Blog: Beyond the food bank model: spotlight on Hollingdean Food Bank and St Richard’s Café
Hollingdean Food Bank has closed its doors after shifting to provision of holistic wraparound support that reduced need for food parcels. We spoke to Laurel Nathan, Manager and Lead Support Worker at St Richard's Community Support Café to understand why and how.
Food Poverty | Wednesday 19 November 2025
News: From tackling waste to food poverty, the South West shares local wins via Good Food Local
The South West joins London and the North East as the latest UK region to use Sustain’s Good Food Local benchmarking tool, with 15 local authorities coming together to strengthen their local food system and drive meaningful change for communities.
Good Food Local | Monday 9 March 2026
Page: Beyond the food bank model: spotlight on Hollingdean Food Bank and St Richard’s Café
Hollingdean Food Bank has closed its doors after shifting to provision of holistic wraparound support that reduced need for food parcels. We spoke to Laurel Nathan, Manager and Lead Support Worker at St Richard's Community Support Café to understand why and how.
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News: Children’s Food Campaign, youth MPs and primary school children hand in a petition at No 10 Downing Street calling for School Food for All
Young campaigners have called on the Prime Minister to ‘Say Yes to School Food For All’ from the steps of No 10 Downing Street, as they deliver a map showing cross country support.
Children's Food Campaign | Friday 17 November 2023
News: Impact of food hubs and perspectives from Leeds
New research shows food hubs such as pantries or community kitchens provide social, environmental and economic benefits to local communities and the wider food system. However, to scale up or out they require local and national support to transition from emergency food provision to longer-term, holistic and financially viable models.
Food Poverty | Monday 2 September 2024
Blog: “SDIL Plus”: A food reformulation levy that’s easier to swallow
With a new food strategy in the works, former civil servant Mark Lloyd explores how this opportunity can drive food reformulation and discusses potential models for an industry levy on unhealthy foods.
Children's Food Campaign | Friday 24 January 2025
Blog: Building food resilience from the ground up
Is urban food growing a ‘nice to have’? Or a critical asset to help communities withstand food system shocks? Capital Growth Coordinator Rachel Dring summarises Tim Lang's recent report for the National Preparedness Committee through the lens of civil food resilience.
Capital Growth | Friday 14 March 2025
Reports: The Good Food Bill: Fixing food for good
Conflict in West Asia is the latest shock set to push up food prices, following hard on the pandemic and the war in Ukraine. This briefing makes the case for a Good Food Bill: a statutory framework to protect families, farmers and the economy from a repeat of the cost-of-living crisis.
Sustain | Wednesday 17 June 2026
News: Local food systems can be more resilient to shocks and inflation, finds Sustain
Sustain calls for local food systems to be prioritised in the government’s forthcoming Food Strategy as new review of evidence shows they can be more shock resilient than incumbent systems, whilst also strengthening local economies.
Local Food Plan | Thursday 7 May 2026
News: Stephen Morgan MP now Food Security and Rural Affairs Minister - Sustain responds
Sustain welcomes the new Food and Farming Minister and sets out a pressing policy agenda - from the Food Strategy to the Farming Roadmap - that demands early and determined attention.
Sustain | Monday 15 June 2026
Sustain: Sustain The alliance for better food and farming advocates food and agriculture policies and practices that enhance the health and welfare of people and animals, improve the working and living environment, enrich society and culture and promote equity.
