About us
About Us
Gateshead Food Partnership is a collaboration of local people and organisations looking at a joined up, whole system approach to make nutritious, culturally appropriate, and environmentally sustainable food affordable and accessible for everyone in Gateshead.
The partnership of public, voluntary and private sector organisations is working to become a Sustainable Food Place, co-creating and delivering a Sustainable Food Strategy for Gateshead.
We seek to:
Tackle food insecurity in Gateshead. Ensure everyone has access to healthy, nutritious and affordable food, moving from reliance on food aid to food justice and resilience
Tackle issues around diet-related health inequality, especially in relation to food insecurity
Build community food knowledge, skills, resources and projects aimed at re-connecting with and valuing our food
Promote a vibrant and diverse local food economy that provides sustainable, healthy and affordable choices for consumers, creates good quality employment and makes the best use of local resources
Increase healthy and sustainable catering and procurement to help create a resilient, fair, food system
Steering group
Gateshead Food Partnership is hosted by Gateshead Council, but the direction and decisions in forming a Good Food Strategy are determined by the steering group, with representatives from local businesses, community groups, experts, public sector partners and voluntary organisations.
Current Steering Group Members are:
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Sustainable Food Places
Gateshead has recently become a member of Sustainable Food Places, a network bringing together food partnerships across the UK that are driving innovation and best practice on all aspects of healthy and sustainable food.
We are working towards gaining a Bronze Sustainable Food places award in 2025.
