STOC Good Food (South Tyneside Open Collective for Good Food)

What we do

Our Vision: “To deliver a more sustainable food system for South Tyneside, enabling access to food that is equitable and healthy for residents, organisations and the planet”. 

Our current and past work:

• A collaboratve appraisal of South Tyneside's (Food System Overview).
• A Partnership work plan produced covering 6 key themes.
• Clear Terms of Reference document produced.
• Created brand identity to inform future media, comm’s channels.
• STOC website to communicate STOC’s aims, objectives & calls to action.
• STOC collaborated with public health on ADPH North East regional benchmarking survey ‘Good Food Local North East’, identifying strengths, weaknesses and areas to take action within South Tyneside, whilst forging useful links within the local authority.
• Engaged with 40+ departments/organisations to attend STOC Good Food Launch presentation outlining food sustainability themes.
• Set up 4 working groups in accordance with SFP framework across key themes, gaining valuable crosssector insight identifying strengths and weaknesses in the food system contributing as evidence towards our SFP membership application.
• Continued support in the delivery of the 'Food Fair' project. 
• A collaboration with South Tyneside Events Team on a re-useable cup pilot to significantly reduce the amount of single use plastic at high footfall summer festivals, raising funds for South Tyneside Food Bank and marketing the partnership to the wider public arena.