Young people explored the rights and wrongs of their local food system and engaged in conversation with Council leaders about the improvements they wanted to see during a three-day course delivered at Marcus Lipton Community Enterprise in July and August. Educators from Wood and Water created tools to help young people understand the food system, before leading them on a tour of Loughborough Junction to gather insights about the quality of locally available food. They visited various shops, as well as Loughborough

A huge thank you to all the people and partners who have helped to shape Food Five Ways sustainable food neighbourhood over the past year. Before Christmas, Incredible Edible Lambeth submitted a bid for £50k to Reaching Communities – if successful, we will have funding to jointly run a community food festival in 2026 in Food Five Ways neighbourhood. Partners to the bid include Healthy Living Platform, Loughborough Community Centre at Max Roach, Loughborough Junction Action Group, Myatt’s Fields Park

Lambeth Mutual Aid held a lunch and visioning session at Advocacy Academy on 28th June 2025 for approximately 25 people – talking about getting affordable food that is GOOD and that we can SHARE! They shared food and mapped food in the borough This project was funded by Myatt’s Fields Forum, with five £500 grants offered to local organisations to help improve access to sustainable, culturally appropriate food in the Food Five Ways area. It supported the work of Lambeth

Slaylife Hub hosted a meal for 15 young people on 23rd July with chat and art works at their beauty salon on Loughborough Road. This project was funded by Myatt’s Fields Forum, with five £500 grants offered to local organisations to help improve access to sustainable, culturally appropriate food in the Food Five Ways area. It supported the work of Lambeth Food Partnership project, Food Five Ways. IEL is a partner in Food Five Ways.

Our Shared Spaces – The Heart of Home 70 Portuguese, Indian, Pakistani, African-Caribbean, Jamaican, Filipino, Jewish-Ukrainian, and British people crafted a tablecloth representing their memories of home-cooked meals during two workshops at Sunshine International Arts workshop in Loughborough Junction in June 2025. This project was funded by Myatt’s Fields Forum, with five £500 grants offered to local organisations to help improve access to sustainable, culturally appropriate food in the Food Five Ways area. It supported the work of Lambeth Food

Incredible Edible Lambeth joined other organisations to visit Wolves Lane Centre in Haringey on 13th August. Eleven representatives of nine organisations from Food Five Ways area learned about the work of Black Rootz and Ubele, enjoyed a tour around Wolves Lane Centre fantastic greenhouses and ate lunch together in the sunshine before taking part in a collaborative planning session in the afternoon. We also heard from a National Lottery Community Fund officer, who described opportunities to raise funds for food

We were delighted to learn more about setting up and running food coops during a trip to Belsize Park on 22nd July. Incredible Edible Lambeth joined Healthy Living Platform, Black Prince Trust, Myatt’s Fields Park Project, Shamha Vibrations, Angell Delight and Eyes of the Many/Brixton Farm at Cooperation Town London hub for a delicious lunch, a tour and knowledge exchange. Cooperation Town Hub is Cooperation Town’s community and logistics space in Gospel Oak, north London. The hub receives around 2 tonnes

22nd July 2025 noon – 3pm Food Five Ways is organising a trip to Cooperation Town Hub in Belsize Park on 22nd July 2025 noon – 3pm. Lunch and travel expenses will be covered. Cooperation Town Hub is Cooperation Town’s community and logistics space in Gospel Oak, north London. The hub receives around 2 tonnes of food every week, which are shared amongst twelve local community food co-ops in their movement. Five co-ops use it as their regular organising and meeting

Twenty three people from across our neighbourhood met at Marcus Lipton youth club on 27th February to give their ideas about how we can work together for a sustainable food neighbourhood. People from 13 organisations were supported by Soraya Clarke to identify joint projects that would help us become a neighbourhood where no-one struggles for healthy, affordable food. Ideas from the day include: * “build what we have” with joint outreach and leadership programmes * a weekly market * joint

Lambeth Food Partnership is offering the borough’s grassroots organisations up to £500 to help meet its aim that everybody in Lambeth will be able to eat well and make food choices that nourish them, their community, and the environment. There is £5000 on offer for projects across Lambeth and £2500 ring-fenced for projects in the Food Five Ways area. Click here for guidelines and to apply: return your completed forms by 23:59 on 6th April to lambethfoodpartnership@gmail.com. Thanks to Lambeth Forums Network for funding