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All Episodes

A Slice of Bread and Butter — 110 episodes

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When Shopping Becomes A Survival Skill

2

Wasabi In The Bag to go along with the Banter

3

Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation

4

A Manchester YouTuber Shares The Real Tricks Of Getting By

5

The Broken Plate Report And The Real Price Of Eating Well

6

Matthew Explains How Homelessness Changes Everything

7

What If The Problem Is Not Aspiration But The Pathway

8

Breaking Bread with Hovis

9

Barfoots of Botley and surplus veg

10

What If The Problem Is Not Your Budget

11

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

12

Life On A Tight Food Budget

13

Food Waste Wisdom From St Ambrose

14

Kirsty's more resilient than she thinks

15

Food, Friendship, And Pam

16

Corned Beef Mountains

17

A Retired Nurse Explains Why Paying For Food Matters

18

Tori Shows How Bread And Butter Builds Confidence Through Volunteering

19

How Close Are We All To The Edge?

20

Sea Coal, Steep Hills, Strong Hearts

21

It’s Not A Food Bank, Promise

22

Heat, Help, And Human Connection

23

Nigel, Food Waste, And Community

24

Debt Advice That Puts People First with Payplan

25

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

26

Cake Divides Us, Groceries Unite Us

27

How Talking Therapies Meet Communities Where They Are

28

Rural Food, Real Community

29

How Anglian Water Turned Support Into Savings

30

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

31

When Your Christmas Dinner Is Crisps, Neighbours Become Heroes

32

Money Help, Without The Judgement

33

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

34

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

35

Coastal Food Deserts, School-Led Solutions

36

Sausages, Surplus, And Doing The Right Thing

37

Feeding Community, Not Just Cupboards

38

How Comic Relief And Sainsbury’s help Tackle Food Insecurity

39

Listen again - Deano

40

Listen again - James

41

Listen again - James and Braith

42

Money, Minds, and the Jam Jar Fix

43

Bel, Twins, and the Beetroot Debate

44

Breaking Bread: Inside Hillside High's Community Impact

45

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

46

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

47

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

48

The Day We Lost Everything: Rebuilding Through Community

49

Single Mum Superhero: Tracy's Unfiltered Story

50

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

51

Community Catalyst: How Food Creates Transformation

52

Financially Stuck: The Hidden Struggle of Working Families

53

The Benefits Labyrinth: Tracy Finds Her Way Through

54

Lost and Found: Farid's Journey

55

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

56

From Social Worker to Service User

57

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

58

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

59

Beyond Food and Fuel: Working Families', Hidden Struggles

60

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

61

Celebrating Erin: A community star this National Volunteer Week

62

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

63

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

64

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

65

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

66

Food insecurity in schools: One headteacher's mission

67

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

68

From empty cupboards to Westminster: Meet the Godmother of Byker

69

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

70

Team Talk: The secret sauce behind connecting communities through food

71

Team talk: When customer services meets community impact

72

At breaking point: The reality of cutting disability benefits

73

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

74

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

75

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

76

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

77

Pensions, pain and passion: The Chronicles of Kelly

78

Surviving on 70 Pence a Day: Deano's Story

79

Tackling debt for a brighter future with Carer Kiera

80

Navigating the digital divide with self-confessed technophobe Gill

81

Culture shock, corner sofas and giant sausages

82

When essentials become a luxury

83

Paws for thought with dedicated volunteer Steve

84

Christmas, community and turning trauma into triumph with Sarah

85

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

86

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

87

Holly's story of resilience, food and family

88

The realities of self employment and modern family life

89

Talking life and luxuries with James and Braith

90

Transforming Homes and Lives with Ellen and Katie

91

Making Ends Meet: Kim's Journey Through Pensioner Life

92

From City Lights to Country Life: Meet Community Queen Sue

93

CDDO Jenny gets to the heart of Bread and Butter life

94

Connecting with Confidence with Gemma

95

Critical Friends and Therapy Dogs

96

On Tour with Andrew from Manchester

97

Fen-life and Friends at Old Leake

98

Over Hills and Dales with Marie

99

Climb Every Mountain with Joan from County Durham

100

Back to school with the Midday Assistants

101

Blue Cheese and Curry with Steven from Darlington

102

Mark and Fiona's 'Top of the Crops'

103

It's a family affair with Shireen

104

Getting behind the scenes at TBBT

105

Posh Veg with Elaine and Pauline from Leadgate

106

Christmas Fun with Arnd from Salford

107

Powering Up with Leah from Darlington

108

Vegetable Delights with Sandra from Oldham

109

On The Decks With Kelvin from Tameside

110

A Slice of Bread and Butter: Trailer