Stoke-on-Trent Food Partnershipis a network of like-minded organisations from public, private, and VCSE sectors who want to ensure that Stoke-on-Trent has an equitable, resilient, and environmentally sustainable food network that supports the health, wellbeing, and prosperity of our communities. If you are an organisation in the city providing support around food availability, affordability, or food sustainability, this is the network for you.From dedicated foodbanks to community allotments, we are looking to expand our membership to cover all localities and diverse communities of our city and want to ensure that no voice is unheard. Attendance at the Stoke-on-Trent Food Partnership is open to all. Book your place using the link on this page. Open meetings for 2025 are at: The Bridge Centre (Birches Head Road, Stoke-on-Trent ST2 8DD) at 12pm until 2pm on Thursday 18th September 2025 YMCA North Staffordshire (Hardings Road, Stoke-on-Trent ST1 3AE) at 12pm until 2pm on Thursday 13th November 2025. At the open meetings you will have the opportunity to find out more about our range of working groups and the projects that are taking shape. About Stoke-on-Trent Food Partnership It's free to sign up as a member of the Food Partnership and to take part in our range of working groups. You can register here, and we will keep you in the loop with all the latest developments: https://forms.office.com/e/1TASdST7VC [https://forms.office.com/e/1TASdST7VC] Lots of different organisations and groups are involved in food-related projects and services in Stoke-on-Trent. These include: food banks and pantries addressing food poverty and insecurity, provision of meals to alleviate poverty and social isolation, the development of cooking skills, promotion of healthy eating, community food growing, improvements in procurement and catering, and tackling food waste. Stoke-on-Trent Food Partnership believes that every person in the city should have access to healthy, tasty, affordable food and that this food should be good for the environment and our local economy. We recognise that food is at the heart of some of our citys most pressing social, economic and environmental problems; however, we also see good food as a part of the solution to the challenges our communities face. The Food Partnership has been established to support strategy, policy and advocacy, and to provide a platform that enables collaboration across sectors in relation to food. The Food Partnership is a cross-sector partnership, with members and steering group including representatives from the statutory, VCSE and private sectors. The partnership aims to ensure accurate representation of the communities it serves, and welcomes influence from a range of geography, expertise and specialisms, including (but not limited to): anti-poverty, diversity, education, environment, foodbanks, health, housing, sustainability, VCSE development / infrastructure, and youth.