Campaigners celebrate free school meals win
Back of the net! Campaigners celebrate free school meals win Whilst footballer Marcus Rashford scored the final winning goal in the free school meals campaign, the Government’s u-turn on holiday…
Upcoming Webinar. Good Food Businesses: rebuilding, reopening and retaining new customers
Good Food Businesses: rebuilding, reopening and retaining new customers 24/06/2020 15:00 16:30 Credit: Pexels Wednesday 24 June 3-4.30pm A webinar organised by Sustainable Food Places and Sustain, with the Real Bread…
ONE BITE AT A TIME: Consumers and the Transition to Sustainable Food
Between October and November 2019, BEUC, The European Consumer Organisation, carried out a survey together with 12 of its member organisations across 11 EU countries1 to investigate consumer attitudes towards…
Devon Community Foundation COVID-19 Response
Devon Community Foundation COVID-19 Response Weekly Briefing, 7 May 2020 There’s a great spotlight on food and nutrition is this week’s issue. Click here or below to download the Devon…
Food Equality Plymouth – Workshops & YouTube Channel
Visual Exhibition + 3 short ‘Food Equality Plymouth’ films of our Workshops We are excited to share with you the visual outputs of our Year 1 Workshops! These detail experiences…
A webinar for Social Enterprises to learn how to use e-commerce ideas
A webinar for Social Enterprises to learn how to use E-commerce ideas for new ways of doing business and maintaining customer contact. Aimed at non-technical people, and delivered by a…
Eat for Life Nutrition Course
Eat for Life – Groups in Plymouth or Online October 15, 2018 – March 17, 2019 with Jane Hutton The Eat For Life nutrition course is starting in October with a local…
Too Good to Go
Check out and Download the Good to Go App After hearing about the new Too Good To Go App, I thought I’d give it a try myself. The concept is brilliant.…
Sole of Discretion
Constructive response to recent bad publicity around one of the fishers in Plymouth’s Sole of Discretion Relatively new as I am to the fishing industry, I now appreciate why the fisheries…
Thrive Plymouth Year 5 Launch
Thrive Launch Event in Plymouth – 16th October 2018 Join us in the Marquee, outside the Plymouth University – Connecting People Through Food – Thrive Plymouth Launches its next year…
The RSA Food – Plymouth Visit
The RSA Food, Farming and Countryside Commission Plymouth Visit 18-19th September 2018 – by Ian Smith As the city’s recognised local food partnership, Food Plymouth was delighted to host a…
All Ways Apples Festival 2018
October Half Term Activities, Art and Apples in Plymouth Fun for all the family! Free entry – All welcome. Story telling Apple pressing Local Food Stands Information stalls Creative art…
The RSA Food, Farming and Countryside Commission
The RSA Food, Farming and Countryside Commission visit Plymouth The mission of the RSA (Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce) is to enrich society through ideas and action. One…
All-island Food Poverty Network
All-island Food Poverty Network – Belfast, September 2018 I was invited to give a keynote presentation on my innovative ‘Food as a Lifestyle Motivator’ project, at this year’s All-island Food Poverty Network meeting in Belfast which was…
Plymouth Seafood Festival 2018
Plymouth Seafood Festival – Saturday 15th September 2018 What a beautiful weekend for the annual Seafood Festival in Plymouth! My Saturday afternoon was spent soaking up the sun, sea and delicious aromas…
Sugar Smart on residential!
Sugar Smart arrives in Repton, Derby Lords Taverners Wicketz Development Officer and Sugar Smart Ambassador, Vicky Reeve, has recently packed her bags and taken her Wicketz programme on residential to. Joined by another 14 programmes from across…
#SugarSmartSeptember
#SugarSmartSeptember #DAY7 Whether you are leading a local campaign, taking action as a participating setting, or an individual, take part in SUGAR SMART September using our free resources and sugar…
Cook and Eat
Food is Fun and Grow Stonehouse – Cook and Eat monthly sessions We’ve been having a great time working with Lily and Grow Stonehouse this year; running monthly sessions at Union Corner, a fantastic space…
Sugar Smart September
Get Ready for #Sugar Smart September SUGAR SMART September is a month-long challenge to reduce your sugar consumption, whether you want to resist sugary office treats, swap the pop, or avoid added…
Design Thinking for Social Enterprises Event
Design Thinking for Social Enterprises Event Food Plymouth core team members Zoe Nile and Ian Smith and Grow Stonehouse’s Lily Urbanska enjoyed Social Up’s Design Thinking innovative solutions for the…
Blockhouse Park Community Fun Day
Blockhouse Park Community Fun Day – Plymouth Food Plymouth was pleased to attend the Blockhouse Park Community Fun Day again this year. Organised by the energetic Stoke Stars community and…
Grow Stonehouse Summer Barbecue
Grow Stonehouse Summer Barbecue – July 2018 – Plymouth A barbecue at Stonehall Flats Community Orchard brought together local residents, Stonehouse Time Bank, Union Corner, Grow Stonehouse, Food Plymouth core…
Thrive Plymouth Network Event
Thrive Plymouth Network – Poole Farm Skelton and Ian Smith enjoyed taking part in the Thrive Plymouth Network event at Poole Farm. The day featured an interesting presentation by Jane…
Food Power South West Regional Learning Network
Colleagues from Bristol, Exeter, Totnes and Cornwall joined Food Plymouth core team members Dr Clare Pettinger and Ian Smith and Food Power national coordinator Simon Shaw for the latest Food…