Foodshare Postings
Ipswich School Foodshare Team Lead By Example
Congratulations to the Foodshare team of students at Ipswich school who have just received a grant from Ipswich Borough Council for their programme. (Click the image to see their wonderful t-shirts and Foodshare sign!) Ipswich School are an amazing example of how a school have taken the Foodshare project and made it their very own. Each [...]
Important Public Consultation for Food Growing in Schools
Exciting news! A lot of the work we did on the Food Growing in Schools Taskforce is now coming to fruition. Today’s consultation framework, announced by the Department for Education on The National Curriculum in England, that horticulture is being specified as one of the areas that pupils should be taught key skills. To quote… [...]
Ipswich School: A Fantastic Foodshare Case Study
Alex Johnson, a sixth-former at Ipswich School, looks at how the project has developed there. Even a Muntjac deer destroying the brand new greenhouse didn’t stop Ipswich School pupils’ enthusiasm and determination for their Foodshare project, which has run at the independent school in Suffolk for two years. “We wanted to give growers the opportunity [...]
Foodshare Case Study in Government Taskforce report
The folllowing case study about Foodshare is featured on Page 14 of the new report just released by the Government-support Food Growing in Schools taskforce. Tweet This Post
Foodshare in the News
Welcome to the Foodshare Media Centre. Below you will find links to all TV, Radio and Press articles about Foodshare: 2012 Government Food Growing in Schools Taskforce: Foodshare featured in Government Taskforce Report Girlguiding: Girlguides get their wellies on with Foodshare 2011 BBC News: National News Front Page feature ITV News: School Soup Kitchen [...]
Food Growing in Schools Taskforce Releases Report
Eighteen months ago, Foodshare, along with a small group of food and education charities met with the Government to urge them to support the setting up of a Taskforce to explore the benefits of Food Growing in Schools, with a vision of every school child having direct experience of growing food in school. The meeting resulted in the formation [...]
Foodshare Welcomes Girlguiding UK
Welcome to Foodshare! You have probably read about Foodshare in the Volunteering section of your new “Together We Can” Book. We are delighted that you are ready to get your wellies on for Foodshare to help produce fresh produce to local charities as well as helping the environment. This special Foodshare Girlguiding section will give [...]
The Duchess of Cambridge Announces Royal Patronage
We are delighted that the Duchess of Cambridge has chosen to become the Royal Patron of the East Anglian’s Children’s Hospices (EACH), which includes the Milton Children’s Hospice where the Foodshare story began. In choosing her very first charity to support, the Duchess privately visited the Milton Hospice in November 2011 and announced today that [...]
Girlguides Promote Foodshare
Girlguiding UK (The Guides Association) have launched their new “Together We Can” book and are recommending Guides to volunteer and get their wellies on for Foodshare! We are very excited to be working with the Girlguides and have a special Foodshare Girlguides area set up on the Foodshare web site. You can find out more here: [...]
Jimmys Homessless Shelter says “Thank You”
Jimmy’s Homless Shelter says a big ‘Thank You’ to the pupils of Foodshare School Milton Primary for their freshely made soup. To read more about coverage of Foodshare on the TV, Radio and in the Press, please take a look at Foodshare in the News. Tweet This Post
