Stockport Food
Partnership Projects
The Stockport Food Partnership will be collaborative, supported by leaders and enablers across the Stockport food system. It will build on and seek to scale up successful existing projects. The work will be informed by learning, insight and evidence which will produce work which is ambitious and innovative. We will be clear in our communications and ensure that our work is inclusive of all.
Project Areas
These are the topics the Stockport Food Partnership have been focusing on between 2024 - 2026.
Food and
Healthy Weight
We are working with the Stockport Council Public Health team to focus on reducing proliferation of hot food takeaways, reducing junk food advertising and linking with Food Active | Tackling the growing obesity crisis.
Community Food Growing
Did you know Stockport has lots of community orchards?
We have created a map of the community growing spaces in Stockport >
Community Food Education
We met with community partners who deliver food education courses to discuss what could be improved.
We then worked with a student from the University of Manchester to develop some research on what elements make a successful food education programme.
Food Insecurity
Stockport has lots of community organisations, working to provide food and essentials to those who need it. They are the Stockport Food Network and operate on a WhatsApp group to share surplus and information.
Climate Action and Food Waste
We have been working with the Stockport Climate Action Now (CAN) network.
We attended the Climate and Nature Summit.
We work to promote to opportunities from FareShare Greater Manchester | Surplus Food Charity
Growing the Partnership
We would like to continue to grow as Good Food Stockport but this is run on a voluntary basis with a small amount of non-recurrent funding.
We are working with all 10 local authorities in Greater Manchester to learn from each other and shape policy where possible.
Growing Spaces in Stockport
Purple = Allotment
Green = Orchard
Orange = Community Garden
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Please contact us to update anything on the map.
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