Author: charlotte.molyneux

A blend of loan finance and grant funding is available to cooperatives, social enterprises and community businesses working in the UK’s agriculture and food production sector to support and develop their work, helping to increase their social impact. The Loans for Enlightened Agriculture Programme (LEAP) forms part of the Funding Enlightened Agriculture (FEA) initiative provided […]

We are excited to announce that the Devon Food Partnership’s response to The National Food Strategy report is available on our website! This report is a write up of the event held on the 6th December 2021, including talks by 5 expert speakers and a Q&A panel. Please follow this link to access it.

Stir To Action are launching a free enterprise for 18-30 years olds! This programme supports co-operatives and early-stage business ideas that could benefit Devon’s food, housing, and wellbeing economy to secure a sustainable future. It is run by Founders For The Future and is a three-month start-up programme for young adults in Devon. Support is […]

The UK government’s Seafood Innovation Fund (SIF) is a research and development (R&D) fund that launched in July 2019 and the deadline for applying has been extended. Deadline: 12pm Friday 14th January The SIF programme is now part of the UK Seafood Fund. The SIF programme focuses on: The programme includes: However, this programme excludes freshwater and recreational fishing. Applications are welcome […]

 What do you do with food in your fridge when you go away?  That glut of homegrown vegetables?  The Buy One Get One Free you’re never going to eat? If you throw them away, think again! Perfectly good food doesn’t have to be wasted! The Olio app connects neighbours with each other so surplus food […]

The Devon Food Partnership is delighted to announce that we have submitted our response to The National Food Strategy to the White Paper Team ahead of the White Paper estimated to be published in the new year. The document submitted was a written report of the webinar held on Monday 6th December titled: The National […]

Receive Funding, Promotion and Support from Public Health Devon to Provide an Attractive Offer for Young Families on Low Incomes, Eligible for Healthy Start The Public Health team at Devon County Council would like to support more families in Devon to access their Healthy Start entitlement, and to use it with local suppliers selling sustainably […]

The Co-op foundation have launched the Carbon Innovation Fund as of Monday 22nd November to support food and farming projects that are tackling the climate crisis by reducing greenhouse gas emissions. 

The first Devon Food Partnership event will formulate an open discussion that will be written into a report that will be submitted to the white paper team as Devon’s response to the National Food Strategy.

Devon County Council invites expressions of interest for the new Green Innovation Fund to support clean growth in Devon.