Good Food Fund launched to tackle childhood obesity

The new £1.8m fund will be accompanied by an Accelerator run by Mission Ventures, providing a year of business support, free of charge, to qualifying businesses. With the number of obese children and adolescents at an all-time high, the focus of the fund and accompanying Accelerator is to bring healthier snacking products to market and offer competition to dominant brands fuelling diet-related health issues.

The free 12-month programme will be delivered by a range of business professionals including experienced entrepreneurs from the food and drink sector, offering expert coaching and specific business support.

Applications are open to any UK business helping to promote healthy eating for children, for example, companies providing snacks and drinks, ready meals and frozen food, convenience stores, school catering, but also tech and hardware businesses focussed on tackling childhood obesity.

If you think you are eligible you can apply online where you can also find more details about the fund and it’s partners.

In light of the current crisis, there are many new funds available to support food enterprises and businesses and help them to operate under these difficult circumstances. Click here for a list of funding opportunities

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