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This grant programme is currently closed to applications.
Bristol Local Food Fund (BLFF) is a fund to help community food projects fight food insecurity and promote food equality in our city. We want everyone to have access to good quality, affordable, culturally appropriate food regardless of their background or situation.
Bristol Local Food Fund is working in partnership with Feeding Bristol and Quartet Community Foundation. A Citizens Panel, made up of a group of people with experience of food insecurity will be deciding which applications receive the funding, using participatory grant-making.
These grants can support charitable and community activities, projects and services that improve or maintain food justice in the City of Bristol.
Food Justice is when everyone has access to nutritious, affordable and culturally appropriate food, which is grown, produced, sold and consumed in ways that care for people and the environment. The work must support one or more of the five priorities outlined in Bristol’s Food Equality Strategy and Action Plan. These are:
Grants are otherwise unrestricted. The grant can fund any cost related to the activity, including resources such as ingredients for healthy meals and equipment. It can also fund core activity costs such as rent, staff costs, or volunteer expenses.
We will prioritise applications for work that supports people and areas that are most affected by food insecurity, and will take intersectionality into account. These priorities include (but are not limited to):
People most affected: Single parents, disabled people, people from Black, Asian or minoritised backgrounds, carers, people identifying as LGBTQIA+, and younger people (16-24)
Areas most affected: Hartcliffe & Withywood, Filwood, Lawrence Hill, Southmead, Avonmouth and Lawrence Weston, Lockleaze, Henbury & Brentry, Hillfields, Easton, Ashley, Eastville, St George, Frome Vale, Knowle, and Hengrove and Whitchurch Park.
These grants are for not-for-profit organisations and community groups with charitable aims that are working to alleviate food insecurity. Applicants must be based and working in the City of Bristol
Whilst there is no limit to the size of the organisation that can apply, we need to prioritise our funding where it can make the biggest impact. We will take into account the access an applicant has to other sources of funding and whether they are offering something needed in their area.
If your group is a Community Interest Company, please read the additional guidance in the ‘Help and Guidance‘ section on our website.
You can see our ‘Top Tips for Grant Applicants’ video on YouTube. Please see here.
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