National Food Service London (NFSL) is a collective of London-based (mainly Hackney-based) food-lovers, cooks, growers and community activists and organisers. We dream of a world where all communities mutually flourish by planting, growing, nurturing, harvesting, cooking, and sharing all the food we need to thrive. Our mission is to grow and nurture a world where communities face no barriers to creating their own sustainable, resilient, and diverse food systems. One that builds and celebrates capacity for autonomy over food access utilization and production for everyone, regardless of immigration status, class, race, age, ability, sex, gender, wealth, beliefs or lived experiences, in all London’s communities. We have wide-ranging activities and impact, outlined below. Emergency food provision (April 2020 - May 2021) Supported over 1,400 people with over 24,000 meals and 3,100 grocery packages and regular well-being calls. Handling a project budget of £75,000 over 13 months CiviCRM (August 2020 - present) Built an open-source Customer Relationship Management system for food provision, well-being and community organizing using CiviCRM. Community Cooks Programme (August 2020 - present). Trained 12 Community Cooks and supported the establishment of 3 new ommunity projects. All program participants had experienced barriers to taking action in their community. Published a 100+ page open source Handbook, collating knowledge from 30 contributors.Partnerships (October 2021 - present).Established Hackney Food Justice Alliance subgroup for sustainable alternatives to food aid and successfully applied to Food Roots Incubator ProgrammeCommunity Well-being - Hotline Support (April 2020 - present). Established a listening service to offer ongoing well-being support and signposting to community members. The team has received over 1,400 requests for support since April 2020. Food Coops. Supported residents in establishing two Food Coops; Sankofa Food Coop (N4) and Mothers of Hackney Food Coop (E5). Participatory Action Research (September 2021 - December 2021). Undertook a Participatory Action Research food justice project with a team of 19 people (58% with lived experience of food insecurity).

Our stakeholders are varied, it is everyone that has the common goal of a sustainable, resilient and local food system that lives in North East London. Our involvement and work ethic in the community means that we have constant feedback and contact with our stakeholders. Participatory Action Research (September 2021 - December 2021). We asked 19 people what NFSL’s strategic direction as part of a just, sustainable food system in North-East London might look like, and are taking steps to achieve what the outcome of the report suggests. This community-led research approach produced in-depth knowledge about what our local community wants and needs. Participatory Action Research (September 2021 - December 2021) .We asked 19 people what NFSL’s strategic direction as part of a just, sustainable food system in North-East London might look like, and are taking steps to achieve what the outcome of the report suggests. This community-led research approach produced in-depth knowledge about what our local community wants and needs. Community Well-being - Hotline Support (April 2020 - present). We ran a phoneline via which our volunteers regularly engaged with members and gather their feedback. This model developed strong social connections with between members. This also resulted in service users taking on leadership roles at our May 2022 AGM. Our partners are; members of the NFS network, Project Foodhall, Castle Garden & Climbing Centre, Carib Eats, Edible London, City Harvest, Elizabeth House Community Centre, Manor House Development Trust, TATI Canteen and others. All of whom we worked together with to achieve our common goal of a sustainable resilient local food system, and we have constant feedback of how to work better together.

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