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Liverpool’s Good Food Plan
A strategic and co-operative approach to tackling food insecurity across the city
- Lead Member Liverpool City Council
- Categories Poverty
- Assets Download Case Study
Principles met
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Co-production
We will develop systems that enable citizens to be equal partners in designing and commissioning public services and in determining the use of public resources. -
Community leadership and a new role for councillors
We will explore ways for councils to act as a platform for helping the community to contribute to local outcomes, and to re-think the role of councillors as community connectors, brokers and leaders. -
Democratic engagement
We will support the active engagement of the full range of residents in decision making and priority setting. -
Innovation
We will embrace innovation in how we work with local communities to drive positive change. -
New models of meeting priority needs
In exploring new ways of meeting the priority needs of our communities we will encourage models, such as co-operatives and mutuals, which give greater influence and voice to staff and users. in designing and commissioning public services and in determining the use of public resources.
The demand for emergency food provision in Liverpool, as well as longer-term food insecurity, was increasing in Liverpool even before the arrival of Covid-19. Last year, it was estimated that 32% of adults in Liverpool are food insecure, whilst an estimated 140,000 tonnes of food is wasted in Liverpool City Region each year.
The Covid-19 pandemic stress tested the city’s food system, and brought to the surface some of the challenges that exist, particularly around uneven access to good food. Support for those experiencing food insecurity in the city has generally been uncoordinated and responsive, rather than strategic, and, with many new organisations emerging during the pandemic to offer emergency and community food provision, there was a clear need for greater partnership working and coordination.
To address this issue, and as part of Covid-19 recovery plans, Liverpool City Council and its partners established a “good food” steering group consisting of council officers, public health colleagues and members of community, voluntary and faith sector organisations. The group was tasked with preparing a food plan for Liverpool which would outline a strategic and co-operative approach to tackling food insecurity across the city.
For further information contact:
Chris Steward
Policy Officer
Liverpool City Council
