Black Food Fund: Supporting learning and development of a community-led fund
The Challenge
The current local food system in Lambeth and Southwark is inequitable. Access to healthy food is a luxury and Black people are disproportionately impacted.
The Black Food Fund is a community-led funding committee who are distributing funds to local Black food entrepreneurs and innovators in lambeth and southwark with devolved funding from Impact on Urban Health. At the heart of this work is empowering members of the community to make decisions that shape the community, and ultimately improve the health of families in the two boroughs.
My role
I supported the design, learning and administration of the programme, alongside Hello Brave.
What I did
Designed and facilitated spaces where the six committee members were able to design and make decisions, thinking about power and how to do grant making differently.
Designed processes for recruitment and shortlisting grantees that centred care, power sharing and inclusivity.
Organised meetings for the committee and ensuring everything was on track by sending emails and comms to the committee and external stakeholders.
Supported Hello Brave to create a collective contract for the committee and partners that balanced power and risk.