OUR CAMPAIGN
OUR DEMANDS, CAMPAIGN STRATEGY and HOW YOU CAN GET INVOLVED
As we enter the climate crisis, Mother's Manifesto calls for those in power to meet their legal responsibility by providing the required resources and environmental protection that ensure the human right to adequate food. We demand accountability for public and private bodies to safeguard every human - with a focus on women and children as the disproportionate victims of current and ongoing food poverty.
OUR CAMPAIGN STRATEGY
HOW TO GET INVOLVED
We have all the info you need to reach out and demand more from your local and national representatives.
Learn about our actions and the various roles available to help us and take part.
OUR DEMANDS
MAKE SURE ALL CHILDREN IN THE UK HAVE ENOUGH TO EAT
THIS MEANS:
Providing nutritious free school meals for all children in state schools: this has been evidenced to show the best short and long term outcomes for children and to be cost effective.
Providing an Essentials Guarantee for Universal Credit: so that families can afford the basic necessities, and not only survive but thrive.
IMPLEMENT GLOBAL POLICIES OF CARE
THIS MEANS:
Keeping our promises on aid: reversing the cuts to the aid budget and ring fencing this for the financially poorest and most climate vulnerable nations. Supporting projects that are most impactful, whilst respecting local autonomy.
Delivering our fair share of climate finance and investing proportionally in the just transition to sustainable agriculture.
Cancelling debt to enable climate mitigation and adaptation. As one of the countries currently and historically most responsible for climate breakdown, the UK must cancel the crippling debt owed by the financially poorest nations.
Applying sanctions where food is weaponized: this is against international law, yet famine and conflict are often linked and restriction of food often used as a tool of war.
INVEST IN SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS
THIS MEANS:
Creating a National Land Use Framework that recognises our interdependence on nature, global food limitations and a fair and just food system.
Supporting farmers and growers through this transition.
Providing the public with clear information on how eating healthy food supports both individual human health and planetary health
Find out more about how to contact your MP and get their support
Advice on letter writing
Event information, invite and map access
FURTHER READING
1 in 4 households with children experiencing food insecurity affecting 4 million children Food Foundation .
28% of young mums are skipping meals daily in order to feed their children increasing to 37% for young mums on Universal Credit Young Women's Trust
We import around 46% of our food here in the UK International Trade Administration. Gov
Over 376 million people globally have been displaced by floods, windstorms, earthquakes or droughts since 2008, with a record 32.6 million in 2022 alone. European Parliament
Tax relief for Fossil Fuel companies 91.4% for reinvestment in exploration and development of oil and gas sites Gov.UK Energy Tax Factsheet
Billions in windfall profits by big corporations including Fossil Fuel companies Oxfam/ The Future is Equal
Rising cost of energy is affecting the cost of food production, storage and transport UK Parliament
