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Freedom from torture

‘Food to go’ surges ahead in FFFood Awards entries

13/12/2013 //  by Michelle Berridale Johnson//  1 Comment

In a positive hurricane of last minute entry forms, the 2014 closed at midnight last Sunday, logging up a satisfactory 19% increase in companies entering the awards. Very encouragingly for the freefrom sector these included 69 'new' companies some of whom are established freefrom …

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Poverty – an added burden for asylum seekers escaping from torture

26/07/2013 //  by Michelle Berridale Johnson//  Leave a Comment

If I am hungry and I buy something, then I can't afford to buy something the next day. Only occasionally I don't feel hungry. There’s nothing worse than thinking all your problems have ended because you get ‘status’ and then becoming homeless. It’s exhausting to survive …

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Getting ready for the FreeFrom Food Awards party…

13/04/2013 //  by Michelle Berridale Johnson//  Leave a Comment

If you have noticed a dearth of blogs over the last couple of weeks, it is, I am afraid, down to the FreeFrom Food Awards presentation party which happens next Tuesday evening. Not only have the awards grown like topsy over the last couple of years, but so has the …

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Freedom from Torture

24/03/2013 //  by Michelle Berridale Johnson//  3 Comments

The Radio 4 Appeal for next Sunday, Easter Sunday, will be for an organisation called Freedom from Torture, formerly known as the Medical Foundation for the Care of the Victims of Torture – the only organisation in the UK dedicated solely to the rehabilitation of torture …

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