Written Question · S5W-04634 · Session 5
Which projects that seek to address food poverty it supports.
The question
To ask the Scottish Government which projects that seek to address food poverty it supports.
The answer
The Scottish Government’s main response to food poverty is through the £1 million per annum Fair Food Fund. The Fund is intended to reduce reliance on emergency food provision by supporting projects that give people opportunities to access fresh and healthy food, share a meal, or develop new skills. It has two elements:
1. Discrete funding for innovative projects that are helping people access affordable food, such as Centrestage Communities in Ayrshire, and continuing support for FareShare which redistributes surplus food to projects and charities, such as the Vennie in Livingston which engages with children and young people, especially those who are socially excluded. It has a community garden that opened in August 2015.FareShare also delivers food to the Cyrenians farm in Kirknewton, which provides a range of opportunities for vulnerable young people, aged 16-30, to develop skills in growing and cooking, moving towards a settled lifestyle whilst improving their health and well-being.
2. The Fair Food Transformation Fund which is supporting community projects to develop services that exemplify the dignified food principles identified in the Independent Short Life Working Group’s report Dignity – Ending Hunger Together in Scotland. In particular, we are seeking to support emergency food providers to transition away from traditional charitable approaches to emergency food provision.
In addition, the Good Food Nation Fund, which supports the Good Food Nation vision and objectives provides around £97,000 support to six food poverty projects, as part of a wider portfolio of projects. Existing Community Food Networks in Edinburgh, North Lanarkshire and Aberdeen are supported with £75,000 grant funding, along with £10,000 provided to develop a network in Glasgow.
Both the Good Food Nation Fund and the Climate Challenge Fund support Beechbrae Community Garden with around £94,000 in total. The Garden provides the community with a growing space, training to show people better ways of using the land to grow food, and activities to reduce food waste.
We are also providing around £1.3 million this financial year through the People and Communities Fund to support 19 projects which have food poverty amongst the focus of their activities.
1. Discrete funding for innovative projects that are helping people access affordable food, such as Centrestage Communities in Ayrshire, and continuing support for FareShare which redistributes surplus food to projects and charities, such as the Vennie in Livingston which engages with children and young people, especially those who are socially excluded. It has a community garden that opened in August 2015.FareShare also delivers food to the Cyrenians farm in Kirknewton, which provides a range of opportunities for vulnerable young people, aged 16-30, to develop skills in growing and cooking, moving towards a settled lifestyle whilst improving their health and well-being.
2. The Fair Food Transformation Fund which is supporting community projects to develop services that exemplify the dignified food principles identified in the Independent Short Life Working Group’s report Dignity – Ending Hunger Together in Scotland. In particular, we are seeking to support emergency food providers to transition away from traditional charitable approaches to emergency food provision.
In addition, the Good Food Nation Fund, which supports the Good Food Nation vision and objectives provides around £97,000 support to six food poverty projects, as part of a wider portfolio of projects. Existing Community Food Networks in Edinburgh, North Lanarkshire and Aberdeen are supported with £75,000 grant funding, along with £10,000 provided to develop a network in Glasgow.
Both the Good Food Nation Fund and the Climate Challenge Fund support Beechbrae Community Garden with around £94,000 in total. The Garden provides the community with a growing space, training to show people better ways of using the land to grow food, and activities to reduce food waste.
We are also providing around £1.3 million this financial year through the People and Communities Fund to support 19 projects which have food poverty amongst the focus of their activities.
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S5W-04634 by reference.