Food Aid Alliance West Northants
We work in partnership to co-ordinate practical support to people in need in West Northants: sharing food, sharing resources, offering mutual aid, and working collectively to raise awareness of food poverty and to provide food and other essentials to people in poverty.
Members: Hope Centre; Re:Store, St Davids Foodbank, Bugbrooke Community Cafe; Weston Favell FB, Towcester FB; United African Association; Shine Concept; Brackley FB; Daventry FB; Far Cotton FB; Impact CiC; DeafConnect; Healthworks; Castle Hill URC; Northampton Partnership Homes; Friends of Far Cotton Library; Springs Family Centre, C2C social action; Daventry Volunteer Bureau; MacCarthy Dixon Foundation; Zimwomen; SCCYC; Byfield Good Neighbours; Community Larders in Towcester, Roade and Brackley
Established: April 2020
How Food Aid Alliance West Northants is taking action to help tackle food poverty
Improving coordination and navigation of the local welfare safety net | |
Increasing the uptake of Healthy Start vouchers and the number of retailers who offer and promote the scheme | |
Ensuring children’s access to food 365 days a year through support of holiday food provision, breakfast clubs and uptake of free school meals | |
Developing and implementing a food poverty action plan | |
Ensuring all residents have physical access to good food | |
Supporting alternative retail, e.g. community shops, cooperatives | |
Promoting breastfeeding initiatives to boost the health of infants and mothers |