Research and resources for the food network

Explore our collection of reports, tools, and resources connected to food insecurity, sustainable food systems and community support. This library brings together insights from both local and national partners to help you stay informed. Whether you’re looking for guidance on running a community food project or the latest national policies, you can use the resources below to support you.

If you have feedback or a resource you would like to share, please email info@feedinggloucestershire.org.uk

A strategy for zero hunger in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland

Feeding Britain, 2014

The report of the All-Party Parliamentary Inquiry into Hunger in the UK, by the APPG on Hunger and Food Poverty.

Accessing Charitable Food Provision

Trussell, 2025

Research examining how and why people access charitable food support and the barriers they experience.

Bridging the Gap – How to fix the food system for everyone

Sustain, 2025

A report exploring practical actions and policy changes needed to create a fairer and more inclusive food system.

Brighton & Hove Food Partnership: Annual Survey Results (2025)

Brighton & Hove Food Partnership, 2025

Findings from a regional survey exploring food insecurity and demand for food support services.

Child Poverty Report in Stroud and Cotswolds

Citizens Advice Stroud and Cotswold, 2025

A local report highlighting levels of child poverty and inequality across Stroud and the Cotswolds.

Community Growing Resources

GREAT Food Gloucestershire, 2023

A collection of practical tools and guidance for starting and supporting community growing projects.

Cotswold and Forest of Dean Pantry Workshop

Feeding Gloucestershire, 2023

A workshop looking at setting up an affordable food club, with learning from pantries cross the county.

Crisis and Resilience Fund FAQs

Sustain, 2026

FAQs and guidance for food partnerships applying to the Crisis and Resilience Fund.

Evaluating Trussell money matters advice and support services

University of Bristol, 2024

An evaluation of advice and support services designed to improve financial wellbeing alongside food support.

Feeding Britain Podcasts

Feeding Britain

Insights into eliminating hunger from the UK

Feeding Britain Resource Library for Food Projects

Feeding Britain

A resource hub for community food projects, including toolkits, guides, reports and practical support materials.

Feeding Britain Webinars

Feeding Britain

A collection of webinar recordings covering topics such as affordable food clubs, community meals, food provision, food suppliers, wraparound support, volunteering, and governance.

Feeding Resilience: AFC Report

Feeding Britain, 2026

A report highlighting how affordable food clubs can improve diets, strengthen financial security and build community connections.

Food Club Survey Report

Sector Report, 2025

A report exploring the impact of affordable food clubs on food security, wellbeing and community resilience.

Food For the Planet: Every Mouthful Counts

Food for the Planet

An analysis of how UK councils are tackling the climate and nature emergency through policies and action on food governance, farming and food growing, food waste and procurement.

Food Insecurity Tracking – Food Foundation

Food Foundation, 2026

National tracking data monitoring levels of household food insecurity across the UK.

Food sources for Affordable Food Clubs

Feeding Britain, 2025

A practical supplier list to help affordable food clubs source food and essential items.

Future of UK Orchard Fruit

Forum for the Future, 2025

A report examining the future sustainability and resilience of orchard fruit production in the UK.

Good Food Local: SW Map

Sustain, 2026

An interactive map highlighting local authority progress in the South West against sustainable food criteria.

Hidden Hardship: Everyday Experiences, Coping Strategies, and Barriers to Wellbeing in Rural Britain

Coventry University, 2023

This report is written for national and local policymakers and community leaders to better understand hardship in the North Cotswolds, including experiences of rural hardship, coping strategies, and barriers to improved wellbeing.

How environmental issues are shaping hunger and hardship

Trussell, 2026

Research exploring the links between environmental pressures, rising living costs and food insecurity.

How Food Partnerships Are Responding to the Climate Crisis

Sustainable Food Places, 2025

A report showing how local food partnerships are supporting climate action through food system change.

Hunger and Hardship Report

Trussell, 2025

National research examining the scale and lived experience of hunger, hardship and food insecurity across the UK.

Increasing Nutrition in Food Aid Initiatives using Surplus Food

Fix Our Food, 2025

Research exploring how surplus food can be used to improve nutrition within food aid projects.

Lentils for Life Cookbook for Communities

H3, 2025

A community cookbook featuring affordable, healthy and sustainable recipes designed for shared cooking and learning.

Nourishing Gloucester: A Food Strategy for All

Nourishing Gloucester, 2023

This strategy for Gloucester City presents an action plan for public sector bodies to work in partnership with the commercial sector and alongside local community groups, to make a long-term, positive impact on food.

Pathways from Poverty

Feeding Britain, 2025

A guide to approaches that help people move beyond crisis and build long-term financial resilience.

Registration for Free School Meals: issues and implications for research, policymaking, practice and access

Education Policy Institute, 2025

Research examining barriers to Free School Meal registration and the wider implications for families and schools.

Roadmap to Reducing Food Insecurity in the UK

Food Foundation, 2025

Recommendations and actions aimed at reducing food insecurity and improving access to healthy food across the UK.

South Cotswold Food Poverty Report

South Cotswold Foodbank, 2025

A local report exploring the drivers and impacts of food poverty in the South Cotswolds and highlighting opportunities for action.

Space to Grow Report

Royal Horticultural Society, 2025

A report exploring the benefits of community gardening and growing spaces for health, wellbeing and local resilience.

Sustainable Food and Farming Action Plan for Gloucestershire: 2025-28

Gloucestershire Food and Farming Partnership, 2025

A county-wide action plan focused on creating a more sustainable and resilient food and farming system in Gloucestershire.

Sustainable Food Places Resource Library

Sustainable Food Places

A library of reports, toolkits and case studies focused on creating healthier, fairer and more sustainable local food systems.

The Food Foundation: The Broken Plate 2023

Our food environment: vital signs, its impact on our lives and what needs to change to support us all to eat healthily and sustainably

The homelessness monitor: England 2025

Crisis, 2025

An overview of homelessness trends, policy and housing pressures across England.

The State of the Nations Food Industry

Which retailers and Out of Home businesses are leading the way in supporting a shift towards more healthy and sustainable diets?

UK Government Child Poverty Strategy

UK Government, 2025

The Government’s strategy and policy commitments for tackling child poverty in the UK.

UK Government Food Strategy

UK Government, 2025

The UK Government’s strategy outlining priorities and challenges for the future of England’s food system.

Understanding health system funding

VCSE Health & Wellbeing Alliance, 2024

The challenges and opportunities for local VCSE organisations

Understanding people’s experiences of hidden homelessness

Healthwatch Gloucestershire, 2025

A Gloucestershire-based report exploring the lived experiences of people facing hidden homelessness.

Unlocking the potential of food partnerships with young people

Barnardos, 2025

A report exploring how food partnerships can better engage and empower young people in local food systems.

VCSE Alliance Gloucestershire – Charity Resource Library

VCSE Alliance Gloucestershire

A collection of practical resources, funding information, training and guidance for voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations in Gloucestershire.

Worrying About Money Training Gloucestershire

Feeding Gloucestershire, 2023

A webinar introducing IFAN’s Worrying About Money leaflets and how they can be used by frontline staff and volunteers to signpost people to financial support and reduce reliance on emergency food aid.