Food Strand 2009

BioRegional Development Group - £60,000
Towards the costs over three years of the Growing Potential Project - increasing access to sustainable food through training, procurement, local market development and creating Sutton's first Community Farm.

Cheshire Young Carers - £3,700
Towards improving access to food, enhance cooking and shopping skills, increase confidence, and offer social support and participation of the local community.

Compassion in World Farming Trust - £82,232
Towards the salary over two years of the director of food business, responsible for the organisation's food industry activity in the UK and influencing policy and practice at a European level that has a direct impact on food bought in the UK.

Dean Community Grown Foods - £2,145
Towards the cost of a feasibility study into the establishment of a community supported agriculture scheme in the Forest of Dean.

Falkland Centre for Stewardship - £30,000
Towards the costs of a study to establish the relationship between food production and consumption in Fife and its environmental and human well-being impact.

Falmouth Friends of the Earth - £9,500
Towards the Falmouth and Penryn Garden Share project over two years.

Federation of City Farms and Community Gardens - £50,000
Towards the salary of a part-time researcher, publication, dissemination and other project costs over three years.

Food Ethics Council - £150,000
Towards salaries and costs over three years for the advocacy programme to boost the profile of food policy options that put quality of life first, developing FEC's leadership role.

Garden Organic - £61,450
Towards the costs over two years of the One Plot Pledge Project, a campaign to get more people growing food at home.

Manor Gardens Cafe Project - £55,133
Towards the costs of the Tasty Opportunities Project over two years.

Museums Sheffield - £40,000
Towards 'Food, Glorious Food', an exhibition at Weston Park Museum in 2010.

Natural Justice - £138,989
Towards the cost of a scientific community based study over two years researching the effect of improved nutrition on the behaviour, cognitive performance and academic achievement of 14-16 year olds.

Slow Food UK Trust - £95,000
Towards the salary of a programme development officer over three years.

Soil Association - £4,000
Towards the cost of work that will stimulate the food sustainability debate in Northern Ireland.

South East Area Lifestyle - £25,998
Towards the expansion of food access work into South East Glasgow over two years.

Tescopoly Alliance - £9,138
Towards expanding the organisation's capacity to support local community campaigning groups.

The Centre for Innovation in Voluntary Action - £75,500
Towards the development of twelve Foodworks Projects over two years, using student volunteers, under-utilised kitchen resources and surplus food to prepare healthy meals for people in need.

The London Orchard Project Ltd - £3,500
Towards the planting of additional community orchards in London, with associated training and support for community groups to enable maintenance and harvesting of the trees.

University of Bedfordshire - £34,567
Towards a project examining how food tourism can deliver social, cultural and environmentally sustainable development in rural communities.

Total - £930,852

No of Grants - 19