Yes / This paper uses data from a city with a multi-ethnic, multi-faith population to better
understand faith-based food aid. It aims to understand what constitutes faith-based responses
to food insecurity; compare the prevalence and nature of faith-based food aid across different
religions; and explore how community food aid meets the needs of a multi-ethnic, multi-faith
population.
Methodology
The study involved two phases of primary research. In phase one, desk-based research and
dialogue with stakeholders in local food security programmes was used to identify faith-
based responses to food insecurity. Phase two consisted of 18 semi-structured interviews
involving faith-based and secular charitable food aid organizations.
Findings
The paper illustrates the internal heterogeneity of faith-based food aid. Faith-based food aid is
highly prevalent and the vast majority is Christian. Doctrine is a key motivation among
Christian organizations for their provision of food. The fact that the clients at faith-based,
particularly Christian, food aid did not reflect the local religious demographic is a cause for
concern in light of the entry-barriers identified. This concern is heightened by the co-option
of faith-based organizations by the state as part of the ‘Big Society’ agenda.
Originality
This is the first academic study in the UK to look at the faith-based arrangements of Christian
and Muslim food aid providers, to set out what it means to provide faith-based food aid in the
UK and to explore how faith-based food aid interacts with people of other religions and no
religion.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:BRADFORD/oai:bradscholars.brad.ac.uk:10454/12226 |
| Date | 2017 June 1914 |
| Creators | Power, M., Small, Neil A., Doherty, B., Stewart-Knox, Barbara, Pickett, K.E. |
| Source Sets | Bradford Scholars |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Article, Accepted manuscript |
| Rights | This article is © 2017 Emerald Group Publishing and permission has been granted for this version to appear here: https://bradscholars.brad.ac.uk. Emerald does not grant permission for this article to be further copied/distributed or hosted elsewhere without the express permission from Emerald Group Publishing Limited., Unspecified |
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