Get back to seasonal food - and no avocados.

Supply Chain - effort needs to be put into breaking the control and power supermarkets have, or the complex long supply chains that take too much of a cut.

Investment - local food systems and shorter supply chains that pay a fair price to producers and growers and keep healthy, sustainable food affordable for all. The much-vaunted "levelling up" money needs to invest in locally-based food infrastructure and networks.

Income - increased food/fuel prices without any change to income be it Real Living Wage or Universal Credit, will push millions of households into an even more precarious financial situation. We need to calculate a realistic minimum wage based on the true cost of living.

Vote for me, your local Socio-conservative-Taliban.

 

[chuckbert]

Food security - evidently it is very weak, with a large number of imported foodstuffs and over reliance on balancing exports and imports. Get back to seasonal food - and no avocados.

Or live in Perth. I've got a couple of avo trees in the back yard

 

[Marked Ox]

So inflation is going up and the cost of living is increasing.

So what do we need to do to help everyone? Fire away..... remember you can`t give things away because someone has to pay for it.

Food security - evidently it is very weak, with a large number of imported foodstuffs and over reliance on balancing exports and imports. Get back to seasonal food - and no avocados.

Supply Chain - effort needs to be put into breaking the control and power supermarkets have, or the complex long supply chains that take too much of a cut.

Investment - local food systems and shorter supply chains that pay a fair price to producers and growers and keep healthy, sustainable food affordable for all. The much-vaunted "levelling up" money needs to invest in locally-based food infrastructure and networks.

Income - increased food/fuel prices without any change to income be it Real Living Wage or Universal Credit, will push millions of households into an even more precarious financial situation. We need to calculate a realistic minimum wage based on the true cost of living.

Vote for me, your local Socio-conservative-Taliban.

Sell Johnson for £bns as the efforts to protect him must mean he is worth it....

Also sell Sunak to the US.

 

[Essexyellows]

Or live in Perth. I've got a couple of avo trees in the back yard

A good reason not too really.

Although we are venturing over there next year if all goes to plan.