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Bristol Local Food Fund gives grants to 19 community food projects
From a school holiday cooking programme for low-income families in Eastville to a pay-as-you-feel cafe in Lawrence Hill, 19 community food projects across Bristol have been allocated a total of £113,000 in funding from Bristol Local Food Fund.
The projects receiving the grants were chosen by a citizens panel of Bristolians who themselves have lived experience of food insecurity using ‘participatory grantmaking’ – giving decision-making power back to communities.
BLFF founder, Michael Lloyd-Jones, said that the funding “is a lifeline for community food projects that are making a real difference on the ground”.
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A total of £100,000 from this latest founding round was raised by the Anti Banquet event that took place at Ashton Gate in February.
The projects funded are:
- All Saints Parish Church
- Black Mothers Matter
- Borderlands
- Bristol Horn Youth Concern
- Bristol North West Foodbank
- Bristol Somali Youth Voice
- Caring in Bristol
- Heart of BS13
- Hillfields Community Garden
- Incredible Kids
- Inns Court Community Centre (The Mede)
- Knowle West Media Centre
- Project Mama
- Redcatch Community Garden
- St Luke’s Church
- Sims Hill Shared Harvest
- Travelling Kitchen
- Wellspring Settlement
- Windmill Hill City Farm
Bristol Local Food Fund (BLFF) is a voluntary project dedicated to addressing food insecurity and promoting food justice in Bristol – photo: BLFF
Lloyd-Jones said: “Each of these projects is playing a crucial role in tackling food insecurity and ensuring that every person in Bristol has access to healthy, affordable food.
“We are so glad to support their efforts and to be part of the solution to food justice in our city.”
Ruby from Black Mothers Matter, an organisation founded and run by three Black mothers which received £8,000 to provide essential support and resources to new Black mothers in Bristol, added: “The support from Bristol Food Fund will allow us to nourish our group of Black mothers and ensure access to healthy, culturally appropriate food for them and their babies.
“We are so grateful to have been chosen and really excited to begin making an impact to tackle food injustice and insecurity for our community.”
Main photo: Black Mothers
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