Feeding Liverpool has been allocated a proportion of the Household Support Fund to support the food supplies of emergency food providers and community food spaces from 1st April 2025 to 31st August 2025. This is to enable these organisations to continue to support households experiencing food insecurity.

To receive a proportion of this fund, emergency food providers and community food spaces must:

• Fulfil all the criteria on the Eligibility Criteria page of the below survey
• Complete the survey in full
• Agree to provide monitoring data on how this resource has been spent

The full terms of any allocation of funding will be set out in a partnership agreement with Feeding Liverpool.

The primary purpose of this fund is for organisations to purchase food supplies to enable their existing activities to continue. Recognising the increased pressures on organisations in terms of their own energy bills, we are also able to offer eligible organisations a grant of £500 towards these costs.

To enable Feeding Liverpool to make a fair allocation of funds, in the below survey you will be asked to provide data about your regular food support activity during the week Monday 18th November – Sunday 24th November 2024. Please have this information to hand when completing the survey. If this was not a typical week for your organisation, you will be asked to choose another week in November that better represents your typical level of activity. This data will be used to calculate the total number of meals provided by your organisation in this week.

You will be able to provide details about any of the following types of regular food support your organisation provides:

• Emergency food parcels
• Community food spaces (e.g. food pantries, food unions, community markets, community shops etc.)
• Community meals/meals which are includes as part of an activity your organisation regualrly offers
• Any other regualr food support your organisation offers

This funding cannot be used to support food-related activities which are aimed solely at people under 18 years of age (e.g. a primary school breakfast club, holiday provision or after school club etc.). 

Unfortunately, without exception, any organisation who submits a survey response after the deadline of 11:59pm on Sunday 9th February will not be eligible for this fund.

Please note, if your organisation received funding via Feeding Liverpool’s Household Support Fund in September 2024, you do still need to complete the below survey to re-apply for this round of funding.

We need to take care not to ‘double fund’ any work; if some of your food support work is in partnership with another organisation (for example, St Andrew’s Community Network or The Big help), please liaise with them about who is best placed to receive the funds for that type of provision.

For any questions, please email Gentian.

Click here to view the survey questions in advance of completing it.

Complete the survey here.

It isn’t right that anyone should need to use a foodbank. Sadly many in our city do, with over 2,700 emergency food parcels being given out every week in Liverpool. At Feeding Liverpool, we continue to campaign to end the root causes of poverty whilst ensuring people have good food at points of crisis.

Since 2020, we have partnered with some of Liverpool’s largest emergency food networks and providers to boost their emergency parcels with fresh fruit and vegetables over the winter months (December – March). Last winter, we boosted 16,333 emergency food parcels, supporting 14,188 people – including 4,320 children.

Beginning in December 2024, we will again be partnering with member organisations to support people in crisis this winter. The Winter Boost Project aims to improve the quality of emergency food parcel provision during the winter months for households experiencing an acute food crisis, and increase the quantity and quality of household diets during this period – including boosting vital vitamin and mineral intake.

If you’d like to support the Winter Boost Project and our broader work towards Good Food For All, please give through our appeal or contact Gentian Khan.

Hear from Cheryl and Sikarthmi about the difference the Winter Boost Project makes:

Cheryl’s Story:

Cheryl – aged 51 from Toxteth – is a mother of two and has 4 grandchildren. One daughter and granddaughter depend on her. Cheryl had been working as a nurse and began working as a cleaner before the pandemic to fill financial gaps. After some time, the work fizzled out and Cheryl and her family were back to square zero. This put them into poverty right at the time when her daughter and granddaughter had no income.

Cheryl was reluctant to use foodbanks as it is all tinned food, which can have an imapct on her allergies. Since she uses her food as medicine, she finds that she gets sick really quick when she relies on tins.

Having fresh fruit and vegetables in their food parcel means Cheryl’s family are eating nutritious food and their immune systems are boosted. Cheryl says: “We need our immuntiies boosting during this season anyway. Even without Covid, it’s flu and cold season, so we need a strong system.”

Sikarthmi’s Story:

After leaving Sri Lanka, Liverpool has been home to Sikarthmi and her five children – aged 2, 5, 9, 10 and 15 years old – for the last 8 years. Since her husband left, she has struggled financially and her spousal visa has expired. Her and her family’s future feels uncertain.

Her children love the fresh fruit and vegetables they receive at the foodbank. In the evenings, they will eat fresh carrots and peppers, dipping them in yoghurt.

Sikarthmi says: “The foodbanks feels like a family. It is more than the food I receive: it is a place where I feel loved and accepted, giving me the strength to face the road ahead.”

This winter, we are asking residents and buisnesses to join together to support our Winter Boost Project that helps the work of Feeding Liverpool and our member charities that provide emergency and community food support in the region as we work towards Good Food For All.

It isn’t right that anyone should need to use a foodbank. Sadly many in our city do, with over 2,700 emergency food parcels being given out every week in Liverpool.

