Community groups, schools, businesses and churches across Newcastle have secured funding to launch food activities.
The Community Food Grant 2014 Fund, which is managed by Byker-based social enterprise Food Nation, has awarded £10,000 to eight cooking and growing projects in Newcastle in a bid to inspire local residents to cook affordable, healthy food from scratch.
The winning enterprises are Search Project, which is developing a Mediterranean cooking club for the over 50s; St Margaret’s Toddlers, Scotswood; Atkinson Road Nursery School in Benwell; the Community Catering Initiative Ltd in Walker; The Byker Centre and Groundwork; West End Youth Enquiry Service (WEYES); and Welbeck Primary School.
More details at www.foodnation.org
