Date of the event: 9th November 2009
Organised by: Making Local Food Work (MLFW) and Sustain
Venue: Luther King House, South Manchester
Reported by: Rob Squires, Network Co-ordinator (Third Sector)
I have been building links between Target: Wellbeing and Making Local Food Work in Manchester. I was pleased therefore to be able to attend this national MLFW event in Manchester, organised by Sustain, the Alliance for better food and farming.
Target: Wellbeing had a presence at the event through Manchester Food Futures, and the Herbie mobile grocery van. There were some very interesting presentations from food hub projects across the country. This was all good networking, and research and feeds very well into the 3rd sector support that I am providing to TWB projects. I am sure that co-operation and enterprise will form an important part of the sustainable funding strategies of many TWB projects in the future.
Building upon this event, and our links with MLFW, I am planning a regional food networking event with Rice Lane City Farm in North Liverpool, for March 10th. This will be headlined by Mark Simmonds and Sarah Alldred from Co-ops UK / MLFW, and will focus on sustainable enterprise. The event is open to TWB projects and other interested groups.
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