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News: Stockport’s community food hub gets five years funding

Sustain member, the Kindling Trust have secured almost £500,000 of funding to develop Stockport’s Community Food Hub which will offer social prescribing, urban food production, horticulture training and challenge issues including food poverty.
Sustainable Food Places | Thursday 8 November 2018

Events: Food Power: Empowering experts by experience

How to engage those with lived experience in your organisation.
Food Poverty | Tuesday 15 January 2019

News: Three in four Women’s Institute members donate to food banks

A food insecurity poll by Sustain member the National Federation of Women's Institutes (the WI) finds that 77% of its members donate to food banks - and is calling on the government to stop relying on volunteers to plug the food poverty gap.
Food Poverty | Wednesday 30 January 2019

News: The Children's Food Heroes and Children's Food Zeroes of 2016

Here’s our look back over the past year to see who has made a significant contribution towards helping Children’s Food Campaign achieve its goals; and who has thrown roadblocks in the way. The winners of the 2016 Children’s Food Heroes and Children's Food Zeroes awards are …….
Children's Food Campaign | Friday 23 December 2016

News: Children’s Food Campaign applauds Sturgeon’s ‘bold and brave’ declaration of war on junk food to tackle child obesity

Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has declared war on junk food marketing, as part of her Government's new pledge to halve child obesity by 2030.
Children's Food Campaign | Tuesday 15 May 2018

Events: Community Food Growing Convos #3 - Food Growing on Housing Estates

Join us for the third in our Community Food Growing Convos series for Food Growing on Housing Estates.
Capital Growth | Tuesday 14 March 2023

Events: Community Food Growing Convos #2 - Social Prescribing and Food Growing

Join us in the second of our Community Food Growing Convos for Social Prescribing and Food Growing.
Capital Growth | Tuesday 21 February 2023

News: Food partnerships well equipped to coordinate government funding

Areas of Wales with a pre-existing Sustainable Food Places (SFP) food partnership, when compared to areas without, have been able to better co-ordinate the £2.5 million Welsh government food poverty fund.
Sustainable Food Places | Friday 8 September 2023

Reports: Too Much and Too Little? Debates on surplus food redistribution

Surplus food, such as food approaching its sell-by date or agricultural produce taken off the market to stabilise prices, is redistributed to poor people through homelessness projects, charities, local authorities and schools. But is this a good solution or could it perpetuate the problems of waste and poverty? Aiming to stimulate the debate, this report looks at the variety of schemes in Britain the US and Europe, and examines the policy options.
Food Access Network | Saturday 1 January 2000

Page: Ensure everyone has physical and financial access to good food

Food poverty is the inability to afford or access good food. Be that because people on low incomes live in areas where convenience stores (with a limited range of goods) or fast-food outlets predominate. Or they simply don’t have enough money to buy food due to low wages or many other reasons.
Food Poverty

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