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A Slice of Bread and Butter — 117 episodes

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1

What If Healthy Food Was The Default?

2

Ten Years Of Affordable Food

3

How Corporate Volunteering Powers Community Food Support

4

How Volunteering Rebuilds Confidence After Retirement

5

How A Gateshead Food Hub Builds Belonging

6

From Nursing Degree To Fostering And Food Support

7

Surplus Food With A Side Of Banter

8

When Shopping Becomes A Survival Skill

9

Wasabi In The Bag to go along with the Banter

10

Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation

11

A Manchester YouTuber Shares The Real Tricks Of Getting By

12

The Broken Plate Report And The Real Price Of Eating Well

13

Matthew Explains How Homelessness Changes Everything

14

What If The Problem Is Not Aspiration But The Pathway

15

Breaking Bread with Hovis

16

Barfoots of Botley and surplus veg

17

What If The Problem Is Not Your Budget

18

What Does A Fair Benefits System Look Like When You Can Barely Stand

19

Life On A Tight Food Budget

20

Food Waste Wisdom From St Ambrose

21

Kirsty's more resilient than she thinks

22

Food, Friendship, And Pam

23

Corned Beef Mountains

24

A Retired Nurse Explains Why Paying For Food Matters

25

Tori Shows How Bread And Butter Builds Confidence Through Volunteering

26

How Close Are We All To The Edge?

27

Sea Coal, Steep Hills, Strong Hearts

28

It’s Not A Food Bank, Promise

29

Heat, Help, And Human Connection

30

Nigel, Food Waste, And Community

31

Debt Advice That Puts People First with Payplan

32

How A Belfast Tenor’s Son Became The Best-Dressed Volunteer In Town

33

Cake Divides Us, Groceries Unite Us

34

How Talking Therapies Meet Communities Where They Are

35

Rural Food, Real Community

36

How Anglian Water Turned Support Into Savings

37

How Loan Sharks Trap Ordinary People And What Actually Works To Escape

38

When Your Christmas Dinner Is Crisps, Neighbours Become Heroes

39

Money Help, Without The Judgement

40

Two Mums, Seven Kids, And A Whole Lot Of Grit Explain Why Budgeting Isn’t The Problem

41

Gemma Shows How Dignity, Not Charity, Builds A Stronger Neighbourhood

42

Coastal Food Deserts, School-Led Solutions

43

Sausages, Surplus, And Doing The Right Thing

44

Feeding Community, Not Just Cupboards

45

How Comic Relief And Sainsbury’s help Tackle Food Insecurity

46

Listen again - Deano

47

Listen again - James

48

Listen again - James and Braith

49

Money, Minds, and the Jam Jar Fix

50

Bel, Twins, and the Beetroot Debate

51

Breaking Bread: Inside Hillside High's Community Impact

52

Garfield's Story: Theatre, Food Waste, and Community

53

The Rainbow on Your Plate: Hammonds' 125-Year Food Legacy

54

Surviving and Thriving: Betti's Journey from Arranged Marriage to Community Catalyst

55

The Day We Lost Everything: Rebuilding Through Community

56

Single Mum Superhero: Tracy's Unfiltered Story

57

When Life Changes Course: Navigating Benefits While Caring for a Loved One

58

Community Catalyst: How Food Creates Transformation

59

Financially Stuck: The Hidden Struggle of Working Families

60

The Benefits Labyrinth: Tracy Finds Her Way Through

61

Lost and Found: Farid's Journey

62

Food clubs offer more than just affordable food—they build communities.

63

From Social Worker to Service User

64

The New Normal: When Full-Time Work Isn't Enough

65

When debt becomes your comfort zone, change feels like the real risk

66

Beyond Food and Fuel: Working Families', Hidden Struggles

67

Can We Fix a Food System Built for Quantity Not Quality?

68

Celebrating Erin: A community star this National Volunteer Week

69

From Poland to Manchester: How Zosia found purpose in giving back

70

Hustle and harmony: A singer’s struggle working three jobs

71

A Slice of Life Special: “I lived off beans so my son could eat” says Carer James

72

Working full time, still struggling: What happens when wages don't stretch

73

Food insecurity in schools: One headteacher's mission

74

Smell it, don't bin it: One man's crusade against expiry dates

75

From empty cupboards to Westminster: Meet the Godmother of Byker

76

Team Talk: What goes on behind the scenes at Bread and Butter HQ

77

Team Talk: The secret sauce behind connecting communities through food

78

Team talk: When customer services meets community impact

79

At breaking point: The reality of cutting disability benefits

80

PARTNER SPECIAL: The science secrets behind the humble banana with Fyffes

81

Paws, pension credits and being a good neighbour: Meet Marie

82

IMPACT SPECIAL Part 2: Affordable nutrition for thriving communities with Dr. Megan Blake

83

IMPACT SPECIAL Part 1: Revolutionising food support with Dr. Megan Blake

84

Pensions, pain and passion: The Chronicles of Kelly

85

Surviving on 70 Pence a Day: Deano's Story

86

Tackling debt for a brighter future with Carer Kiera

87

Navigating the digital divide with self-confessed technophobe Gill

88

Culture shock, corner sofas and giant sausages

89

When essentials become a luxury

90

Paws for thought with dedicated volunteer Steve

91

Christmas, community and turning trauma into triumph with Sarah

92

Julcine's journey: Tackling life with toddler twins and a smile

93

Nzara's journey to joy via Manchester, music and food

94

Holly's story of resilience, food and family

95

The realities of self employment and modern family life

96

Talking life and luxuries with James and Braith

97

Transforming Homes and Lives with Ellen and Katie

98

Making Ends Meet: Kim's Journey Through Pensioner Life

99

From City Lights to Country Life: Meet Community Queen Sue

100

CDDO Jenny gets to the heart of Bread and Butter life

101

Connecting with Confidence with Gemma

102

Critical Friends and Therapy Dogs

103

On Tour with Andrew from Manchester

104

Fen-life and Friends at Old Leake

105

Over Hills and Dales with Marie

106

Climb Every Mountain with Joan from County Durham

107

Back to school with the Midday Assistants

108

Blue Cheese and Curry with Steven from Darlington

109

Mark and Fiona's 'Top of the Crops'

110

It's a family affair with Shireen

111

Getting behind the scenes at TBBT

112

Posh Veg with Elaine and Pauline from Leadgate

113

Christmas Fun with Arnd from Salford

114

Powering Up with Leah from Darlington

115

Vegetable Delights with Sandra from Oldham

116

On The Decks With Kelvin from Tameside

117

A Slice of Bread and Butter: Trailer