Wandsworth Food Partnership

Our welcome session at St Marks Battersea Rise is just about to open, for emergency food & practical support for local people. People come to our foodbank in some of the hardest of times and we're glad to be able to help, thanks to people's ongoing, generous support 💚

It takes around 5 minutes to apply for this help from @wandbc (prepay fuel and supermarket vouchers) and it makes a big difference if you're facing hardship. It's a grant not a loan so you don't need to pay it back!

🧀🍷CHEESE BOARD NIGHT🍷🧀 Join us on Friday 11th October for our fundraising event! It will be a fun filled night full of good vibes. Tickets include a cheese board and 2 glasses of wine or soft drinks. Use QR Code or visit the kitchen for tickets 😁

Just a reminder of all of the wonderful produce available in the UK in July.

🍓Just a reminder of all of the wonderful UK produce in season in June🍅

Our cost of living experts will be in Merton on 8 June. Please come along if you are struggling with the #costofliving and would like some advice! Saturday 8 June, 10:30am - 1:30pm Pollards Hill Library, South Lodge Avenue, Mitcham CR4 1LT Call 020 8066 4086 to find out more.

Food politics barely feature in the UK election so far. They should. Food security (national & household) is a prime duty. So is the impact of food on health, economy & enviro. Why no Food Security & Resilience law? This interview I gave is now relevant: m.youtube.com/watch?v=1Gfa-I…

You might be able to get Personal Independence Payment (PIP) if you need extra help because of an illness, disability or mental health condition. Our quick video shows you how we can help ⤵️

We are looking forward to joining @lynnecappa in #Roehampton *this Friday* Over 55 and want to know more about what you and others to you might be entitled to? Come to our free afernoon of #WelfareBenefit information.

🚌🍏 Explore affordable produce options on our Food Bus and Float! 🍓🥕 Check out the schedule for convenient stops near you this season! #AffordableEating #FoodBus #FoodFloat #Grocery #Tooting #Stockwell #Kennington #Roehampton #Wandsworth #Lambeth

Permanent free school meals would be very welcome but setting up/embedding baby banks, like food banks, won’t address the root cause of the poverty faced by parents/carers of young children and would further entrench a charitable response #CashFirst theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

Meet the Roehampton Community Box: a #socialsupermarket feeding 600+ families in SW #London. Est by @RacketsCubed in 2020, RCB enriches the local #community beyond free food through initiatives like the 'Community Cupa', offering support to anyone in need. cityharvest.org.uk/blog/feeding-h…

Need a dining room or kitchen to rent on an hourly/daily basis? @tooting_works has the space! Rates are affordable & it's just a few minutes walk from #Tooting Broadway tube or Tooting Overground. Email hello@tootingworks.co.uk for info/book a tour! tootingworks.co.uk #ad

Our #food #system is broken! Want to know more? Please watch my documentary: MY GUT FEELING youtu.be/khOWLeqrbCY?si… I should have posted this a few years ago when I made this documentary! But after a film festival round and many intense hours in the journalism world.. here we are.. A #documentary that brings together experts from the food industry, #farmers, #doctors and #chefs. Featuring @timspector @DrAseemMalhotra @darinaallen @ValentineWarner @PatrickSFT @JoLewisSA @LauraSandysMP @Food_Foundation @GAPSDiet @StephanieSeneff @dollytheis @KimmyPearson And many more! @SoilAssociation @SusFoodTrust Split into three parts: The first section explores the detrimental effects of industrial farming and pesticides on our gut health and the importance of soil health. The second section explores what’s really going on in our supermarkets and highlights the negative effects of ultra-processed food on our health. And of course the negative impact of #BigFood. The final third section asks the questions - what can we do to take back control of our own diets. Looking at the importance of education and the lack of a cooking culture in the UK. Based on my own personal experience of gut health issues, I have seen an enormous rise of gut problems amongst all age groups. Backed up by science. Cheap food does not need to be and should not be the unhealthy option. We need to create a system where healthy real food, produced by our British local farmers is the easy, affordable choice! With the right steps and the help of politicians (we can dream) - we can take back control of where our food comes from! But we have to go back to the basics and not let the Big Food companies win! ***Please note that this film was made in 2021, during multiple lockdowns, on an old camera and over zoom. Before the Russian invasion of Ukraine, before the Israel-Palestine conflict and before the cost of living. Filmed, produced and edited by Claudia Marquis #videoproduction #journalism #UPF #processedfood #farming #britain #industrialfarming #pesticides #organic #local #foodindustry #guthealth #obesity #IBS #sibo #gut #timspector #zoeapp

VOLUNTEERS needed! Jags Connect, a non-profit, self-help community for parents, carers & teachers affected by youth violence, are looking for volunteers to help prepare or deliver their home-cooked meals from Caius House in #Wandsworth. For more info visit docs.google.com/forms/d/1oJc2O…

📢 To tackle the #ClimateCrisis and meet the UK's #NetZero target there needs to be a strategy for reducing #GHGE from the food system! Our latest report examines what #businesses and #investors can do and highlights the need for mandatory reporting. Read more: tinyurl.com/yc2vacvw

Please share with anyone who this may benefit... Thanks @asda

If you're a family on a low income in Wandsworth, find out about applying for Free School Meals here @wandbc Local families also receive £20 supermarket voucher per child each week of the school holidays, which families tell us makes a big difference! wandsworth.gov.uk/schools-and-ad…

💚 We'll be at Battersea Library this Tuesday 30 January 💡Come along for free, impartial advice and support with your energy bills 📍 Battersea Library, 265 Lavender Hill, SW11 1JB 🕚 Tuesday 30 Jan, 11am - 1pm

🚨 BREAKING 🚨: @SadiqKhan extends London's #FreeSchoolMealsForAll scheme. 🍲 Free School Meals will be available to every child at a state funded primary school in London during the 2024-25 school year. ✅ That's 287,000 children eating, learning and growing together.