Hartlepool Food Partnership
Our Vision: Healthy, affordable, sustainable food for everyone
Please see Our Projects below to find out more about what we are doing to help the people of Hartlepool, as well as our Latest News and Facebook page.
For further information about the main themes of our work, please see our FOOD PLAN SUMMARY.
‘Sign up for and read our latest newsletter covering our work, and access all previous newsletters, HERE
Find out more about our town’s Food Partnership team HERE.
What is the Hartlepool Food Partnership?
The Hartlepool Food Partnership brings together representatives from the community, food businesses, the voluntary sector, educational institutions and the local authority – who care about the quality, affordability and sustainability of food in their town. By working in partnership with the wider community, a long-term plan is created to make available healthy, affordable and sustainable food.
Many other places have a Food Partnership – Hartlepool’s nearest Partnership being Middlesbrough and Sunderland. A national coalition of charities concerned with food quality and sustainability – Sustainable Food Places (see www.sustainablefoodplaces.org) – have designed a model for Food Partnerships that is considered best practice.
Get Involved
Our work is only achievable alongside valued local support, including being led by a Steering Group consisting of representatives from voluntary and statutory organisations, which anyone is welcome to attend.
If you are interested in joining us, attending meetings or want to be involved in a project, please get in touch at info@hartlepoolfoodpartnership.co.uk.
Our Projects
We are a young Food Partnership yet pushing ahead with several projects. Find out about these here and see how we are working to create a lasting impact for Hartlepool.
‘We wish to help local people and businesses to access locally produced food. Within these pages you can explore a directory of 100’s of local food producers within a 100 mile radius of Hartlepool.
Find out more here.
To discover where to find low/no cost food in the town, please find a useful leaflet here and an interactive map.
Find out about our plans to increase community-led growing of fresh produce on unused land and information about Hartlepool’s allotments here
Find out here about what can offer you including healthy eating activity sessions, food growing help and more.
We have helped set up seed libraries around Hartlepool, where people can both take and donate seeds to help increase local food growing. Find our more here.
We have mapped everywhere that residents can source fresh fruit and vegetables in the town, helping residents develop and maintain a healthy diet. Find out more here.
Find out here about FairTrade, the Hartlepool FairTrade group and where to source FairTrade produce in the town.
Find out more about who we work alongside here.
‘Find lots of locally created simple, affordable and healthy recipes here and information on local cookery courses here.
Discover Breastfeeding friendly locations across the town here.
Find out what we’ve been up to with our co-ordinator updates here.
Discover our kid’s activities here.
Discover your monthly Hartlepool Food Star here.
Find out what support is available to parents here.
Sign up to the Hartlepool Food Partnership Newsletter
We encourage interested individuals, groups and businesses to sign up for our newsletter, containing updates about the Partnership’s work, as well as further food-related news relevant to the people of Hartlepool.
Check out the previous newsletters from the Hartlepool Food Partnership here.