The Esmee Fairburn Foundation has a long standing interest in food and in its impact on people, communities and the wider environment.
The Food Strand supports work that demonstrates the important role food plays in wellbeing and that connects people to the food that they eat. As part of this primary aim the Strand seeks to bring about more sustainable food production and consumption policies and practices.
The Strand is open to both large-scale strategic interventions and innovative local work.
Its budget is £5million over three years, from January 2013 although it may be extended for a further two years pending a review during 2015.
The Food Strand supports work that:
• delivers high quality, innovative local food projects, particularly those that can become financially sustainable and are replicable
• establishes closer links between NGOs, community groups, producers, retailers and industry in order to create more coherent food sector
• improves people’s understanding of the place that food plays in our lives and shows the role that access to good quality food can have on wellbeing
• leads to the prioritisation of sustainable food production and consumption in local and national policy, practice and decision-making
• increases demand for better quality food from sustainable sources, for example, through changes to public procurement
Applications may respond to more than one of the above.
Applications will be prioritised that have the following:
• Clear and practical delivery plans
• Methods for measuring impact
• The capacity to make a lasting impact on policy or practice
• The credibility and commitment to make alliances with other food related organisations
Projects that also demonstrate innovation are also welcomed.
There is a two-stage application process:
1. Make an online first stage application that will allow the Esmee Fairburn Foundation to make an initial assessment and decide whether to take your application to the second stage.
2. If your application is successful at first stage the Esmee Fairburn Foundation will contact you to invite you to make a second stage application and inform you of what further information is required.
For further information and to apply, visit: http://esmeefairbairn.org.uk/what-we-fund/sectors/food, or contact 020 7812 3700, or email: [email protected]