At Feeding Liverpool, we continue to camapign to end the root causes of poverty whilst ensuring people have good food at points of crisis.

Since 2020, we have partnered with some of Liverpool’s largest emergency food networks and providers to boost their emergency parcels with fresh fruit and vegetables over the winter months (December – March).

Last winter, we boosted 16,333 parcels, supporting 14,188 people – including 4,320 children.

Beginning in December 2024, we will again be partnering with member organisations to support people in crisis this winter. The Winter Boost Project aims to improve the quality of emergency food parcel provision during the winter months for households experiencing an acute food crisis and increase the quantity and quality of household diets during this period – including boosting vital vitamin and mineral intake.

How you can support the project:

• You can make a donation to our appeal, which will run from December from March. Individuals will be able to donate through this Just Giving Page. Organisations can do the same or alternatively contact Gentian Khan for other ways to make a donation.
• You can share our appeal with your friends, colleagues and networks by downloading this poster and displaying it at your place of work, or sharing your support via social media with this individual asset or this business asset.
• You can fundraise for our appeal through a targeted fundraising event during your organisation’s winter celebrations, such as a raffle or auction.
• You can add a donation onto a specific product you sell if this is applicable to your organisation.

Feeding Liverpool’s mission has already garnered the support of local businesses that share our goal of tackling food poverty. Emma Ottley, Business Development Manager from Hawksmoor, explains how Hawksmoor Liverpool will be supporting the appeal:

Hawksmoor Liverpool is always passionate to support local charities who are making big differences across the Liverpool region to those in need. The work Feeding Liverpool tirelessly do is something we are commited to supporting and we are proud to have them as our official Charity Partner. This Christmas period, we will be making a monetary donation for each mince pie sold at Hawksmoor Liverpool, and we can’t wait to see the fantastic work Feeding Liverpool to develop even further in 2025.

If you’d like to support the Winter Boost Project and our broader work towards Good Food For All, please give through our appeal or contact Gentian Khan.

Feeding Liverpool are beginning the process of coordinating Christmas opening times and services amongst the organisations across our network. The information we collate will be used to create our Christmas Support Page.

In order to help us produce these, we are asking all Community Food Spaces and Emergency Food Spaces to provide us with their Christmas schedule and information by Monday 25th November at the latest.

Please fill in the form that is relevant to your organisation:

• Single Food Space
• Multiple Food Spaces

Please email Antonia if you have any further details or questions.

Feeding Liverpool, the city’s good food alliance, is pleased to announce the appointment of Keenan Humble as its new Programme Director. Keenan joins the team with over a decade of experience in the food industry and in the social food sector.

Keenan started his good food journey by setting up his own events and catering business and has gone on to leadership roles at Alchemic Kitchen CIC and Global Feedback, where he has driven impactful community initiatives and developed stategic partnerships with organisations dedicated to food justice and sustainability. He brings a strong commitment to addressing food insecurity and creating sustainable, equitable food networks. Keenan’s values align directly with Feeding Liverpool’s mission to ensure access to affordable, sustainable food for all.

Keenan will be responsible for leading Feeding Liverpool in its next chapter. This includes driving forward Liverpool’s Good Food Plan, which aims to transform Liverpool’s food system by colloborating with community activists, policymakers and businesses. Feeding Liverpool has an outstanding existing staff team and a dedicated network of over 70 member organisations. Keenan’s role will be to lead this network forward, ensuring that we think through the food system from first principles and that the voices of people from across our communities are well represented.

“I am excited to join Feeding Liverpool, an organisation that I greatly respect, and to work towards a future where everyone in Liverpool can access nutritious, sustainable food,” Keenan commented. “I am eager to build on the foundation already laid by the team and to drive initiatives that reflect the needs and aspirations of our communities.”

Kevin Peacock, Chair of Trustees for Feeding Liverpool, shared: “We are thrilled to welcome Keenan to our team. Feeding Liverpool is commited to bringing about change in the way our food system works and we’ve made real progress. Keenan’s experience and dedication to social change will help to deepen this work and ensure that everyone has access to Good Food. I’m excited to see what changes will come as a result of Keenan’s leadership.”

Melisa Campbell, Public Health Consultant at Liverpool City Council and Co-Chair of Liverpool’s Good Food Task Force commented: “Liverpool is leading the way in its approach to ensure that everyone has access to good food. It’s a complex whole system challenge. It needs a whole system-based approach involving the Council, but also residents, community food activists and businesses working together. Keenan has the leadership qualities to bring this network together, and we look forward to working closely with him.”

Keenan has a detailed induction programme starting on 4th November 2024. All enquiries, including from people wishing to make contact with Keenan, should be directed to Feeding Liverpool’s Office Manager Gentian Khan.

Feeding Liverpool has been allocated a proportion of the Household Support Fund to support the food supplies of emergency food providers and community food spaces over the next few months. This is to enable these organisations to continue to support households experiencing food insecurity.

As part of this fund, a Discretionary Fund has been created for organisations who either started a new food activity after the HSF deadline or who missed the initial funding round but would have qualified for support.

