About us
food Is at the heart of all we do
ABOUT The Brighton & Hove Food Partnership
The Food Partnership was started by local residents in 2003, and our committed team of staff & volunteers deliver a range of food projects which have helped over 20,000 local people learn to cook, grow their own food, eat a healthier diet and waste less.
Eating is central to life’s celebrations and memories, and our approach is to use this power of food to bring about change. Much of our work benefits vulnerable adults and people experiencing deprivation, isolation, poor health and other life challenges. Our activities makes lasting changes to habits and behaviours which improve lives.
Explore this site to find out more about our projects – from cookery to gardens & outdoor work, to food access, reducing waste and composting; alongside strategic work on food systems & farming.
For over twenty years we have been working with food to engage with people. We are at the forefront of a global movement, which aims to bring people back to the basic message that good food is a right for all, brings power and energy to everyone and is a joy to be shared.
Awards & recognition
We work with hundreds of partners including community organisations, statutory agencies, local businesses and individual residents. There are now over 100 local Food Partnerships across the UK, building on and replicating the model which started here in Brighton in 2003.
Our work has been recognised by independent bodies – including ‘Non profit of the year’ at the Brighton & Hove Business Awards, ‘Team of the Year’ at the Cost Sector Catering Awards and the ‘Community Benefit Award’ at the Southeast RICS awards for the build project to create the Community Kitchen. We led Brighton & Hove’s successful submission for ‘Gold Sustainable Food City’ status. We are proud to be a Living Wage & Disability Confident employer.
The Food Partnership is grateful to its current funders, donors & business partners for supporting this work. Regular funders include: the Big Lottery Fund, the Esmee Fairbairn Foundation, the Fonthill Foundation, Sussex Community Foundation, and Brighton & Hove City Council.
