Sugar Smart Plymouth

SUGAR SMART is a national campaign run by Sustain. Sugar Smart Plymouth was created in 2017 to help organisations, workplaces and individuals to be more aware of the sugar in their food and drinks. We have run a successful Sugar Smart ambassador training programme in Plymouth (50+ ambassadors have been trained to spread the message), and this will continue to have impact.
Anyone can pledge to become SUGAR SMART. We are connecting people, organisations and communities across the South West and beyond. Together we can share ideas, resources and success stories across our SUGAR SMART network.
How this supports the Sustainable Food Cities Silver award
Recommendations have been made in Plymouth for ‘improved nutrition across the city’ (Fairness Commission, 2014), with recent evidence showing clear differences in the access to, and cost and availability of healthy foods in areas of contrasting deprivation in Plymouth (Williamson et al., 2017).
The Sugar Smart campaign impacts on key local strategies – it fits with Plymouth’s Health and Wellbeing Strategy (Plymouth City Council, 2014) and aligns with our ambitions for Thrive Plymouth [cp1] – our 10 year programme to address health inequalities in the city.
How to get involved