The primary purpose of this fund is to support organisations in purchasing food supplies in order to enable their existing activities to continue. Funding cannot be awarded to establish a new food support activity that is not currently in operation. Recognising the increased pressures on organisations in terms of their own energy bills, we may also be able to offer eligible organisations a grant of £500 towards these costs.

This funding also cannot be used to support food-related activities which are aimed solely at people under 18 years old (e.g. a primary school breakfast club, holiday provision or after school club).

To apply for a proportion of this fund, eligible emergency food providers and community food spaces must complete this survey.

For any questions, please email Gentian Khan.

Feeding Liverpool has been allocated a proportion of the Household Support Fund to support the food supplies of emergency food providers and community food spaces over the next few months. This is to enable these organisations to continue to support households experiencing food insecurity.

To receive a proportion of the Household Support Fund that can be spent on food supplies, emergency food providers and community food spaces must:

• Fulfil all the criteria on the ‘eligibility criteria’ page of the survey below
• Complete the survey in full
• Agree to provide monitoring data on how this resource has been spent

The full terms of any allocation of funding will be set out in a partnership agreement with Feeding Liverpool.

The primary purpose of this fund is for organisations to purchase food supplies to enable their existing activities to continue. The funding can only be spent on food stock. Recognising the increased pressures on organisations this winter in terms of their own energy bills, we are also able to offer eligible organisations a grant of £500 towards these costs.

To enable us to make a fair allocation of funds, during this survey you will be asked how many people you provided regular food support for during the week Monday 17th June – Sunday 23rd June 2024. Please have this information on hand when completing the survey.

If this was not a typical week for your organisation, you will be asked to choose another week in June which better represents your activity. You will have the opportunity to provide details about any of the following types of regular food support your organisation provides:

• Emergency food parcels
• Community food spaces (for example, food pantries, food unions, community markets and community shops)
• Community meals/meals which are included as part of an activity tour organisation offers
• Any other regular food support your organisation offers

This funding cannot be used to support food-related activities which are aimed solely at people aged under 18 years old (for example, a primary school breakfast club or after school club).

The deadline for applying for this funding has been extended to 11:59pm on Sunday 4th August.

Unfortunately, without exception, any organisation whose survey response is received after the deadline will not be eligible for this fund.

We need to take care to not ‘double fund’ any work, so, if some of your food support work is in partnership with another organisation (for example, St Andrew’s Community Network or The Big Help), please liaise with them about who is best placed to receive the funds for that type of provision.

Please note, your organisation should complete this survey to apply even if you received funding via Feeding Liverpool’s Househould Support Fund in September 2023.

If you have any questions, please email Gentian Khan.

View the Household Support Fund 5 Questions here.

Complete the survey here.

Feeding Liverpool are looking for a new Director to lead our small, friendly and vibrant team as we work together towards a future where everyone in Liverpool can eat good food. The Director will continue to shape and influence the way the food system works in order to develop and grow our community food movement, as well as grapple with the complex causes of food supply issues and food insecurity.

In the Feeding Liverpool Director Job Description, we have highlighted the main purposes of the role, including to lead on the delivery of the Good Food Plan and to manage the development of Feeding Liverpool. The role also involves engagement with both local and national stakeholders, leading on the organisation’s fundraising startegy, and encouraging the emergence of projects and programmes.

The role requires outstanding leadership and communications skills, with the individual willing to participate within communities and direct the city’s strategic leaders. The Director also needs to have personal values that match those of the organisation and experience of organisational management.

Job Title: Feeding Liverpool Director 

Reporting To: Board of Trustees 

Hours Of Work: 30-40 hours per week (subject to negotiation). Some evening and weekend work may be involved 

Location: 16 Lady Chapel Close, L1 7BZ (with the opportunity for some home working) 

Salary: Circa £42,000 pro-rata (subject to experience)

Contract: Permanent 

Closing Date: 5pm on Monday 1st July. Queries and applications should be sent to Gentian Khan

Read more about the role on our vacancies page.

Feeding Liverpool wants everyone to have access to good food and works with various organisations across the city who help to provide this.

There are over 60 different community food spaces in Liverpool including pantries, community shops, community markets, the Queen of Greens mobile greengrocer and places that provide meals.

Community food spaces enable people to have access to groceries and household items at an affordable cost, which can be especially helpful to those who may be struggling financially.

Feeding Liverpool have created a new Community Food Spaces Video to help highlight the support offered at such organisations and draw attention to their place within the community.

The video mentions the positives of attending a community food space, supplying information about how they operate and their ability to cater to individual needs.

The video also gives prominence to the wider support that community food spaces offer and their capability to contribute to the local community. Many organisations enable people to meet others in the area, save money on their bills, volunteer their time and tackle food waste.

Feeding Liverpool have a Community Food Spaces webpage, which contains a map of organisations across the city and their information. These resources can also be found on the Feeding Liverpool App.

Watch the video here.