The partnership is hosted within Cardiff and Vale University Health Board’s Public Health Team, and has established a cross-sector Steering Group to help guide this work.

We are part of a growing network of food partnerships taking a place-based, systems approach to healthy and sustainable food under the UK-wide Sustainable Food Places (SFP) programme. Across Wales, 22 food partnerships already exist, 10 of which are active members of the Sustainable Food Places programme. Food Vale is able to connect with and learn from food partnerships from across all four nations, especially with other food partnerships from across Wales through Food Sense Wales – the national delivery partner of SFP in Wales.

Since first convening in 2017, Food Vale has hosted festivals, run food trails, invested in community food growing projects and food pantries, supported cookery and nutrition skills workshops and gone on to achieve the Silver Sustainable Food Places award. We also work closely with partners at all levels to ensure that food is embedded in wider strategic work.