Good food is essential to the quality of life, learning, and health for everyone in Caerphilly. The Caerphilly Food Partnership has set out a vision and a joined-up approach for making Caerphilly a place where everyone has the opportunity and skills to grow, cook, buy, and enjoy good food every day. We want to celebrate our heritage, natural environment and community spirit.
The Caerphilly Food Partnership is made up of both a network of 33 community food organisations (“The Caerphilly Food Network”) and an overarching Steering Group which consists of representatives from Aneurin Bevan University Health Board (Health), Rural Development Programme, CCBC Procurement, CCBC Allotments Officer, CCBC Business & Enterprise Renewal Team, Caerphilly Early Years, Fare Share, Trussell Trust, elected members, GAVO, Catering Department, Supporting People, Caerphilly Business Forum and representatives of our Food organisations.
The Steering Group guides and oversees work relating to food security, food poverty and the development of a coherent food system for Caerphilly, at a strategic level. The current Chair is Deputy Leader & Cabinet Member for Education, Communities & Transformation from Caerphilly County Borough Council.
The development of the Food Charter was completed in April 2026 and supports the ongoing delivery of the Food Action Plan and Food Strategy. In developing the Charter, we delivered across the borough in different venues and locations and worked with representatives from:
We have produced two versions of the charter, one for businesses and one for community and individuals. These are currently being distributed throughout the Borough.
Along with Charter and Strategy, the Food Partnership will be contributing to Local Authority’s consideration of food related recommendations for the recent draft of the Future Generations Commissioner’s report. As a Steering Group we continue to discuss these recommendations and how we feel we may be able to support them.
Our community arm, the Caerphilly Food Network, is well-established and groups have been supported by the Food Development Officer to apply for relevant funding and to develop a range of local projects to address food poverty within our communities. This includes the delivery of the grant funding for DFS Emergency Food Aid, Welcome Spaces & Capital projects, and the delivery of the Sustainable Food Network funding.
We work with Procurement team on a regular basis, identifying opportunities for social value from our contractors as written in their tenders. We also coordinate and distribute large donations of food that provided by food manufacturers/growers and suppliers for the benefit of the communities in the borough.
We are currently developing our ‘Food As A Resource’ project with Keep Wales Tidy; linking schools with allotments, supporting growing projects on school sites and developing workshops for schools with school growing calendars. Planting and growing vegetables that will be harvested during term time accompanied by family cooking sessions. Colleagues from Waste and Catering will also be delivering educational sessions around food waste & recycling, closing the loop on the full food journey from planting & plate to disposal.
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