FUNDING for community food projects is available in Warwickshire.
Warwickshire County Council’s Kind Communities-Kind Food Grant fund aims to support local projects across the county that empower communities to make more affordable, healthy, and sustainable food choices.
The fund, delivered in partnership with Warwickshire & Solihull Community and Voluntary Action, has £22,500 of cash available.
Applicants will be able to apply for up to £1,000 per project, and each project must demonstrate how it will support either improving food affordability and access, education and choice, or sustainable choices.
Entries can be submitted via www.wcava.org.uk/programmes/warwickshire-kind-communities-kind-food-grant-fund-2025/ before 5pm on Friday November 14.
WCC’s communities spokesperson Coun Mike Bannister said: “This fund is provided to help support and encourage local community food projects. Community groups do splendid work in promoting and providing healthy and affordable food locally. We recognise this and want to work with existing and new groups – this is an important part of our County Council Food Strategy. Therefore, I encourage anyone that is working on a local community food project to apply”.
Alison Thompson, Area Manager for CAVA, added: “We’re really pleased to be working with the county council on this programme again. Funding for community activities to support grassroots-led initiatives makes a huge difference to people’s lives, it encourages volunteering, builds resilience and community capacity and supports some of the most vulnerable in our neighbourhoods.”
Visit www.warwickshire.gov.uk/kindcommunities for more details.
