Hartlepool Food Partnership
What is the Hartlepool Food Partnership?
The Hartlepool Food Partnership brings together representatives from the community, food businesses, the voluntary sector, educational institutions and the local authority – who care about the quality, affordability and sustainability of food in their town. By working in partnership with the wider community, a long-term plan is created to make available healthy, affordable and sustainable food.
Many other places have a Food Partnership – Hartlepool’s nearest Partnership being Middlesbrough and Sunderland. A national coalition of charities concerned with food quality and sustainability – Sustainable Food Places (see www.sustainablefoodplaces.org) – have designed a model for Food Partnerships that is considered best practice.
Get Involved!
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Food Partnerships work best when lots of people, businesses and charities sign up to the goal of making available healthy affordable and sustainable food. Many people are involved already, by growing their own, buying locally produced food, sharing surpluses, holding events involving food, promoting healthy food & sharing healthy recipes, replacing ultra-processed “food” with nutritious food. Getting involved will encourage more people to do more of these things. To express an interest, simply get in touch with info@hartlepoolfoodpartnership.co.uk.
Sign up to the Hartlepool Food Partnership Newsletter
Check out the previous newsletters from the Hartlepool Food Partnership:
–Newsletter 1 – March 9th 2023
–Newsletter 2 – June 22nd 2023
–Newsletter 3 – November 23rd 2023
–Newsletter 4 – March 22nd 2024
Job Vacancies
Hartlepool Food Partnership Development Worker
Could you support the Hartlepool Food Partnership team in our efforts to secure nutritious, affordable & sustainable food for every Hartlepool resident? The Partnership is seeking a motivated individual to work 2 days per week (14 hours) within Hartlepower Community Trust’s VCS Development Team.
The Co-ordinator will help address, over an initial 2-year period, the following theme of the Hartlepool Food Plan:
Procurement, enterprise & logistics: Support anchor institutions*, businesses & community organisations to obtain local, affordable, healthy sustainable food by developing connections with local & regional good food suppliers. (*Anchor institutions are large organisations whose long-term sustainability is tied to the wellbeing of the populations they serve e.g. council, NHS, schools/colleges, large sports clubs)
Click here for the summary Hartlepool Food Plan.
Salary: £30K per annum, pro-rata
Hours: 14 per week, worked flexibly
Employing organisation: Hartlepower Community Trust
Initial contract period: 2 years (subject to 12 month probationary period)
Strategic management: Hartlepool Food Partnership (steering group)
Day to day management & support: Hartlepower VCS Development Team
Full job description & further info available from julianpenton@hartlepower.co.uk
To apply: Attach to an email a letter explaining (i) why you believe you’re suitable for this role (500 words max), (ii) why you want to do this work (250 words max) and (iii) some ideas about how you’d approach the role (500 words max). Send the email to info@hartlepoolfoodpartnership.co.uk Do not send a CV.
Closing date: 12pm Monday, 22nd April 2024
Hartlepool Food Plan
The Hartlepool food plan has been created by the Hartlepool Food Partnership following consultation with local people, organisations and businesses at the first Open Forum Event held in May. It outlines where we are as a town currently, the future we hope to see and the steps we can take to make achieve this. click the link below to view the food plan.
Discover low/no cost food places in Hartlepool
The Low/no cost food leaflet has been developed to show places where accessible food is available in Hartlepool. Discover what’s on around the town on the leaflet, as well as the interactive map linked below.
Food Plan Summary
Click the link below to see what the aims of our food plan are and how we hope to implement them.
Hartlepool Food Partnership Coordinator anticipated outcomes after 2 years
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