Improving food resilience and security in Somerset

What do we mean by food resilience and security?

Food insecurity is when a person lacks regular access to enough safe and nutritious food for normal growth, development and a healthy life. This may be due to a variety of reasons such as unavailability of food and/or lack of resources to obtain food. Food insecurity can be experiencedat different levels of severity.

Why does food insecurity happen?

There are many things that can lead to food insecurity – low wages or a limited income, ill-health, lack of food preparation, cooking or budgeting skills, a sudden crisis or emergency.

When someone has access to affordable, safe and nutritious food at all times, even in adverse situations, then they are ‘food resilient’.

Working with food partners across Somerset, our aim is to contribute to improving food resilience and security across the county.

Food Map

The interactive map below includes organisations and projects supporting food resilience in Somerset, including: food banks, community pantries, fridges, larders and freezers, food projects, kitchen facilities/venues and growing & gardening initiatives.
If you have a food project you would like us to include, please fill in this form.

Useful Information and Guidance

We often hear from the food resilience community that find useful information can be a challenge, so we’re working on creating a suite resources.

Grant applications outcomes

Charitable and not-for profit organisation/community groups with a great idea that would contribute to food resilience in Somerset were invited to apply for one-off grants. Applications are now closed.

25 grants were awarded to a wide range of organisations across Somerset and we’re in the process of following up to see the impact of the grants on local communities and their food resilience and will share more soon.