Category: Past Events

Spring Food Network Gathering and Lunch

Join us for our Spring Food Network Gathering and Lunch!

When: Monday 10th March 

Where: The Kuumba Imani Millennium Centre, 4 Princes Road, L8 1TH 

This year, the focus of all Feeding Liverpool’s Network Gatherings will be the theme of sustainability.

For the first meeting of the year, two speakers have been invited from Sheffield to talk about the various ways they have made their food support financially sustainable.

René Meijer is the CEO of Food Works Sheffield – a social enterprise that aspires to create a more sustainable and fair food system. Food Works operate a wide range of food activities and have found different ways of generating revenue in order to keep their organisation financially sustainable.

Mikey Whitson is an organiser with Cooperation Town and helps to set up neighbourhood food cooperatives, which are entirely member-led and collectivise food buying through high community engagement.

Agenda:

11:30am – 12:30pm: Initial welcome and presentation from speakers 

12:30pm – 1pm: Free lunch 

1pm – 2pm: Workshopping the different models and how Liverpool groups can adopt some of these practices

Get a ticket here.

Right to Grow Film Club

You are invited to join the Right to Grow Film Club!

Whilst the days are short and our gardens and growing spaces are still in hibernation, the Right to Grow Campaign in Liverpool are organising a film club to bring together local growers and residents. Each month, we will host a different screening with a free meal and discussion.

To kick off the series, we will be showing Foragers by Palestinian artist Jumana Manna.

Foragers depicts the dramas around the practice of foraging for wild edible plants in Palestine/Israel with wry humour and a meditative pace. Shot in the Golan Heights, the Galilee and Jerusalem, it employs fiction, documentary and archival footage to potray the impact of Israeli nature protection laws on these customs.

We hope to see you there!

Date: Wednesday 5th February

Time: 6pm – 8pm (the film will begin promptly at 6:30pm) 

Location: Squash Cafe, Windsor Street, L8 8EQ

Book your tickets here.

Winter Food Network Gathering and Lunch

Join Feeding Liverpool for our Winter Food Network Gathering and Lunch!

When: Thursday 7th November, 11am – 1pm

Where: Kensington Fields Community Association, 24 Hall Lane, L7 8TQ

Feeding Liverpool are inviting organisations providing emergency and community food support in Liverpool to join us for lunch at KFCA.

We will bring together organisations to listen, learn, share and make connections as we work towards creating a city where everyone can eat good food.

This session will be focusing on how our food spaces can prepare to face the challenges of winter – a time when organisations can come under increased pressure as demand rises.

This will also be an opportunity to share sector updates and network over food.

We would encourage each organisation providing emergency or community food support across the city to send a representative to the session.

If you have any questions or dietary requirements, please email Samir.

Register your attendance here.

Summer Community Food Network Lunch

Join Feeding Liverpool for our Summer Community Food Network Lunch!

When: Monday 15th July, 11am-1pm

Where: Vauxhall Neighbourhood Centre, L5 8UX (accessed via Blenheim Street) 

Register here!

Feeding Liverpool are inviting organisations providing emergency and community food support in Liverpool to join us for a Summer Lunch at Vauxhall Neighbourhood Centre (accessed via Blenheim Street).

We will bring together organisations to listen, learn, share and make connections, as we work towards creating a city where everyone can eat good food.

This will be an opportunity to share sector updates and network over food.

We would encourage each organisation providing emergency or community food support across the city to send a representative to this session.

If you have any questions, including allergy and dietary requirements, please contact Samir.

Right to Grow – Campaign Launch Picnic

 

We are launching a Right to Grow Campaign in Liverpool!

When: Wednesday 19th June 3.30pm – 5.30pm

Where: Everton Community Garden, Prince Edwin Street, Liverpool L5 3LW

Join Community Growers in Liverpool to raise our voices for a Right to Grow.

The main demands of our campaign are to:

  1. Identify all Council owned land suitable for community growing or wildlife projects.
  2. Remove economic and bureaucratic barriers for community groups to obtain leases for this land.
  3. Give community groups right of first refusal should the council choose to sell land being used for community growing.

The day will include an opportunity to hear from national campaigners at Incredible Edible, link up with cities across the North of England who are also launching Right to Grow initiatives, art activities and a free picnic!

You can support the campaign by:

  1. Signing and sharing our open letter.
  2. Inviting you local councillor to join the Right to Grow Launch picnic.
  3. Connect with your local growing space to see if they would support the campaign.

For more information on how to get involved in the campaign please email [email protected]

Good Food; Our Food Exhibition and Workshop at Central Library

Exhibition Date: Monday 8th April – Monday 15th April
Workshop Date: Wednesday 10th April, 3pm-4pm
Location: Central Library, William Brown St, Liverpool L3 8EW
Admission: Free

Since 2021 Feeding Liverpool has led Liverpool’s Good Food Plan and listening to people across Liverpool as they have answered this question: “What does Good Food mean to you?”

For many, it means eating our cultural food. Feeding Liverpool have also heard how the traditions surrounding cultural food are important to our wellbeing through our sense of shared identity, community, and heritage.

Last year, working with local photographer Emma Case and community groups across Liverpool, Feeding Liverpool have begun building a collection of food stories through photographs and interviews. The pop-up version of the Good Food; Our Food Exhibition will be at Central Library, William Brown St, Liverpool L3 8EW from Monday 8th April – Monday 15th April.

