All-island Food Poverty Network
Tackling food poverty on the island of Ireland.
The Network was established in 2009 to provide a co-ordinated and strategic approach to tackling food poverty on the island of Ireland. It supports the development of consensus on related issues, collaboration and shared learning. The Network is co-chaired by safefood and The Food Standards Agency, Northern Ireland.
For further details on the Network contact Anne Parle at foodpoverty@safefood.net.
Newsletter
The All-island Food Poverty Network Newsletter shares the latest in food poverty research, programmes and initiatives both nationally and internationally.
In the current edition ...
- Results from the FSA's Food and You 2 Survey
- Upcoming events
- New reports
- New research updates
- Food poverty in the news
Read the current edition of the Food Poverty Network newsletter
Past events
2020 Food Poverty - learnings from responses to Covid-19
Read more about future and past events here or email us for further information at events@safefood.net.
Members
Members of the Network meet on a regular basis to share experiences and knowledge to help address the issue of food poverty on the island.
The following organisations are represented on the Forum:
- Belfast Food Network
- British Dietetic Association, Northern Ireland
- Chartered Institute of Environmental Health, Northern Ireland
- Children in Northern Ireland
- Children's Rights Alliance
- Consumer Council
- Cross Care Ireland
- Department for Communities
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Department of Health, Northern Ireland
- Department of Health, Republic of Ireland
- Department of Social Protection
- FareShare
- Food Cloud
- Food Standards Agency
- Health and Social Care, Northern Ireland
- Health Service Executive
- Irish Heart
- Irish Nutrition and Dietetic Institute
- Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council, Northern Ireland
- Northern Ireland Chest Heart & Stroke
- Queens University Belfast
- Safefood
- SECAD
- The Economic and Social Research Institute
- Vincentian Partnership for Social Justice
Minutes of the Forum meetings
2020
October | September | February
2019
December | April | February
2018
September | April | January
2017
September | April | February
Previous minutes are available on request by emailing foodpoverty@safefood.net.