Become a member

Any city, borough, large town or county that has established a cross-sector food partnership taking a whole food system approach can join the Sustainable Food Places Network. The key is that you are willing to share your successes (and your failures!) and are interested in learning from others.

As well as being at the heart of a rapidly growing movement, all Network members benefit from privileged access to the expertise of their peers and attend our regional and national events. Network members can also benefit from the support of the Sustainable Food Places team, take part in our campaigns and apply for awards as well as having full access to our online toolkits and resources.


Sustainable Food Places Network Membership Criteria

To become a member, you must be able to evidence that you have the following in place:

  • An established cross-sector food partnership with clear terms of reference
  • Evidence that your partnership has met regularly for at least 6 months, including minutes of meetings
  • A named lead person who is willing to be contacted by other members
  • A Food System Overview
  • A Food Partnership Work Plan covering the next 6 months

Download the full SFP Network Membership Criteria


Next membership round dates (last round 2024)

To apply for membership, please submit documents that evidence how you meet the criteria as laid out above. Please also complete and submit the following form along with your documents. 

SFP Membership Application Form

If you're interested in applying for membership please get in touch with Andrea Gibbons, agibbons@soilassociation.org - please also use this address to submit your application. 

  • Application deadline: 24th Oct 2024
  • Results released: latest 6th November 2024
  • Drop-in session to ask questions about the process: 19th Sept 2024, 2:00-3:00 - please sign up here

If you cannot attend, here is a recording of a previous session:


The SFP Toolkit will help you start the journey:

Open Toolkit