Feeding Liverpool will be hosting a free workshop at Central Library, exploring the themes of the exhibition and what barriers our community faces in accessing Good Food. This will take place on Wednesday 10th April from 3pm-4pm.

Email [email protected] for more details.

Community Food Network Spring Lunch

Join us for our next quarterly Community Food Network Gathering! This meeting will include a free Spring Lunch.

DUE TO CIRCUMSTANCES OUTSIDE OF OUR CONTROL WE HAVE HAD TO CHANGE THE VENUE OF THIS NETWORK LUNCH TO TUEBROOK HOPE CENTRE.

Where: Tuebrook Hope Centre, Christ Church Buckingham Rd, Tuebrook, Liverpool, L13 8AZ
When: Thursday 25th April, 12pm-2pm

Register here!

Feeding Liverpool are inviting organisations providing emergency and community food support in Liverpool to join us for a Spring Lunch at Tuebrook Hope Centre.

We will bring together organisations to listen, learn, share and make connections, as we work towards creating a city where everyone can eat good food.

This will be an opportunity to share sector updates and network over food.

We would encourage each organisation providing emergency or community food support to send a representative to this session.

If you have any questions, including allergy and dietary requirements, please contact Samir.

FACT Liverpool to Screen Exciting New British Documentary ‘Six Inches of Soil’

Feedback’s Alchemic Kitchen and Feeding Liverpool are announcing a screening of the eagerly anticipated documentary film Six Inches of Soil. The film tells the inspiring story of young British farmers standing up against the industrial food system and transforming the way they produce food – to heal the soil, our health and provide for local communities. The screening will take place at FACT Liverpool at 6pm on the 27th March and will include a panel discussion with members from The Kindling Trust, Compost Works and the film’s director Colin Ramsey.  

Six Inches of Soil follows three new farmers on the first year of their regenerative journey – Anna Jackson, a Lincolnshire 11th generation arable and sheep farmer; Adrienne Gordon, a Cambridgeshire small-scale vegetable farmer; and Ben Thomas, who rears pasture-fed beef cattle in Cornwall. As the trio strive to adopt regenerative practices and create viable businesses, they meet seasoned mentors who help them on their journey. They’re joined by other experts providing wisdom and solutions from a growing movement of people who are dedicated to changing the trajectory for food, farming and the planet. 

Lucy Antal from Feedback’s Alchemic Kitchen project says:

“The Liverpool City Region has both hidden farms and food growing spaces that no-one knows about, so we’re excited to host this screening with Feeding Liverpool and to share the positive messages in the film as part of the Liverpool Good Food Plan. It is so important to shift food and farming towards more regenerative, agroecological practices for a more resilient system, and we must bring consumers, chefs and procurers with us on that journey. We’ve got a great panel to chat through these themes after the screening and will be really interested to hear the audience’s thoughts.”

Claire Mackenzie, Six Inches of Soil Producer, adds:

“Community screenings are a hugely important part of our impact campaign. We’re so excited that Alchemic Kitchen and Feeding Liverpool are hosting this event as part of Liverpool’s Good Food Plan;it’s really important that people have discussions at a local level to find ways to move forward to create profitable food systems that benefit the community whilst looking after our soil and the environment in the best possible way.

You can book tickets to the event using this link.

Good Food; Our Food Pop Up Exhibition and Workshop at Spellow Library

Exhibition Date: Monday 5th February – Wednesday 14th February
Workshop Date: Thursday 8th February, 1.00pm-2.30pm
Location: Spellow Library, County Rd, Liverpool L4 3QF
Admission: Free

Since 2021 Feeding Liverpool has led Liverpool’s Good Food Plan and listening to people across Liverpool as they have answered this question: “What does Good Food mean to you?”

For many, it means eating our cultural food. Feeding Liverpool have also heard how the traditions surrounding cultural food are important to our wellbeing through our sense of shared identity, community, and heritage.

This year, working with local photographer Emma Case and community groups across Liverpool, Feeding Liverpool have begun building a collection of food stories through photographs and interviews. The pop up version of the Good Food; Our Food Exhibition will be at Spellow Library, County Rd, Liverpool L4 3QF from Monday 5th February – Wednesday 14th February.

Feeding Liverpool will be hosting a free workshop at Spellow Library, exploring the themes of the exhibition and what barriers our community faces in accessing Good Food. This will take place on Thursday 8th February from 1.00pm-2.30pm.

To register please follow this link.

Winter Community Food Network Gathering

Feeding Liverpool are inviting organisations providing emergency and community food support in Liverpool to join us at our Winter Community Food Network Gathering. We will bring together organisations to listen, learn, share and make connections, as we work towards creating a city where everyone can eat good food

You will hear from emergency food providers and learn about their organisations, their success and any challenges they are facing. There will also be an opportunity to share your experiences and ask questions too.

This session will focus on gathering updates and feedback from organisations across the sector following their work over Christmas, as well as establishing actions and recommendations following the publication of the ‘Without Access to Justice’ Report 2024.

We would encourage each organisation providing emergency or community food support to send a representative to this session.

Teas and coffees will be provided.

Who: Organisations providing emergency and community food in Liverpool

When: Wednesday 7th February from 1:30pm to 3:30pm

Where: Liverpool Community Grocery, 7 Mann Street (off Grafton Street), L8 5AF

If you have any questions, please contact [email protected]

Register here!