More households across the county are set to have better access to quality food thanks to a new scheme. Nottinghamshire County Council is to invest £210,000 to support food redistribution schemes in the community and voluntary sector in the spring of 2023.
This aims to be a community-boosting scheme which forms part of an ongoing drive to improve residents’ access to affordable and healthy food. Grant funding will be available to groups and organisations to help them establish schemes that will ensure a greater number of residents, who maybe struggling with cost-of-living pressures, can access good quality food at affordable prices.
A report presented to Cabinet outlines how funding will be made available for groups and organisations from the voluntary and community sector with the skills and capacity to run food redistribution schemes – for families and residents who need them the most. If the proposals are approved, the county council will work with partners to promote grant funding opportunities to the voluntary and community sector to allow for the schemes to be established.
