Food Security Alliance

London Borough of Enfield Published 25 Oct 2020 Contracts Finder

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Aim

To develop and coordinate the Enfield Food Security Alliance in order to reduce food poverty in Enfield

Objectives

•	Establish and coordinate a network of stakeholders and partners working on food poverty issues across the borough in order to increase the number of community-led solutions to food insecurity.
•	Increase the capacity of local agencies to respond to an increasing demand for food aid
•	Support the development and implementation of an inclusive, evidence-based, cross-sectoral Food Security Action Plan for the Borough, identifying good practice that could support and inform activity

Service description

•	Establish and coordinate a network of stakeholders and partners working on food poverty issues across the borough in order to increase the number of community-led solutions to food insecurity.
o	Develop and agree Terms of Reference and a vision for the Alliance
o	Involve people who have lived experience of food poverty
o	Communicate regularly with the Alliance
o	Identify funding opportunities and resources to support the strategic development of the Alliance in a sustainable way

•	Increase the capacity of local agencies to respond to an increasing demand for food aid
o	Facilitate collaboration between Alliance members and ensure information, opportunities, resources and expertise are shared
o	Have an overview of existing actions taking place to alleviate food poverty, such as free or low-cost community food programmes, emergency food provision and holiday hunger programmes. Liaise with Enfield Voluntary Action / Enfield Public Health to ensure this is added to Simply Connect Enfield online directory.
o	Understand what training opportunities are required by members, for example, food hygiene or managing volunteers
o	Work with members to effectively signpost service users to other services to help address the underlying causes of food poverty such as debt advice

•	Support the development and implementation of an inclusive, evidence-based, cross-sectoral Food Security Action Plan for the Borough, identifying good practice that could support and inform activity
o	Influence and support stakeholders to take strategic action on food poverty.
o	Work with pilot projects to develop, expand and support community-based approaches to tackling food poverty.

Data Collection and reporting

•	Collect data on number of service users supported by Alliance members on a monthly basis
•	Report data during monthly meeting with Public Health

1 notice published against this procurement.

Published	Type	Regime	Notice
25 Oct 2020	Planning (planning)	·	6081b587-95b5-4f2b-b24f-4b119e02a660-389230

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