Islington Food Partnership is a broad coalition of local organisations and individuals working together to develop an ambitious and sustainable food network for Islington.
Islington Food Partnership is chaired by local health and wellbeing charity Manor Gardens Welfare Trust, and is led by a strategic board and coordinating group - read more about us at https://www.islingtonfoodpartnership.org.uk/about-us/
Islington formally launched our current Food Strategy in 2010 with a 10 year framework, extended to 2022 due to the pandemic. In 2017, the Food Strategy Steering Group and wider partnership recognized a further need to develop a specific Food Poverty Action Plan, and an Islington Food Poverty Alliance (IFPA) steering group was set up in 2019 to provide oversight and implementation support of Islington’s Food Poverty Action Plan 2019-2022.
We are developing a new Islington Food Strategy to be implemented from 2023 onwards, which is being led by the Islington Food Partnership, bringing together all those that have worked on food and food poverty in the Borough in the past 10 years.
You can find more details on our activities on our website at www.islingtonfoodpartnership.org.uk.
We have quarterly partnership meetings, and meet more regularly where needed or requested, for example during the extended lockdown periods.
We set up and run the Islington Food Cooperative Network, which is a network of 7+ community cooperatives across the Borough. more details can be found at https://manorgardenscentre.org/our-services/food-co-operatives/
We are currently in the process of developing our new strategy, and so are running a number of engagement activities in order to publish this for 2023.
The Islington Food Partnership brings together over 90 member organisations across food aid, public health, community growing, local government, sustainability, and the voluntary sector to deliver a borough-wide good food strategy.
Things we do:
• Support collaboration between members of the network via learning exchanges, workshops, Communities of Practice and partnership events
• Coordinate borough-wide mapping of food support provision to identify gaps and improve access to affordable food
• Support food aid providers with training, networking, food safety support and sharing good practice around culturally appropriate and dignified food provision
• Connect food growing, composting, food aid and community participation through partnerships with local growing organisations
• Support work around surplus food, climate impacts and reducing environmental impacts of food distribution
• Build local participation through our Food Advocates programme
Our work is guided by the Islington Food Strategy, which focuses on improving access to healthy, affordable and sustainable food, reducing inequalities, supporting local action, and strengthening community involvement in the food system.
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