Zine on the topic of food - by Barnardos Young Carers Plymouth 2021

FOOD EQ UALIT Y COMMUNITY

FOOD; what does it mean to you? How does it make you feel? How is it represented in the media? Whose stories do we hear about, how can we tell our stories?

These were the questions that came up in our conversations on zoom, in the chat, through photos, stories and jamboards. We also had the chance to meet up in person to take photos and make collages using as many different ways as possible to share thoughts, views and experiences.

Cover image by Alex

FOOD AT HOME AND FOOD WE MAKE

FOOD IN COVID

FREE SCHOOL MEALS AND FOOD IN THE MEDIA

FOOD AND COMMUNITY

F O O D

these were our inital jamboards... a kind of virtual sticky note you can use on zoom!

A T H O M E A N D F O O D W E M A K E

and sometimes we used photos to start these conversations....

we used them to mind map some thoughts and feelings around food...

F O O D A T H O M E A N D F O O D W E

Shareece to Everyone: reminds me of when I slipped over cottage pie in my school still yummy tho

M A K E

These collages were made at our face - to - face zine making workshop at Manor St Market Plymouth

Food waste ‘scandal’ as UK’s biggest supermarkets bin 190 million meals a year money better spent elsewhere

F eat O O D I N C O V I D

out to help out will not slow transmission

bad food delivery yesterday milk and eggs split i had to go out and redo the shop that they messed up vulnerable household and he had no mask - we have a notice up for deliveries

boris is incompetent and immature shocking that people waste food like that i never waste anything

isn’t the government meant to help you?

Shows that communities can come together

doing what the government is not doing people struggling & gov are against it willing to do eat out to help out - gov paying for half a meal but won’t pay for children’s school meals i don’t think you should ban all junk food kids still want to be kids

F O O D I N C O V I D

These were comments that were written during one of our discussions on zoom about food and the media during Covid.

F O O D I N C O V I D

Communities really step

did up

Photo by Emma, 13

‘Wembley stadium could be filled more than twice with children who have had to skip meals during lockdown due to their families not being able to access food (200,000 children according to Food

Foundation

estimates)’

Quote taken from Marcus Rashford’s open letter to the PM in 2020.

From Henry to Everyone : as I said lol, conservative government. they usually aren't a fan of the working class.. why would they help make life easier for them?

F O O D I N C O V I D

Made by Lisa at our Manor St Market workshop

F O O D Photo by Alex

‘Food poverty in England is a pandemic that could span generations if we don’t course correct now. Whilst 1.3 million children in England are registered for free school meals, one quarter of these children have not been given any support since the school closures were ordered.’

Quote taken from Marcus Rashford’s open letter to the PM in 2020.

I N C O V I D

Made by Phoenix at our Manor Street Market workshop

F R E E S C H O O L M E A L S

on Marcus Rashford & his campaign for free school meals

people get voutchers to get food to help people, as they do it for me as i’m on free school meals

no social profiles shouldn’t matter

cuz basically yeh other people can still, tell there story, n still be inspiring

Yours sincerely, Marcus Rashford

it’s not good that he’s experienced that but it could motivate him to help more

Inspiration, real and caring heartwarming, kind, generous

caring, kind, helpful

F O O D I N T H E M E D I A

F R E E S C H O O L M E A L S

Phoenix to Everyone : it looks good, the comment about boris is correct. but they forgot to call him a clown

: What would need to happen to have free school meals?

19:08:10 From Lisa to Everyone : We are still talking about this a lot in the media

: You don’t feel optimistic?

Henry to Everyone : sod that

F O O D

19:10:16 From Henry to Everyone : school ew

I N

Photo by Alex

T H E M E D I A

F O O D A N D C O M M U N I T Y

I’ve really enjoyed the entries from Plymouth - it’s amazing to see how one space, the Plot, looks different through different people’s eyes.

- BARBORA, speaking about the contributions from the group for the Cook, Care Campaign photo competition We (at Fotonow and Food Equality Project) began working with a group of young people from Barnardos, when we were in the midst of lockdown three January 2021 in Plymouth.

In our weekly zoom sessions, we had conversations about food, free school meals, and how people and communities were managing in covid. when we could, we met in person to take photos and do collage and zine making. This zine is the product of our work together.

Photo by Henry These photos were taken at our very first in-person session! At The Plot on Union Street.

We were told by the lovely people working there that the group brought a real warmth, and they looked forward to seeing them again.

F O O D A N D C O M M U N I T Y

Photo by Shareece

Photo by Alex

F O O D A N D C O M M U N I T Y Photo by Emma

‘from 2018-2019, nine out of 30 children in any given classroom were living in poverty in the UK.’ Quote taken from Marcus Rashford’s open letter to the PM in 2020.

Photo by Alex

F O O D A N D C O M M U N I T Y

F O O D A N D C O M M U N I T Y

‘This is England in 2020…’

F ‘This is England in 2020, and this is an O O issue that needs urgent assistance.’

D A N D

Photo by Shareece

C O M M U N I T Y

Photo by Alex

participatory workshops by Emma Winslet Fotonow, Vicky Reeve Food Plymouth, Lisa Howard Food Equality Project.

A huge thank you to the young carers and their project workers at Barnardos; Lauren, Dionne, Henry, Emma, Alex, Grace, Shareece, Lucie, Courtney and Phoenix who have participated and given amazing energy to The Food Equality Project and Fotonow CIC to research, work creatively and have conversations around food and bring this all to life in this zine.

And that is exactly what this zine has been collaboratively put together for, to creatively represent both shared and individual experiences with food.