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26 February 2025
We’ve been working with Walsall Council’s Public Health team since 2017 to make good food the norm: improving school food quality, food leadership and food education. Since then, over 18,000 children in Walsall have benefitted from Food for Life activity in their school.
Now, we want to take things further – we’re taking the good food movement beyond the school gates and into the heart of Walsall with the Food for Life Nourishing Communities Award!
This news comes a year on from Walsall’s first ever food summit in January 2024. The summit brought people working across Walsall’s food system together to discuss a new vision for good food in Walsall.
Good food…
The Nourishing Communities Award celebrates organisations and groups in Walsall who are making good food accessible in their communities. They support growing activities, teach people cooking skills, and improve the local food system.
All applicants need to do is demonstrate that they do the following and earn a badge for each: cook, grow, share skills and pledge. Once all four badges have been collected, they’ll achieve the Nourishing Communities Award!
To support local groups to deliver community activities, Food for Life and Walsall Council are also pleased to be offering grants to community groups who are working towards the above. To be eligible, a group must apply for the Nourishing Communities Award, earn at least one badge, and be happy to share updates on their funded activities with Food for Life.
To celebrate achieving a Nourishing Communities Award, awardees will receive a certificate of achievement, a poster and a window sticker to show off their award. They’ll also join the good food movement happening within Walsall and have opportunities to connect with other groups and organisations, attend network events and help shape the future of Walsall’s food system.
Grant applications will be accepted throughout 2025, with applications reviewed, feedback provided, and grants awarded at four checkpoints. Applications for the Nourishing Communities Award are open all year.
Checkpoints for 2025:
