[4] In 2018, IFAN started to collate data from independent food banks in Scotland in collaboration with the A Menu for Change project.
[14] In January 2021, the group wrote to the British Prime Minister to protest the "challenges and risks" posed to food bank volunteers during the pandemic, asking that the Government should not rely on charities "to fill the gaps left by holes in the social security system and inadequate wages.
"[15] In August 2021, IFAN's Coordinator Sabine Goodwin wrote for the British Medical Journal, that following the policy decision to cut 20 pounds from Universal Credit, UK food banks are facing the "busiest and most difficult winter on record.
[19] In 2020 and 2021, IFAN worked alongside Feeding Britain and University of York to co-produce a series of research webinars on Structural Inequalities and food bank use.
[20] IFAN is a member of the following wider alliances and campaigns:[21][22] In December 2020 and January 2021, the BMJ ran their Annual Appeal to raise money for the Independent Food Aid Network.