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Welcome to the Food Poverty Hackathon

Your designs will be based around ten catagories, and will go into a pool of projects to be taken up by CS students to build early prototypes.

LIFT PEOPLE OUT OF POVERTY - Imagining a world without the need for food banks – how can technology lift people out of acute poverty? See why this is important
CHANGE PERCEPTIONS - Changing perceptions on poverty and the use of / need of food banks – how can technology be used to educate, illustrate and convince people of the problems and solutions to contributing to poverty and the need to use food banks in the UK? . See why this is important
RAISE AWARENESS- What is your view of hunger in the UK and the impact across the UK? How does your view compare to the views of others across the UK and how do you compare to your peers? Is your local area in one segment? See why this is important
PREDICT THE NOW – how can predictive analytics be used to consider food bank use alongside changes in external conditions such as unemployment, weather, transport links? Can you highlight where there is potentially over and under use of food banks? See why this is important.
PROVIDE INSIGHT - Understanding what’s happening – how can data dashboards be best used to display, monitor and provide insight on the operational working of food banks? See why this is important
ACCESS HELP - Navigating the benefits systems – how can technology be used to help people access the right welfare assistance for them, especially when they do not have ready access to or understanding of the internet? See why this is important
GENERATE SUPPORT - Providing stock for your local food bank – how can technology nudge and encourage public supporters to purchase an extra item for their local food bank? See why this is important
EMBED INTELLIGENCE - Automating empty alert for supermarket collection points – how does a food bank know when the collection points are full and the items need collecting? See why this is important
EXPAND COMMUNICATION- Can technology provide language translation between food bank volunteers and those who are referred to the food bank and struggle to communicate in English? See why this is important
BUILD SKILLS - What can I cook with my food parcel contents? How can technology provide a beneficiary with simple recipes to cook based on the food items in their food parcel? See why this is important

Explore the Catagories

Click through the catagory outlines below to find inspiration for your idea

Call to Action!

A Call to Action! The Trussell Trust supports a nationwide network of food banks to provide emergency food and support to people locked in poverty, as well as campaigning for change to end the need for food banks in the UK.

Last year, food banks in the Trussell Trust network distributed a record 1.9 million emergency food parcels to people in crisis, and need has risen still further since the Covid-19 pandemic began. In April 2020, there was an 89% increase in need compared to the same month last year, and this winter food banks in the Trussell Trust are forecast to give out a shocking six food parcels every minute.

This isn’t right. Whilst food banks provide a vital community service, they shouldn’t be needed at all. Hunger isn’t about food – it's about people not having enough money for the essentials. Poverty and hunger aren’t inevitable, and we all have a part to play in building a more just, more compassionate society in our post-Covid future where food banks are no longer needed. Together, we know this can change Find out more about the Trussel Trust here.

Get started by participating in our Food Poverty Hackathon

Where to start

Below we will point you to resources to get your started on your hackathon journey.

Explore the resources below they will lead you through vital tool and communities to make the most of your hackathon experience. From the Moodle board where you begin your journey, to applying Brainstorming and Design Thinking principles to your ideas with Mentimeter , collaborating with Mentors via our Reddit community and then being able to manage your project with Trello.
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