Iafrati, Steve

dc.contributor.author	Iafrati, Steve
dc.date.accessioned	2018-07-12T08:36:04Z
dc.date.available	2018-07-12T08:36:04Z
dc.date.issued	2018-03-31
dc.identifier.citation	Lafrati, S. (2018) “We’re not a bottomless pit”: food banks’ capacity to sustainably meet increasing demand. Voluntary Sector Review, 9 (1), pp. 39–5. DOI: 10.1332/204080518X15149744201978
dc.identifier.issn	2040-8056
dc.identifier.doi	10.1332/204080518X15149744201978
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2436/621487
dc.description.abstract	Based on research with 21 food banks across eight local authority areas in England, this article examines the sustainability of food banks in their attempts to balance demand and supply. Against a background of multiple deprivation and welfare reforms in the UK, food banks are becoming increasingly important for growing numbers of people. However, at a time when food banks' ability to meet this increasing demand is close to capacity, this article examines how social purpose is a core element in food banks' understanding of sustainability. With food banks having little control over the level of demand, and supply being increasingly close to capacity, if demand exceeds supply, sustainability will necessitate either denying demand or expanding supply.
dc.format	application/PDF
dc.language.iso	en
dc.publisher	Policy Press
dc.relation.url	http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/10.1332/204080518X15149744201978
dc.subject	Food banks
dc.subject	Sustainability
dc.subject	Demand and supply
dc.subject	Poverty
dc.title	"We're not a bottomless pit": food banks' capacity to sustainably meet increasing demand
dc.type	Journal article
dc.identifier.journal	Voluntary Sector Review
dc.contributor.institution	Email: s.iafrati@wlv.ac.uk
dc.date.accepted	2017-12-13
rioxxterms.funder	University of Wolverhampton
rioxxterms.identifier.project	UOW120718SI
rioxxterms.version	AM
rioxxterms.licenseref.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate	2019-03-01
dc.source.volume	9
dc.source.issue	1
dc.source.beginpage	39
dc.source.endpage	53
refterms.dateFCD	2018-10-18T15:53:33Z
refterms.versionFCD	AM
html.description.abstract	Based on research with 21 food banks across eight local authority areas in England, this article examines the sustainability of food banks in their attempts to balance demand and supply. Against a background of multiple deprivation and welfare reforms in the UK, food banks are becoming increasingly important for growing numbers of people. However, at a time when food banks' ability to meet this increasing demand is close to capacity, this article examines how social purpose is a core element in food banks' understanding of sustainability. With food banks having little control over the level of demand, and supply being increasingly close to capacity, if demand exceeds supply, sustainability will necessitate either denying demand or expanding supply.