Pressure Groups - Fareshare Flashcards
FS point
Fare Share is an outsider food equalities pressure group.
FS explanation
Aims to ensure that it does not cost companies more to send their edible surplus to good causes like food banks and charities. Free school meals over holidays and lockdown for most deprived children. Projecting carrots on major landscapes.
FS example
The celebrity Marcus Rashford also worked with Fareshare over the pandemic and distributed over 130M meals in a campaign led by Manchester United.
FS analysis
Use of celebrity endorsement and unlawful protesting are very effective.
FS rebuttal
Despite protesting they have failed to get the government to take further action.
FS rebuttal explanation
Rishi Sunak failed to expand the free school meal plan. Despite protesting they are struggling to get the government to back their cause. The government have only taken action to avoid bad publicity.
FS rebuttal example
Government denied expansion of free meals eligibility to 7-18 years olds earning £20,000 or less.
FS link
They are struggling on the upkeep of their cause of the back of the pandemic.