Vital resource for Cash First approach to food insecurity in Plymouth
Last month saw the launch of an important resource for Plymouth communities, in the form of the Worrying About Money? leaflet,
Social Enterprise City Festival 2025: Going for Gold with Food Plymouth
Be part of Food Plymouth’s Lunch, Learn and Share event from 12-2pm on Tuesday 18th November at Sherwell United Church. As part of Plymouth’s Social Enterprise City Fesitval 2025 with…
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Community Food Researchers from FoodSEqual share their Guide to Community Research
Thinking about becoming a Community Researcher? Community Food Researchers from FoodSEqual Plymouth, and other research hubs across FoodSEqual have created a handy, honest guide to becoming and working as a…
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Brew it Fair this Fairtrade Fortnight 2025
This Fairtrade Fortnight, from 22 September to 5 October 2025, thousands of individuals, schools, community groups and companies across the UK will unite under Fairtrade’s “Do It Fair” campaign to celebrate…
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Fancy becoming a Food Waste Volunteer for Plymouth?
As Plymouth prepares to launch food waste recycling in 2026, Plymouth City Council are seeking Food Waste Volunteers to help lead the way and inspire action. A food waste volunteer…
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September 2025 Partnership and Network Meeting
Join the Food Plymouth core enabling team, partners, network members and friends and be a part of putting Plymouth’s #BestFoodFoward as autumn approaches. The Food Plymouth partnership and network is…
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Apply for a Plymouth Food Cooperative Connections Small Grant by 31st July
Shared Prosperity Fund small grant applications open until 31st July Funded by the UK Prosperity Fund and managed by a stakeholder group including Four Greens Community Trust, the Cooperation Town…
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FoodSEqual Plymouth Community Food Researchers: stories of engagement in research
The FoodSEqual Plymouth Community Food Research team were delighted to be invited by University of Plymouth Public Engagement team to share and their experiences at the recent Engage Plymouth event!…
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Devonport-bound for a summer Partnership and Network meeting
Join the Food Plymouth core enabling team, partners, network members and friends and be a part of putting Plymouth’s #BestFoodFoward this summer. The Food Plymouth partnership and network is gathering…
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Thrive Plymouth event, a Community Food Researcher perspective, Joanna Ruminska, FoodSEqual.
Thrive Plymouth event, 28th November 2024, a Community Food Researcher perspective. I attended along with two community food research colleagues, a celebration of 10 years of Plymouth City Council’s Thrive Plymouth programme…
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Celebrating Thrive Plymouth: a decade of impact, a future of possibilities
Wednesday 28th November 2024 saw representatives of 130 organisations from across Plymouth converge on the Plymouth Life Centre to celebrate a decade of the Thrive Plymouth programme and network, its…
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Food partnerships unite for the Sustainable Food Places Day of Action 2024
Last Wednesday 13th November saw representatives from UK food partnerships across the four nations gather at Portcullis House in Westminster for the Sustainable Food Places Day of Action 2024. Their…
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FoodSEqual Community Food Researchers share their research methods at the Voyage of Discovery Event
The FoodSEqual Community Food Researchers were at University of Plymouth’s Voyage of Discovery event Royal William Yard, 5th October, to share their approaches to co-designing engaging ways to involve communities in…
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What did we learn from holding a Food Conversation in Plymouth?
On Friday 20th September 2024, over thirty individuals from across Plymouth gathered to explore the state of the UK’s food system as part of the Food, Farming and Countryside Commission’s…
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Sustainable Food Places stand against hate and racist violence in our communities
Food Plymouth welcomes the recent statement issued by Sustainable Food Places in response to the violence and racism seen over the last few weeks, including here in Plymouth. Sustainable Food…
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Making a difference one neighbourhood food co-op at a time
With Co-op Fortnight 2024 happening from 24th June until 7th July, we hear from Cooperative Food Organiser Kelly Fritzsche about her work facilitating neighbourhood food co-ops across Plymouth and how…
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Exploring what visual and creative approaches can bring to public engagement.
This booklet is a brilliant summary of how visual and creative approaches have been co-designed and used by FoodSEqual Community Food Researchers in Whitleigh, Plymouth! There are some fantastic examples…
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Fresh Street and Tamar Fresh at Whitleigh Community Market
Fresh Street Community was very pleased to be at the first Whitleigh Big Local Community Market of 2024 with fresh and seasonal fruit and vegetables, supplied by Tamar Fresh! People…
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Fresh Street Community at Feast of Fun!
Fresh Street Community was delighted to be at the regular Feast of Fun event at Salvation Army during school Easter holidays. It was a great opportunity to chat to people…
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FoodSEqual at Whitleigh Big Local Christmas Market and Lantern Parade, December 2023.
FoodSEqual were delighted to have a stall at the Whitleigh Big Local Christmas market and Lantern Parade, which took place on Whitleigh Green in December. The market and lantern parade…
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FoodSEqual Monthly Breakfast Meet Ups return for 2024!
It was great to return to Four Greens Community Trust for the first of these monthly drop in sessions of 2024. In January we were joined by Natalie Strachan, a registered…
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Free fruit and vegetable giveaway event!
Free Fruit and Vegetable giveaway event! Join the FoodSEqual-Health Project and sample free fresh seasonal fruit and vegetables and festive, family friendly activities. Wednesday 20th December, 10am to 12pm Salvation Army Hall,…
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Plymouth wins Sustainable Food Places Silver Award
Plymouth has won the prestigious Sustainable Food Places Silver Award. This recognises the work of Food Plymouth – the city’s local sustainable food partnership – in promoting healthy, sustainable and…
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It’s Sugar Awareness Week 2023… and Sugar Smart Plymouth is BACK!
This Sugar Awareness Week (13th-19th November 2023), Food Plymouth and partners Food is Fun CIC, Livewell Southwest and Plymouth City Council Public Health team are delighted to announce the relaunch…
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FoodSEqual-Health at Feast of Fun, Whitleigh.
FoodSEqual Health at Feast of Fun, Salvation Army Hall Whitleigh, Wednesday 25th October 2023 Fresh Fruit and Vegetables are coming to Whitleigh! FoodSEqual joined the Feast of Fun at the Salvation…
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The Food Plymouth Community of Dragons returns on 16th November 2023
Is your food-related enterprise or organisation looking to step up to a new level or kickstart a new project? Or perhaps you’re in a position to support a Plymouth organisation…
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Learnings from the Best Food Forward People’s Assembly
On Monday 17th July, over fifty people gathered at Plymouth Guildhall to share their views on all things food at the Best Food Forward People’s Assembly – and what a…
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Feeding back to the Whitleigh Community about our research and next steps.
The FoodSEqual Plymouth Community Research team have created a visual presentation to share our activity and research findings. We have included some of the key findings that have come from our local conversations and…
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Join the Best Food Forward Plymouth People’s Assembly on Monday 17th July
“What does good food mean to me…to you…to us… to Plymouth?” These are the questions we’ll be exploring together as citizens at Best Food Forward: A People’s Assembly for All,…
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Food co-ops in Plymouth: an altogether different way to support communities
To mark Co-op Fortnight 2023, Food Plymouth caught up with Plymouth’s Co-operative Food Organiser Kelly Fritzsche to learn how her work growing food co-ops in Plymouth makes for an altogether…
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