Good Food Governance
Sustainable Food Places
This is an online event.
More InfoA combination of inflation, wage stagnation and real-terms cuts to benefits is pushing an increasing number of people into food insecurity. 15 per cent of all households – that’s 8 million adults and 3 million children – experienced food insecurity in January this year.
Councils, alongside our partners in the voluntary and community sector, have a key role to play in tackling rising food insecurity and the significant toll it is taking on low-income household’s health and well-being.
This virtual event will hear from councils and voluntary and community organisations about their learnings from effective local approaches to improving residents’ financial resilience and access to nutritious food – which could be put into action in your area.
Programme:
| 10.00 | Chair’s welcome and introduction Member of the LGA Cost of Living Advisory Group |
| 10.05 | Beyond the Food Bank approach Isabel Rice, Food Poverty Campaign Coordinator, Sustain: the alliance for better food and farming |
| 10.20 | Learnings from Newcastle’s People and Place project: tackling severe hardship through co-production Andrew Forsey, Director, Feeding Britain Professor Greta Defeyter, The Healthy Living Lab, Northumbria University Samantha Keith, Service Manager – Safeguarding Adults, Newcastle City Council |
| 10.40 | Cash-first approaches to food insecurity Gareth Evans, Director, GRE Consulting |
| 11.00 | Questions and discussion |
| 11.25 | Chair’s closing remarks |
| 11.30 | Close |
This is a virtual event run on the Zoom platform.
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