Local Food programme

The Local Food Programme

Local Food is a £50 million programme that will distribute grants to a variety of food-related projects to help make locally grown food accessible and affordable to local communities.

The Federation of City Farms and Community Gardens was instrumental in developing the programme, working with a large number of other organisations over several years before plans came to fruition.

The funding programme is managed by the Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts (RSWT) and the 15 consortium members, on behalf of the BIG Lottery Fund.

For details of FCFCG's own local food project to support new, emerging and established community groups to grow food sustainably, see our Local Food Project pages

News

Due to an exceptional high level of demand, the Local Food programme has suspended acceptance of new first stage applications, with effect from Friday 21 August 2009. For the latest information on Local Food please visit: www.localfoodgrants.org