A Slice of Bread and Butter
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The voice of The Bread and Butter Thing - with stories from the frontline of the cost of living crisis from one of the UK's leading food charities.
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What If The Problem Is Not Aspiration But The Pathway
Send us Fan MailDiana joins us with her dog Gizmo in the background and tells the kind of story that sticks with you. what it’s like to live through a nervous breakdown, carry anxiety for years, and…
Breaking Bread with Hovis
Send us Fan MailBread is cheap, familiar, and everywhere which might be exactly why we waste so much of it. We sit down with Chris from Hovis to pull back the curtain on what “bread waste” actually…
Barfoots of Botley and surplus veg
Send us Fan Mail“Food waste” is often just food that lost its label, its looks, or its moment. We sit down with Steve Brown, Head of Customer Technical at Barfoots (and sustainability lead for…
What If The Problem Is Not Your Budget
Send us Fan Mail£2.47 left after bills. Not “after treats”, not “after a big shop”, after the basics. That single number from Tracy in Warrington says more about the UK cost of living crisis than a…
What Does A Fair Benefits System Look Like When You Can Barely Stand
Send us Fan MailA single jump. No warning. One second you’re proud of a job well done, the next you can’t feel your legs. For our 100th episode, Vic phones in as a roving reporter from rainy York and…
Life On A Tight Food Budget
Send us Fan MailA weekly food budget can look fine on paper, right up until you try to feed a family, cover the bills, and still say yes to the small joys that make life feel normal. We sit down with…
Food Waste Wisdom From St Ambrose
Send us Fan MailKids can spot food waste a mile off and they say the quiet part out loud. We sit down with pupils from St Ambrose Primary for a funny, sharp, and surprisingly thoughtful chat about…
Kirsty's more resilient than she thinks
Send us Fan MailCrisis does not always look like eviction notices and cardboard boxes. Sometimes it is a mental health crash, a five-week wait for Universal Credit, and the quiet panic of watching…
Food, Friendship, And Pam
Send us Fan MailPam answers the door at nearly 88 and instantly resets our expectations of ageing, resilience, and what it means to stay open to life. She’s sharp, funny, and still chasing new plans,…
Corned Beef Mountains
Send us Fan Mail£8.50 doesn’t go far at the supermarket right now, but in a community food club it can become a proper weekly shop and a moment of relief. Carol talks candidly about the point she…
A Retired Nurse Explains Why Paying For Food Matters
Send us Fan MailA weekly shop for less than a tenner sounds like a trick, until you hear what happens when surplus food meets a real community. We sit down with Caroline from Blacon, a retired nurse…
Tori Shows How Bread And Butter Builds Confidence Through Volunteering
Send us Fan MailA cheap weekly shop can stretch your budget, but it can also change your life. We sit down with Tori, a member and volunteer at the Bread and Butter Thing hub in the North East, to…
How Close Are We All To The Edge?
Send us Fan MailA good job and a full life can look solid right up until the moment it isn’t. We’re in Stockton talking with Tony, who spent decades working in television graphics before a run of…
Sea Coal, Steep Hills, Strong Hearts
Send us Fan MailA neighbour shares a spare roast chicken and suddenly a whole world opens up. That’s how Margaret, a proud Hartlepool local with three feisty dogs and a lifetime of stories, found our…
It’s Not A Food Bank, Promise
Send us Fan MailA warm room, a busy kitchen, and a queue that tells the truth about an “affluent” postcode—this conversation maps the real landscape of need. We sit down with Liz and Anne from the…
Heat, Help, And Human Connection
Send us Fan MailEver wondered why your radiators sit under a window and your living room still feels cold? We sit down with Groundwork’s Green Doctor to unpack simple fixes that actually work, decode…
Nigel, Food Waste, And Community
Send us Fan MailSurprise is the secret ingredient that changes how a family cooks, saves, and connects. When Nigel first tried The Bread and Butter Thing during Covid, he wasn’t chasing a bargain so…
Debt Advice That Puts People First with Payplan
Send us Fan MailMoney stress rarely arrives politely. It shows up as a brown envelope you avoid opening, a skipped meal to cover a minimum payment, or a quiet dread when the doorbell rings. We…
How A Belfast Tenor’s Son Became The Best-Dressed Volunteer In Town
Send us Fan MailA sharp suit, a warm voice, and a life spent in service: meet Tom from Altrincham, our front-of-house dynamo who turns a weekly affordable food shop into a community ritual. We dive…
Cake Divides Us, Groceries Unite Us
Send us Fan MailThe cost of living makes quiet heroes out of neighbours, and today you’ll meet two of them. Tracy and Tina welcome us into the New Life hub in Billingham, one of the many bread and…
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A Slice of Bread and Butter has published 104 episodes since July 2022, covering topics in News, News Commentary.
A Slice of Bread and Butter is currently highly active with new episodes weekly. Average episode length is 21m.
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