Jubilee Food Network
We aim to improve access to good food for all by working towards Sustainable Food Cities' six key issues: 1. Promoting healthy & sustainable food to the public; 2. Tackling food poverty, diet-related ill health & access to affordable healthy food; 3. Building community food knowledge, skills, resources & projects; 4. Promoting a vibrant & diverse sustainable food economy; 5. Transforming catering & food procurement; 6. Reducing waste & the ecological footprint of the food system
Members: Sandwell Churches' Link (a network of approx 80 churches working together to reduce poverty in Sandwell); Sandwell Council of Voluntary Organisations (a membership organisation providing support to over 2000 voluntary organisations/groups in Sandwell); Ideal for All (a user-led charity and social enterprise working to make life better for disabled, elderly and vulnerable people and their carers, including 'Growing Opportunities' which has 3 excellent horticulture sites & wide-ranging food work)
Established: 27/02/2017 - Jubilee Food Network official launch
How Jubilee Food Network is taking action to help tackle food poverty
| Improving coordination and navigation of the local welfare safety net | |
| Ensuring children’s access to food 365 days a year through support of holiday food provision, breakfast clubs and uptake of free school meals | |
| Empowering experts by experience in the alliance’s strategic work | |
| 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 |
Good food for everyone in Sandwell (October 2018)
A growing network of 50+ member organisations who are sharing learning and resources to improve access to good food for everyone in Sandwell.
