Together with the Alliance for Dignified Food Support (AFDS), we provide a training offer comprising of four modules, designed to support local authorities, food partnerships and community food support organisations to move beyond short-term reliance on emergency food aid, towards the development of a fully integrated, preventative, resilient and dignified food and local support system

1: Embedding dignity and trauma-informed practice in community food support

Dignity and trauma-informed support in food support is essential to building resilient local food support systems. Our first training module supports community food organisations in embedding dignity and a trauma-informed support in their organisations. In this one-day session, we provide practical guidance on applying the ADFS Dignity Toolkit, auditing your own services and working to create your own action plan. We then build an understanding of how trauma affects service users, and how to respond in ways that promote safety, dignity, and trust.

2: Establishing organisational resilience while transitioning from reliance on emergency food aid

We support local authorities organisations to develop long-term, sustainable responses that reduce reliance on emergency food aid through transforming their local food system. We explore cash-first approaches, how to invest the crisis resilience fund, defining the future role of local food support organisations, lived experience in policymaking, and more.

Who is is this training for?

We tailor our work bespoke for the organisations we’re working for – get in touch below to make an enquiry.

Local Authorities

With experience working within and supporting local authorities, our strategic guidance can help you reshape responses to food insecurity

Food Partnerships

Many of our network members are deeply embedded in the food partnership movement, and we bring this experience to our training sessions

Community Food Groups

From funding cuts to volunteer management, we understand the reality of working as a community food group...

REDI For Change

Our race, equity, diversity, and inclusion tool for food partnerships and other food sector organisations to review their culture, practices and the people involved through a REDI lens

Food Roots Incubator Programme

Co-created and delivered a training, networking and peer support programme for food organisations across London to build a stronger network more resilient to upheaval

Food Partnership Support

We use participatory methods to build capacity within local food partnerships, supporting existing, dormant, or budding partnerships to establish, maintain, and revitalise their work.

“The best training session/information session we’ve ever had.”

Participant, Food & Criminal Justice Course with HMPP