In 2021, the Shropshire Food Poverty Alliance formed part of a project team with Shropshire Council – Public Health, Healthwatch Shropshire and Citizens Advice Shropshire to research food insecurity in South West Shropshire. 

 

The project was the result of a successful bid to the ‘Shaping Places for Healthier Lives’ grant funding from the Local Government Association (LGA) supported by Health Foundation. ‘Shaping Places’ focuses on reducing health inequalities by addressing a complex problem. In our case, this is food insecurity. 

 

Over the course of the research the team focused on South West Shropshire, working alongside communities to better understand the reasons causing food insecurity and the impact it has on people’s lives. The findings informed our final application to the Local Government Association in May 2021 for £300,000 funding over the next 3 years. We are pleased to report that this bid was successful. The work will enable the project team to meaningfully co-produce and deliver sustainable action to address food insecurity with our rural communities across the whole of Shropshire. The work will take a whole-system approach, recognising the complex nature of food insecurity and the multiple strands of action needed to combat it. 

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For more information on the project please contact Emily.Fay@shropshire.gov.uk 

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