A recent Sustain article has highlighted the extension of the Household Support Fund to help low-income households during the cost of living crisis until March 2023. An additional £842 million has been made available through the fund to help low-income households. The fund will be distributed by local authorities. Individuals are encouraged to contact their […]
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Autumn Round of Rewilding Innovation Fund Open for Applications
Community groups, public, and private landowners in England, Scotland, and Wales can apply for funding to develop or scale-up rewilding projects on land or at sea. Rewilding Britain is offering grants of up to £15,000 to help foster new and ambitious rewilding projects, or scale-up pre-existing projects, across Britain. The Rewilding Innovation Fund will support […]
Defra Opens UK Seafood Fund: Skills and Training Scheme
Funding is available for UK based providers of training relevant to the seafood sector. The UK Seafood Fund: Skills and Training Scheme will provide a one-off fund to improve training in the seafood industry, including the catching, processing and aquaculture sectors. The scheme aims to: There is up to £10 million available to fund training […]
Rethink Food: The Need for Change report
Nature Friendly Farming Network has published The Need for Change. The report outlines how whole food system change is needed to support the transition to sustainable farming or risk undermining food security. The report sets out why farm payments for improvements to soil health, biodiversity and climate mitigation ensure viable UK food production and bolster […]
Significant Seams is hosting holiday activities that have free places for young people who are eligible for benefit-related free school meals or have a SEND diagnosis
Arts and wellbeing organisation Significant Seams is hosting activities during August for young people to explore and create together. With nutritional hot meals provided, participants will be able to feed body and mind as part of the activities. Young people who are eligible for benefit-related free school meals or have a SEND diagnosis, will be […]
Supermarkets Asda and Morrisons are cutting food prices in the midst of the cost of living crisis
Asda has said it will spend £73m to cut or freeze prices on 100 products, while Morrisons says it will cut prices on 500 products. The Morrisons products subject to reductions represent 6% of its total sales, and include items such as eggs, cereal, cooking sauces, chicken and sausages. Asda said its price cuts would […]
Farming Futures R&D Fund: Sustainable farm-based protein
The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) will invest up to £12.5 million in innovation projects. This funding is part of Defra’s Farming Innovation Programme which is delivered in partnership with UKRI’s Transforming Food Production Challenge. Defra and Innovate UK will work in collaboration to deliver a portfolio of projects that meet the objectives […]
Boston Tea Party in Exeter are offering £1 meals for children this summer
Boston Tea Party in Exeter are offering £1 meals for children under 10 during the summer holidays. This will be available Monday to Friday after 2pm.
Children can eat for just £1 at Asda Cafés across England and Wales this Summer – with no minimum adult spend
Asda has announced its next move in bids to help feed children this summer, meaning kids across England and Wales can eat for just £1 at any time of day in Asda Cafés, seven days a week, with no minimum adult spend required. To help tackle holiday hunger at a time when the cost-of-living is […]
Tthe Agri-tech Alliance survey
As part of the Devon Agri-Tech Accelerator, The Agri-Tech Alliance is a scoping group that has been established. The Agri-Tech alliance is a place where farmers and Agri-Tech businesses can connect and communicate. Agri-Tech companies can share their innovations directly with farmers and landowners. Farmers can communicate with other farms that have similar land types […]