A baseline of 22% of people live in food poverty in the UK, often reliant on solutions outside of mainstream food systems, including food banks. This doesn’t enable people to plan or choose their diet, or to improve their food security on a long-term basis.
The vision of the programme is to provide citizens of culturally-diverse disadvantaged communities with choice and agency over the food they consume, by co-developing new products, new supply chains and new policy frameworks that deliver an affordable, attractive, healthy and sustainable diet.
Whitley CDA and Whitley residents have worked closely with the project to help them shape the outcomes – The project brings together academic researchers, food industry representatives, civil organisations and policy makers to reimagine how food policy, food products and food supply chains can be developed. The project will focus on working together with disadvantaged communities to jointly imagine new solutions to address a lack of access to healthy, sustainable food.
You can find out more about the project here: https://research.reading.ac.uk/food-system-equality/
You can also watch this video
Listen to Dr Trisha Bennett of WCDA discussing the voucher scheme on Radio Berkshire
Whitley CDA discuss the new voucher scheme on BBC South Today
Dr. Trisha Bennett on Politics South
University of Reading & Whitley CDA work together on government-funded study – hear Dr . Trisha Bennett discuss on BBC Berkshire
Watch WCDA & Whitley Researchers on BBC’s Politics South
Hear WCDA and Whitley Researchers on BBC Berkshire
Local Reading borough elections 2023 – information relevant to the WCDA area of interest
COMMUNITY ASSETS MATTER – training package for guidance, support and advice on the management of community buildings
