Response, Resilience and Recovery: London’s Food Response to Covid-19

Credit: Sustain

The report finds that where strong foundations were in place that predated the Covid-19 pandemic, by and large this enabled a stronger, more resilient food response to the pandemic. The research also found that the conditions created by the pandemic have, in a significant number of cases, engendered new positive action on food, especially in terms of new partnerships between councils and the voluntary and community sector.

Contents of report

Executive summary
Survey and approach
Recommendations for action
Council leadership in food across London
London’s food in numbers
How are councils taking action?
Partnerships and collaborative approaches to action on food
Joined-up work on food across London during Covid-19
‘Cash-first’ approaches to tackling food poverty
Food access
The Covid-19 emergency food response across London
Issues with the emergency response
- Food access and Black, Asian and minority ethnic Londoners
- Food access for older, disabled and medically vulnerable people
Children’s food access
Food growing and production
Supporting a good food economy
The climate and nature emergency and food
Healthier Catering Commitment
Food related recovery planning