Luton Food Poverty Alliance

Groundwork have been coordinating the development of the alliance in partnership with the Public Health team at Luton and are acting at the central coordinating body. Our work in Luton is focusing on the development of local Community Food Hubs in areas of high deprivation with the objectives of addressing local issues of food poverty, deprivation and poor nutrition. A large part of our work is the provision of 'fresh produce' to individuals and families on low incomes or at risk of destitution.

Members: Groundwork East;The Level Trust; Signposts Start Over Luton; Penrose Roots; Luton Public Health Directorate; Flying Start Luton; The British Red Cross (TBC); Fareshare (TBC); Luton Food Bank (TBC); St John the Baptist Church (TBC); Strathmore Avenue Methodist Church (TBC); Age Concern (TBC); East London NHS foundation Trust (CAMHS) (TBC); Livewell Luton (TBC)

Established: First group meeting booked for Sept. 2017

Empowering experts by experience (Interim report, October 2018)

Using community food hubs, community gardening and cooking classes to work with refugees and asylum seekers.

Towards a practical action plan (Interim report, September 2018)

Learning how to improve local coordination of responses to food poverty in order to strengthen the welfare safety net in Luton.