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Places you can go if you're struggling to buy food, including food banks, community fridges and food vouchers

If you need emergency food, the Trussell Trust have a network of food banks that provides emergency food and support to people in crisis.

A community fridge is a space where surplus food is shared for free. Hubbub coordinates over 300 community fridges across the UK.

You can access emergency food through a food bank with a food voucher. Learn more about food vouchers and the referral system.

If you’re more than ten weeks pregnant or have a child under 4, you may get help buying healthy food and milk (the healthy start scheme).

Check if your child can get free school meals and find out how to apply.

With tips on eating well as a family. It covers eating on a budget, accessing food banks, community fridges and food during school holidays.

Is a mobile app connecting customers to restaurants and stores with unsold food, which they sell at reduced rates.