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A Slice of Bread and Butter — 106 episodes

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1

The Broken Plate Report And The Real Price Of Eating Well

2

Matthew Explains How Homelessness Changes Everything

3

What If The Problem Is Not Aspiration But The Pathway

4

Breaking Bread with Hovis

5

Barfoots of Botley and surplus veg

6

What If The Problem Is Not Your Budget

7

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

8

Life On A Tight Food Budget

9

Food Waste Wisdom From St Ambrose

10

Kirsty's more resilient than she thinks

11

Food, Friendship, And Pam

12

Corned Beef Mountains

13

A Retired Nurse Explains Why Paying For Food Matters

14

Tori Shows How Bread And Butter Builds Confidence Through Volunteering

15

How Close Are We All To The Edge?

16

Sea Coal, Steep Hills, Strong Hearts

17

It’s Not A Food Bank, Promise

18

Heat, Help, And Human Connection

19

Nigel, Food Waste, And Community

20

Debt Advice That Puts People First with Payplan

21

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

22

Cake Divides Us, Groceries Unite Us

23

How Talking Therapies Meet Communities Where They Are

24

Rural Food, Real Community

25

How Anglian Water Turned Support Into Savings

26

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

27

When Your Christmas Dinner Is Crisps, Neighbours Become Heroes

28

Money Help, Without The Judgement

29

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

30

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

31

Coastal Food Deserts, School-Led Solutions

32

Sausages, Surplus, And Doing The Right Thing

33

Feeding Community, Not Just Cupboards

34

How Comic Relief And Sainsbury’s help Tackle Food Insecurity

35

Listen again - Deano

36

Listen again - James

37

Listen again - James and Braith

38

Money, Minds, and the Jam Jar Fix

39

Bel, Twins, and the Beetroot Debate

40

Breaking Bread: Inside Hillside High's Community Impact

41

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

42

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

43

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

44

The Day We Lost Everything: Rebuilding Through Community

45

Single Mum Superhero: Tracy's Unfiltered Story

46

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

47

Community Catalyst: How Food Creates Transformation

48

Financially Stuck: The Hidden Struggle of Working Families

49

The Benefits Labyrinth: Tracy Finds Her Way Through

50

Lost and Found: Farid's Journey

51

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

52

From Social Worker to Service User

53

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

54

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

55

Beyond Food and Fuel: Working Families', Hidden Struggles

56

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

57

Celebrating Erin: A community star this National Volunteer Week

58

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

59

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

60

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

61

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

62

Food insecurity in schools: One headteacher's mission

63

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

64

From empty cupboards to Westminster: Meet the Godmother of Byker

65

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

66

Team Talk: The secret sauce behind connecting communities through food

67

Team talk: When customer services meets community impact

68

At breaking point: The reality of cutting disability benefits

69

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

70

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

71

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

72

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

73

Pensions, pain and passion: The Chronicles of Kelly

74

Surviving on 70 Pence a Day: Deano's Story

75

Tackling debt for a brighter future with Carer Kiera

76

Navigating the digital divide with self-confessed technophobe Gill

77

Culture shock, corner sofas and giant sausages

78

When essentials become a luxury

79

Paws for thought with dedicated volunteer Steve

80

Christmas, community and turning trauma into triumph with Sarah

81

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

82

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

83

Holly's story of resilience, food and family

84

The realities of self employment and modern family life

85

Talking life and luxuries with James and Braith

86

Transforming Homes and Lives with Ellen and Katie

87

Making Ends Meet: Kim's Journey Through Pensioner Life

88

From City Lights to Country Life: Meet Community Queen Sue

89

CDDO Jenny gets to the heart of Bread and Butter life

90

Connecting with Confidence with Gemma

91

Critical Friends and Therapy Dogs

92

On Tour with Andrew from Manchester

93

Fen-life and Friends at Old Leake

94

Over Hills and Dales with Marie

95

Climb Every Mountain with Joan from County Durham

96

Back to school with the Midday Assistants

97

Blue Cheese and Curry with Steven from Darlington

98

Mark and Fiona's 'Top of the Crops'

99

It's a family affair with Shireen

100

Getting behind the scenes at TBBT

101

Posh Veg with Elaine and Pauline from Leadgate

102

Christmas Fun with Arnd from Salford

103

Powering Up with Leah from Darlington

104

Vegetable Delights with Sandra from Oldham

105

On The Decks With Kelvin from Tameside

106

A Slice of Bread and Butter: Trailer