[Geo4All] Please share any examples of UK Universities working with local organisations on food poverty alleviation initiatives in their local communities

[Suchith Anand]

Dear colleagues,


I would like to invite you to the GODANWebinar on Collaborative Community and Research-led Food Poverty Alleviation on 15th March 2021 (Monday)sharing the fantastic work that the University of York is doing around community action and collaborative research.


Drawing on the example of collaborative work between the University of York and theYork Food Justice Alliance<https://yorkfoodpoverty.org/about-us/>, our panelists will describe how the collaboration worked in practice; including the initial development, the process of co-developing and co-conducting research, as well as the challenges that were experienced as part of the collaboration. It will discuss key learning points from the collaboration that may be useful for researchers and voluntary sector organizations intending to pursue community-based co-developed research.


Maybe there might be ideas that other Universities in the UK can explore withother local organisations in their areas building upon this idea at University of York.


Details at https://www.godan.info/events/webinar-collaborative-community-and-research-led-food-poverty-alleviation


The pain of hunger is the same for everyone, everywhere. We cannot ignore food poverty issues faced by economically poor families in the UK and globally. We need to find solutions to alleviate food poverty everywhere.


I am grateful to everyone, everywhere working for Zero Hunger Aim.


Best wishes,


Suchith


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Subject: Please share any examples of UK Universities working with local organisations on food poverty alleviation initiatives in their local communities



Dear Colleagues,

I will greatly appreciate any help on any information and examples of UK Universities working with local organisations on food poverty alleviation initiatives in their local communities.


I came across The York Food Justice Alliance (YFJA) which is a cross-sector group working in York to better understand and tackle food poverty. It is a good example of a city-wide collaboration around food insecurity with multiple stakeholders as part of the York Food Justice Alliance (community food aid and NGOs, local businesses, public sector)  https://yorkfoodpoverty.org/


GODAN has invited colleagues from University of York and the York Food Justice Alliance for a webinar and discussions on 15th March, so we can learn more about their work (more details will be sent soon, and all interested are welcome to attend).


I am interested to know more of any other examples of Universities in the UK and globally working closely with local organisations on food poverty alleviation initiatives in their local communities. As there are over 100 universities in the UK,  there might be other examples (similar to the work of University of York) that I am not aware of. Please share any examples, good practices and contribute your expertise for our collective mission to end hunger and poverty, both locally and globally.[1]


The pain of hunger is the same for everyone, everywhere. We cannot ignore food poverty issues faced by economically poor families in the UK and globally. We need to find solutions to alleviate food poverty everywhere.


I am grateful to everyone, everywhere working for Zero Hunger Aim.


Best wishes,


Suchith


Dr Suchith Anand

Chief Scientist

Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition

https://www.godan.info<https://www.godan.info/>




[1] https://www.godan.info/working-group-food-poverty






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