Veg Up!

A 6-week programme designed to support communities at risk of poverty-related food insecurity with weekly fresh food home deliveries (sourced from surplus food supplies and allotment growers). We provide easy-to-follow recipe cards, herbs and spices in addition to online cooking-from-scratch workshops available to enhance learning. Many people are eager to try new foods, help to reduce food waste and learn new recipes, veg-up helps makes lifestyle changes possible!

What’s included:

• Increase accessibility and consumption of fresh, nutritious food for people struggling to make ends meet or struggling to improve their diet for other reasons related to mental health, disability, pandemic restrictions and repercussions, social isolation and more.

• Improve neighbourhood know-how around affordable, healthy food sourcing and cooking from scratch skills including meat-free recipes

• Foster a good food culture, skill-sharing around nutrition, healthy cooking, the minimisation of waste and negative environmental impact through dietary choices
• To increase local awareness of the Healthy Start Voucher Scheme and other local available food support
• To increase awareness of local, seasonal growing and how to get involved
• To redistribute perfectly good food from allotment and growing hub ‘gluts’
• Redistribute essential kitchen kit sourced from donation via our ‘Kitchen Kit Call Out’