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Jun122025

Devonport-bound for a summer Partnership and Network meeting

12th June 2025

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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Jan102025

Thrive Plymouth event, a Community Food Researcher perspective, Joanna Ruminska, FoodSEqual.

10th January 2025

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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Dec172024

Celebrating Thrive Plymouth: a decade of impact, a future of possibilities

17th December 2024

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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Nov212024

Food partnerships unite for the Sustainable Food Places Day of Action 2024

21st November 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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Nov182024

FoodSEqual Community Food Researchers share their research methods at the Voyage of Discovery Event

18th November 2024

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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Oct242024

The Plymouth Food Conversation

What did we learn from holding a Food Conversation in Plymouth?

24th October 2024

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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Aug232024

Sustainable Food Places stand against hate and racist violence in our communities

23rd August 2024

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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Jun182024

Making a difference one neighbourhood food co-op at a time

18th June 2024

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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May12024

Exploring what visual and creative approaches can bring to public engagement.

1st May 2024

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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Apr192024

Fresh Street and Tamar Fresh at Whitleigh Community Market

19th April 2024

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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Apr112024

Fresh Street Community at Feast of Fun!

11th April 2024

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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Feb52024

FoodSEqual at Whitleigh Big Local Christmas Market and Lantern Parade, December 2023.

5th February 2024

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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Jan172024

FoodSEqual Monthly Breakfast Meet Ups return for 2024!

17th January 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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Dec152023

Free fruit and vegetable giveaway event!

15th December 2023

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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Nov152023

Sustainable Food Places Silver Award for Plymouth

Plymouth wins Sustainable Food Places Silver Award

15th November 2023

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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Nov132023

Sugar Smart Plymouth

It’s Sugar Awareness Week 2023… and Sugar Smart Plymouth is BACK!

13th November 2023

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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Oct252023

FoodSEqual-Health at Feast of Fun, Whitleigh.

25th October 2023

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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Oct112023

Food Plymouth Community of Dragons 2023 event banner

The Food Plymouth Community of Dragons returns on 16th November 2023

11th October 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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Aug272023

Best Food Forward group photo

Learnings from the Best Food Forward People’s Assembly

27th August 2023

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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Jul182023

Feeding back to the Whitleigh Community about our research and next steps.

18th July 2023

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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Jun232023

Best Food Forward Plymouth People's Assembly

Join the Best Food Forward Plymouth People’s Assembly on Monday 17th July

23rd June 2023

“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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Jun192023

Cooperative Food Organiser work growing food co-ops across Plymouth

Food co-ops in Plymouth: an altogether different way to support communities

19th June 2023

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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Jun162023

FoodSEqual Fish workshops Plymouth, blog by Laura Dunn Community Researcher

16th June 2023

Fish workshop blog. Written by: Laura Dunn, FoodSEqual Community Researcher, Plymouth So, over the course of November 2022 the FoodSEqual team hosted a series of workshops at Four Greens Community Trust…

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Mar272023

Community Food Research team visit to Tamar Fresh Saltash

27th March 2023

The Community Food Research team visited Tamar Fresh fruit and vegetable wholesaler in Saltash. Dave Barrett, the director and founder, talked about how the business grew from a small family…

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Mar232023

FoodSEqual Community Food Researchers panel discussion – International Women’s Day 2023 at University of Plymouth

23rd March 2023

photo credits Hannah Gardiner FoodSEqual Community Food Researchers panel discussion – International Women’s Day 2023 at University of Plymouth The Community Food Research team were invited by Public Engagement, University…

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Mar102023

FoodSEqual Stakeholder Event at Leadworks: Community Food Researchers share their reflections

10th March 2023

FoodSEqual Stakeholder Event at Leadworks: Community Food Researchers share their reflections in this collaborative account featured in the latest PIHR Newsletter.  Here in this short article, we hear from five of…

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Feb222023

Real Bread Week

Ready, set, dough for Real Bread Week 2023

22nd February 2023

It’s Real Bread Week 2023, running now between 18th and 26th February. Created and run by the Real Bread Campaign at Sustain since 2010, #RealBreadWeek is the annual, international celebration…

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Nov212022

A team of six community food researchers are working with FoodSEqual in Whitleigh, Plymouth.

21st November 2022

As community food researchers we work with the local FoodSEqual team, based at University of Plymouth and Food Plymouth CIC, to plan and organise various food and community based events…

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Oct252022

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Food Plymouth Community of Dragons 6-8pm 25th November @ The Community Climate Centre

25th October 2022

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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Sep212022

Cooperative Food Organiser for Plymouth

Co-operative Food Organiser for Plymouth job opportunity

21st September 2022

Looking for a new way to make a difference in your community through the power of co-operation, organisation and food? Check out this fantastic two year part-time job opportunity as…

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