Good Food Grants

The Food Partnership administers the Good Food Grants on behalf of NHS Brighton & Hove. Good Food Grants is a funding programme that awards small grants for projects in schools and community settings that that aim to improve the health, skills and confidence of local residents though healthy eating, increased cookery skills and/or food growing.

Funded projects: Good Food Grants is now in its 6^th year. Over the last 5 years it has supported 137 projects around the city and this year it has funded a further 49 projects. Funded projects this year include a new lunch club at the Bridge Community Education Centre, a polytunnel and other gardening activities at Rudyard Kipling Primary School, kitchen equipment to set up a new community cafe in the Vale Community Centre, and many more. Download details about all grant recipients for 2012-13 (pdf, 84kb).

Good Food Grants has now closed to applications. Community organisations and schools were invited to apply for grants of up to £1000 for food projects in Brighton & Hove. The deadline for applications was Friday 10 February. Grants will be awarded by 30 March 2012 and must be used for work that takes place between 1 April 2012 and 31 March 2013.

Grants are available for core costs or for specific project costs and can fund new or ongoing work. If you have any querues please contact Ann Baldridge, Harvest Development Officer, on 01273 431700.

Good Food Grants Guidance notes (Word, 640Kb)

Good Food Grants Application form (Word, 660Kb)

You may also be interested in downloading the Harvest bi-monthly funding update which contains a list of local and national funders suitable for food projects. Or download the list of Good Food Grants recipients from 2011-12 (pdf, 273Kb).