A Slice of Bread and Butter
The voice of The Bread and Butter Thing - with stories from the frontline of the cost of living crisis from one of the UK's leading food charities.
A Slice of Bread and Butter
Latest Episodes
From Nursing Degree To Fostering And Food Support
Three jobs alongside a full-time nursing degree sounds intense enough, but Michaela’s life keeps stacking up: a menagerie of pets, a move to a new area, and now becoming newly approved foster carers with their first placement. We talk about wha...
Surplus Food With A Side Of Banter
Bags so heavy people bring trolleys. And a volunteer team laughing so much they come home with aching faces. That’s the reality behind this chat with Geoff, a former military medic and civil servant who’s found a second family through The Bread...
When Shopping Becomes A Survival Skill
A weekly shop for less than a tenner sounds like a bargain, but the real story is what happens around the bags. We’re joined by Trina, who lives locally and volunteers every Friday at The Bread and Butter Thing. She shares how she first heard a...
Wasabi In The Bag to go along with the Banter
A weekly shop for £8.50 sounds like a myth until you hear what happens when surplus food meets a community that actually looks out for each other. We sit down with Donna from Hartlepool, a long-time member and volunteer, to talk about how a Bre...
