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A food bank worker (Trussell Trust) organises cereal food stores & donations. Copyright: HASPhotos | shutterstock

How can community food projects better support the LGBTQ+ community?

This LGBTQ+ History Month, we are promoting a new video from the team at Brighton & Hove Food Partnership exploring how charitable food providers and other community food projects can better support LGBTQ+ communities and be more inclusive.

VideoA food bank worker (Trussell Trust) organises cereal food stores & donations. Copyright: HASPhotos | shutterstock

Produced in partnership with Reuben Davidson, CEO of The Village Food Bank, the 7 minute video shares practical steps to make food settings more inclusive, explains how health inequalities can increase vulnerability to food insecurity, and offers clear, actionable advice for organisations looking to improve their practice.

Since 2024, the Village Food Bank team have been providing access to food, essential items like toiletries and baby food as well as services and information in ways that respect and reflect the diversity of the community.

This LGBTQ+ HIstory Month, we encourage community food settings to watch and share this video, and consider their own LGBTQ+ inclusivity.

For more information on LGBTQ+ inclusion in community food settings, contact The Village Food Bank at thevillagefoodbank@gmail.com and read Brighton and Hove Food Partnership's blog on practical steps for LGBTQ+ inclusion in food projects.

Watch the video now.

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Food Poverty: Championing people-powered projects that tackle the root causes of food poverty.

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Published: Friday 20 February 2026

News • Food Poverty

Lula Wattam
Food Growing & Networks Officer
Capital Growth

Lula is part of the Capital Growth team, supporting community growing spaces across London. She completed an Undergraduate (SOAS) and MRes (Goldsmiths) in Anthropology, specialising in the material culture of bedrooms and the environmental exploitation of terrestrial and extraterrestrial landscapes in Outer Space and Snowdonia National Park.

Having worked as an Engagement Officer with Thames21 on Chestnuts Field Wetland, she is passionate about urban nature and ensuring it is accessible and enjoyable to all. She has worked as a Librarian, Gardener, Prop Designer and an award winning Activities Coordinator building vegetable patches with elderly and disabled adults across London.

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Isabel joined Sustain in September 2022 to coordinate the London Food Poverty Campaign which highlights and encourages sustainable responses to food insecurity. Isabel works closely with local authorities and food partnerships on policy and practice to tackle the root causes of food poverty, as well as conducting lived experience work to inform recommendations. She leads on Good Food Local: the London report, which benchmarks council action on food and inspires leadership on food policy and practice in the capital.

Isabel also leads on the national Connecting Community Food Enterprises project, supporting sustainable development of community food projects, and encouraging partnership and social investment from councils and housing associations.

Isabel Rice
Campaign Coordinator Food Poverty

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