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Brighton & Hove Food Partnership

Impact Report 2025

Brighton & Hove Food Partnership uses food to improve health, address inequalities and act on the climate emergency. In 2025 the organisation met 6,890 people face-to-face, supported 5,800 people weekly through its 50-project Emergency Food Network, and delivered 3,270 cookery sessions. Community composting schemes diverted 200 tonnes of food waste, and £200,543 was distributed to partner organisations. A new 5-year citywide food strategy was also launched.

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Community Kitchen cookery classes; Growing New Roots outdoor wellbeing programme; Time for Tea (dementia); community gardens (Stanmer, Saunders Park, Preston Park); Emergency Food Network (50 food projects); community composting (58 schemes); Sussex Grazed local meat scheme; Food Use Places food waste partnership; food strategy and policy advocacy

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 6,890 people met face-to-face across all projects and events
Key Metric 2 5,800 people in food poverty supported each week through the 50-project Emergency Food Network
Key Metric 3 3,270 people cooked at the Community Kitchen across 80 topics including low-energy cooking, baking and world flavours

Key Outcomes

  • 5,800 people supported each week through the Emergency Food Network of 50 food projects across 60+ locations
  • 67% of participants in multi-week cookery and outdoor wellbeing groups reported feeling happier since participating
  • £200,543 distributed to partner organisations; 1,400 households diverting food waste through 58 community composting schemes, saving 200 tonnes from incineration

Geography

South East

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