Small local food enterprises in Ealing have just a week left to apply for funding and support.

Social enterprises or privately-run businesses whether just starting out or running for a number of years, can apply for funding up to £8,000 and loan provision.

It comes from the Mayor of London’s London Food Board and Seeds of Change®, and is led by the Plunkett Foundation.

Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, said: “The Urban Food Routes scheme has been set up to help support a resurgence of interest in local food providers with the aim of sustaining what is an increasingly vibrant sector. I want the Urban Food Routes programme to help these enterprises to successfully provide fresh healthy food for local people, while simultaneously supporting jobs and training opportunities for Londoners.”

Gary Youren from Seeds of Change® , said: “We were inspired by the fantastic results we saw from the 2013 Urban Food Routes pilot. As an organic food brand we commit a proportion of our sales to supporting biodiversity and sustainable organic practices and we felt this was a perfect fit for Seeds of Change to support in 2014. We’re excited by the opportunity to see the positive impact this project and the enterprises involved can make on the local food culture in London.”

Peter Couchman, Chief Executive of the Plunkett Foundation, said: “Plunkett is very pleased to support Urban Food Routes by providing business advice to smaller enterprises that work in all aspects of food; from those that grow and produce it, to those that sell it. This initiative is great news for London’s smaller food enterprises.”

Find out more and apply at www.urbanfoodroutes.org.uk. The closing date for applications is 5pm, Thursday 17 April 2014. 

 
April 7th 2014