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News: Emergency independent food banks ask: "Can we stay open?" as UK goes into coronavirus lockdown

Hundreds of independent food banks and other food aid providers serving the most vulnerable people in the UK are worried they may have to close due to the coronavirus lockdown.
Coronavirus Food Alert | Tuesday 24 March 2020

News: Sustainable Food Places receives 5-year funding to support local food partnerships

The National Lottery Community Fund and the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation have confirmed funding for a £5 million 5-year Phase 3 programme of Sustainable Food Cities under the new name Sustainable Food Places.
Sustainable Food Places | Tuesday 24 March 2020

News: ‘Your NHS Needs You’ – NHS Call For Volunteer Army

The NHS is “rallying the troops” for the war on coronavirus, with volunteers being called up to help vulnerable people stay safe and well at home, helping deliver food and medicines.
Coronavirus Food Alert | Tuesday 24 March 2020

News: Local authorities to ensure that planning controls are not a barrier to food delivery

Local planning authorities in England have been told by Communities secretary Robert Jenrick they should not seek to undertake planning enforcement action which would result in unnecessarily restricting deliveries of food and other essential deliveries at this time.
Sustain | Monday 23 March 2020

News: Hot food to be more widely available

Pubs and restaurants will soon be able to offer a hot food takeaway service despite being closed for their eat in service.
Sustain | Monday 23 March 2020

Blog: How far can planning help tackle child obesity?

Planning authorities are being challenged in their efforts to defend planning policies to restrict new hot food takeaways. Gillian Morgan, planning lead at Sustain, looks at how Councils, coordinating across functions and working in partnership with communities, can fight back.[1]
Planning Food Cities | Monday 23 March 2020

Page: Responding to food vulnerability

We need to ensure that sufficient resources are channelled to where it is most needed. As a first priority, our focus is on food for the most vulnerable – people on low incomes and those most at risk from infection – older people and those with certain health conditions.
Coronavirus Food Alert

Pages: Coronavirus Food Alert

Sustain campaigns for a healthy, fair and sustainable food system. This means a system that can survive shocks and be sustainable whilst ensuring that everyone can eat well. This means that much of Sustain's work is highly relevant in this time of pandemic.
Coronavirus Food Alert

Page: Funding and other support

Many government, local authority, charitable and private funders are stepping up to help facilitate responses to the Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak.
Coronavirus Food Alert

Page: Our statement on Covid-19

In response to coronavirus, there are some things we must do in emergency mode to secure food for everyone; and some that are about building the safe, fair, resilient and sustainable systems that we all need for the future.
Coronavirus Food Alert