The Food Partnership administers the Good Food Grants on behalf of NHS Brighton & Hove. Good Food Grants is a funding programme that awards small grants for projects in schools and community settings that that aim to improve the health, skills and confidence of local residents though healthy eating, increased cookery skills and/or food growing. Grants are available for core running costs like insurance and volunteer expenses or for the costs of running a specific project. You can apply for funding for a new project or for work that is ongoing.

Good Food Grants 2012 has now closed for applications. Community organisations and schools were invited to apply for grants of up to £1000 for food projects in Brighton & Hove. The deadline for applications was Friday 10 February 2012. If your group is looking for funding for a food project you may be interested in downloading our bi-monthly funding update which contains a list of local and national funders suitable for food projects.

Good Food Grants is now in its 6th year. In the first 5 years it has supported 137 projects around the city, and this year it has funded a further 49 projects. Some of the projects funded this year are listed below, or you can download details of all funded projects (pdf, 84kb).

Alternative Centre for Education: funding to set up a vegetable garden on the new site of the centre which is for 14 - 16 year olds who have been suspended from mainstream schools.

Bridge Community Education Centre: funding for lunch club programmes to engage local residents in use of the centre's community kitchen for cookery skills and social interaction, plus two field-trips to visit local producers.

Craven Vale Community Association: funding for kitchen equipment to set up a community café in The Vale Community Centre to sell healthy snacks and provide cookery classes.

Hove Luncheon Club: funding to cover Fareshare costs and running costs to deliver this popular lunch club for the elderly.

New Roots: funding to support this organic growing group for people on low incomes to pay for new tools, seeds and compost.

Portslade Youth Enterprise CIC: funding for 15 sessions to combine their youth allotment with cooking and healthy eating.

Rudyard Kipling Primary School: funding to build a polytunnel on their grounds that will enable them to grow crops under shelter and support the incorporation of gardening into the curriculum.

SPARKS: funding for equipment and volunteer refreshments for a growing project in Stoneham Park to encourage children and adults to grow veg through 'Dig-in' after school events and by showcasing what can be grown in a small space.