About the Food and Climate Action Project

Based on years of collaborative action in Glasgow and beyond, the Food & Climate Action project aims to work alongside local communities to co-create a more resilient food system that is fairer and kinder to both people and the planet.

Led by Glasgow Community Food Network and funded by the National Lottery, the 5-year project is a partnership between Urban Roots, Glasgow Eco Trust, The Wash House Garden, St Paul’s Youth Forum and Central & West Integration Network. We'd also like to acknowledge The Space who was a host organisation until 2025. We wish them the best of luck in their future work - you can donate to their project The Dream Machine to help keep their good work going.

The project has five key strands of activity including: increasing urban agriculture within the city, engaging and empowering people of all ages through food education, establishing community-led green assemblies, collating all learning in an online food hub (via our Find Local Food Services map and our Resources page) and, previously,  supporting action around COP26. The work connects to wider action on climate and food through policy and campaigns activity including the aims of the Glasgow City Food Plan.

For more information about Food & Climate Action, please get in touch at [email protected]

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Huge thanks to Northern Star who have been working with us to evaluate our Food and Climate Action project through the ‘Transformative Evaluation’ methodology.

Specifically, this evaluation sought to answer two questions:

  1. What changes do people and organisations experience as a result of engaging with FCA?
  2. What elements of FCA’s practice contribute to these changes?

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Welcome to the first issue of the Food and Climate Action (FCA) Project West News. The FCA Project works with local communities to promote healthier food options for people and planet.

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As always, our Food and Climate Action team have been busy across Glasgow delivering a range of events, walks, workshops and discussions. From facilitating storytelling sessions enabling folk in Blackhill to tell their own food stories to foraging walks and climate conversations our team has worked hard to provide fun, engaging and free events to communities across Glasgow.

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The Food and Climate Action team kick-started 2023 with a bang, offering a whirlwind of events from a mini film-festival at host organisation The Space, in collaboration with Take One Action, to soil and composting workshops with our old colleague , Mark Hanlon, as well as a continuation of our community meetings.

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In The News

In this blog post, David Henderson, Community Ownership Support Service (COSS) and Jac Reichel, Glasgow Community Food Network (GCFN) introduce themselves and their connection to the project and reflect on their experience exploring cross-sector collaboration in Glasgow's East End.

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Glasgow Community Food Network was established in 2017 to develop a flourishing food system in Glasgow. They want to see a city where high quality, fresh, local, organic produce is available and affordable for all and where good food is a celebrated part of our culture.

Their Food and Climate Action project have launched the results of their Demand for Land campaign: a resouce pack which helps local people and organisations to access underused land in Glasgow. Rounding off a year of activity highlighting the need for more accessible land for growing in Glasgow, their pack includes:

  • Route maps for Glasgow organisations and individuals to understand the processes for acquiring land for growing;
  • Inspirational media for highlighting the potentials of underused land;
  • Results from their Demand for Land Survey;
  • Testimonials from real people on the importance of access to land; and
  • A toolkit for market gardening.

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The Glasgow Community Food Network has partnered up with Unity Social Kitchen to run a four-week block of free cooking classes in Parkhead’s Drill Hall Pantry.

The classes will take place every Wednesday throughout the month of October, running from October 5 until Wednesday, October 26.

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Community groups across Glasgow have kick-started food and climate action projects after splitting a share of a £15,000 funding pot.

Glasgow Community Food Network (GCFN), which was established in 2017, has teamed up with the National Lottery’s Climate Action Fund to donate £1500 to 10 groups throughout the city.

The funding comes as part of GCFN’s Demand for Land Campaign, which is focused on growing spaces in Glasgow in response to a surge of interest in community gardening, allotments, and food cultivation.

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Another chance to listen on the go... hear us featured on BBC Sounds!

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Today on Sunny Govan Community Radio we're chatting to Donna & Rebecca, both community activators with Glasgow Community Food Network on their roles supporting communities who are taking climate action. Tune in to hear about the work they're doing in Govan and beyond 💪🏼🌱

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