Community Food Champions
Published on 08 February 2019
United Kingdom
Greater Manchester
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About this good practice
Oldham Council in Greater Manchester, Oldham previously led a proposed Erasmus community champions scheme to promote healthy food and growing food and trained environmental advocates in some deprived areas where there was resistance to energy efficiency programmes in social housing. The model is based on identifying and then training key influencers in local communities on topics such as healthy food and energy saving, it works on the basis that they (the champions) will then be in a position to promote the initiatives better than local authorities
The council face issues of mistrust of the local authority (municipality) and mistrust of energy suppliers. The training of volunteer residents to talk to neighbours and break down barriers is a model that we believe could prove successful. The Growing Ambassadors model is one that will lend itself well to the ERASMUS+ programme, for further discussions contact Dave Catherall.
The council face issues of mistrust of the local authority (municipality) and mistrust of energy suppliers. The training of volunteer residents to talk to neighbours and break down barriers is a model that we believe could prove successful. The Growing Ambassadors model is one that will lend itself well to the ERASMUS+ programme, for further discussions contact Dave Catherall.
Resources needed
Previous projects have worked with colleagues and partners to seek ERASMUS + funding for the training development
Evidence of success
The model of developing community champions sits closely to the approach that Oldham Council takes to Cooperative governance in the town. Becoming a co-operative borough is about everybody doing their bit and everybody benefitting.
Our Corporate Plan outlines how we will achieve our co-operative ambition for the borough. It outlines how the Council contributes to achieving the vision and outcomes in the Oldham Plan as well as the priority areas of focus and delivery for the organisation.
Our Corporate Plan outlines how we will achieve our co-operative ambition for the borough. It outlines how the Council contributes to achieving the vision and outcomes in the Oldham Plan as well as the priority areas of focus and delivery for the organisation.
Potential for learning or transfer
Although our original approaches were based on training community champions in the methods of growing good food and then helping them understand how to cook healthy meals (low salt, no processed foods etc) we wanted to transfer this model into training community energy champions to help promote the priinciple to a wider audience in local communities
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Organisation
Oldham Council
United Kingdom
Greater Manchester
Contact
External funding Manager