Food Durham Newsletter - December 2024
Food Durham is the County Durham Food Partnership, whose vision is to help enable a food system that is good for people, the planet and the local economy. The Partnership takes a strategic and collaborative approach to good food governance and action. OASES (Outdoor and Sustainability Education Specialists) host Food Durham, and the Food Durham Advisory Group sets the strategic direction for the partnership.
New report: Good Food Local North East
Over the last year, partners in the North East have established Good Food Local in their region with a shared ambition of reducing health inequalities and making healthy and sustainable food more accessible. The first Good Food Local: The North East report, out now, shows work already being done by councils to bring that ambition to life, highlighting work to tackle food poverty, support a flourishing local food movement and to reduce high levels of unhealthy weight in local communities. Read the full results.
Early Adopters: Free Breakfast Club
Primary schools can apply to pilot government’s free breakfast club programme. 750 schools will be selected and early adopters will receive funding to cover food, delivery and staffing costs. All state-funded primary schools are eligible. Early adopters of the breakfast club scheme have the unique opportunity to shape national breakfast club policy, contributing directly to its design and implementation. The scheme will directly benefit the children and families of participating schools. It will also help test and learn what works for a national rollout. Breakfast clubs early adopters scheme - GOV.UK (Deadline 20th December)