At our February Forum we identified focus areas and we have begun to bring together groups to explore those areas –
Community Growing
Accessing Fresh Local Food
Surplus and Distribution
Nutrition and Learning
This forum is the opportunity for all of the organisations to come back together, to discuss our learning so far and what our next steps are.
The main forum will be from 10 – 12 and then there will be an opportunity to continue discussion and to network over lunch from 12 – 1
This workshop focuses on the third priority identified by the Nourishing Gloucester Forum – Nutrition and Learning.
It will be an opportunity for organisations across the city to discuss the topics of nutrition and food education.
The Nourishing Gloucester Forums are open and inclusive spaces to address issues and explore solutions.
*Refreshments will be provided
This event is being held at Roots Renewed – originally the premises of Roots Coffee and Community Coffee Shop
Financial Inclusion Next Steps – Pre-winter Planning
In this meeting we will –
- Share and discuss the mapping work created since the January meeting
- In breakout rooms discuss – demand and planning for winter 24/25, Rural challenges, and who is missing from the conversation.
- Update on the last round of Household Support Fund
- Update on FI projects: including Financial First Aid
Refreshments will be provided, as will a cold lunch that can be eaten at the event or taken away.
This workshop focuses on the second priority identified by the Nourishing Gloucester Forum – Surplus and Distribution.
It will be an opportunity for organisations across the city to discuss the potential of working with local businesses to reduce food surplus and explore how we can enable community organisations to access surplus food.
The Nourishing Gloucester Forums are open and inclusive spaces to address issues and explore solutions.
*Refreshments will be provided
The next meeting for the Community Growing Group willl be held at the Heritage Hub.
We will also have the opportunity to see the community garden, which is supported by Project Grow
Following on from our February Forum on priorities and action, this will be the first action group discussion, the aim being to bring together organisations across the city to discuss community growing and how we can work together to create a vibrant community growing network.
This meeting will take place in the cafe at St James City Farm, refreshments will be provided
This event will be the second event in a series focusing on developing a Sustainable Food Network for Gloucester and it will be of interest to all organisations in Gloucester who are working to support the city’s communities to access better, affordable, sustainable food.
This event is aimed at all community organisations and agencies that provide financial and benefit advice or provide a signposting service in the Cotswold District.
As part of the work Feeding Gloucestershire is supporting around greater Financial Inclusion in the County, we would like to invite you to an online workshop where you can hear what the Money & Pension Service can do to support the services you offer to your communities.
We are aware capacity is tight and so felt it would be useful to hear from an organisation that might be able ease some of these pressures.
The workshop will provide a brief overview of the work we are supporting in the County and then Paul Fox (South West rep for MaPS) will present the services they offer and how these might be useful for your organisation, there will also be time for questions
Join us for a workshop which will look at how we can work together to create a sustainable food network for Gloucester.
Building a sustainable food network was one of the priority areas identified at Feeding Gloucestershire’s launch and we are inviting you to join us to explore how this can be achieved – we will look at how we can bring together strategic and policy priorities with practical community delivery, knowledge and experience – to identify key development areas and create an action plan that is reflective of the needs of Gloucester City and the organisations that support the city.
We will also have the opportunity to discuss Nourishing Gloucester – the food strategy developed for Gloucester City by the Gloucestershire Gateway Trust. We will look at what the strategy means in practical and policy terms and how it can be used to support the work of the Food Network
This event will be the first event in a series to shape this work and it will be of interest to all organisations who are working to support the city’s communities to access better, affordable, sustainable food.
In order to achieve this aim we will need to work collaboratively and we welcome everyone who has a stake in developing this network for Gloucester.
Light refreshments will be available during the workshop.