Published on Wednesday 24 July 2024
The Access to Food Partnership is delighted to be supporting the Feeding Dorset Partnership as it joins the network of Sustainable Food Places across the UK.
Access to Food has been working tirelessly over the past four years to improve food poverty and resilience in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, working with a range of partners from the voluntary, charitable and community sector.
We will support the Feeding Dorset Partnership by sharing our expertise and knowledge to help tackle food poverty and help everyone who lives in Dorset to access good, nutritious food - one of six areas of focus for a Sustainable Food Place.
Councillor Millie Earl, Deputy Leader and Portfolio Holder for Connected Communities, BCP Council said: “We look forward to supporting the Feeding Dorset Partnership to help build food resilience across the area.
“Our Access to Food Partnership is a strong, resourced community food network based in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP), ensuring everyone has access to good, nutritious food.”
“By bringing together partners from across the public, voluntary and community sector, we can work together to share best practice on all aspects of healthy and sustainable food across BCP and Dorset, and continue to make access to food a priority.”
The six areas of focus for a Sustainable Food Place include:
- Food Governance and Strategy: Taking a strategic and collaborative approach to good food governance and action.
- Good Food Movement: Building public awareness, active food citizenship and a local good food movement.
- Healthy Food for all: Tackling food poverty, diet related ill-health and access to affordable healthy food.
- Sustainable Food Economy: Creating a vibrant, prosperous, and diverse sustainable food economy.
- Catering and Procurement: Transforming catering and procurement and revitalizing local supply chains.
- Food for the Planet: Tackling the climate and nature emergency through sustainable food and farming and an end to food waste.
The Feeding Dorset Partnership is there to support and serve those who are already doing amazing work across Dorset. Working with the Access to Food Partnership and other partners, it can nurture greater connections across Dorset and build awareness of food issues.
Contact
For more information about the Access to Food Partnership please contact Lucy McQuillin by email: lucymcquillin@bcha.org.uk