A new Catering and Hospitality Academy aims to get more skilled professionals into the hospitality sector
The Catering and Hospitality Academy is designed to give you the well-rounded skills required to start your career in hospitality. This course is aimed at individuals who would like to explore front-of-house and back-of-house career pathways; and who want to find work in this fast paced and diverse industry.
Food Vale November Meet-Up
Come along to our open informal networking space to make connections, find out more about local food projects and initiatives and share ideas
New opportunity to learn how to cook healthy & tasty meals on a budget in Barry!
We’re thrilled to announce a new weekly Get Cooking course at Castleland Community Community Centre in Barry.
Llantwit Food Hub Launch a Great Success
Residents of Llantwit Major and the wider community recently attended the official launch of a new More Than Food Hub, under the Vale of Glamorgan Council’s Llantwit Food Project Partnership led by Food Vale.
Join us to celebrate the launch of the Llantwit Food Project
On behalf of our Project Partnership, it is our pleasure to invite you to attend the joint launch of the Llantwit Food Project
Update from Welsh Government on food partnerships
On Monday, July 11th, Jane Hutt, Minister for Social Justice chaired a Cost of Living Summit during which she announced a series of intervention packages, including financial support for cross-sector food partnerships in Wales.
National Lottery approves funding for Vale project to improve food access
We are pleased to announce that the Llantwit Major Food Access Project has successfully received funding for its pilot, creating access to affordable, healthy and nutritious food for many communities across the Vale.
A taste of success: Vale of Glamorgan celebrates achieving a Sustainable Food Places Bronze Award
Today (Wednesday, June 15th), it’s been announced that the Vale of Glamorgan has been awarded Bronze Sustainable Food Places status, becoming only the second place in Wales to achieve the prestigious accolade.
The Big Lunch is your chance to celebrate community connections and get to know one another a little better
Interested in taking part in #theBigLunch this year? We’re offering £150 to one lucky group in the Vale looking to take part in the Big Lunch this June.
Penarth pupils learn to sow, grow and sell with the MicroGreengrocer!
As part of the Food Vale Festival this year, The Micro Greengrocer, Amanda Wood delivered an exciting workshop at Victoria Primary school with pupils from year 3 & 5.
Vale communities build on local good food movement in Food Vale Festival
Communities across the Vale are taking the reins this year in the second Food Vale festival. The festival is being organised by Food Vale, part of the Sustainable Food Places network – a partnership programme led by the Soil Association, Food Matters and Sustain: the alliance for better food and farming.
Going Down a Storm – Local Milk at Cowbridge!
The relocation of the dairy herd in 2020 gave father and son David and Tomos Adams of Llanfrynach Farm quite a conundrum. But it gave light to a new business venture –launching their zero-mile Milk Shed – a vending machine on the outskirts of Cowbridge in the middle of a trio of storms.
New website launched offering nutrition and education advice
Nutrition Skills for Life Website will provide support and advice for people across Wales.
Launch of the Vale’s Healthy & Sustainable Food Action Plan!
We’ve drawn on ideas put forward by the Food Vale Network, conversations with passionate citizens from across the Vale and the expertise provided by the Food Vale Steering Group to put together a plan of action for the good food movement in 2022/23.
Cadfield Van Volunteers looking to spread joy and happiness this Christmas!
The Cadfield Van volunteers are looking to spread joy and happiness this Christmas by supporting families by creating wonderful Christmas Hampers.
HEALTHY START UPDATE FOR RETAILERS
Healthy Start is a government scheme which provides pregnant women and parents/carers of children up to 4 years on a low-income access to free fruit, vegetables, pulses, milk and vitamins.
Next Network Gathering
In this Network Gathering we will be launching the 2022 Action Plan for the good food movement in the Vale of Glamorgan, and holding themed discussions on topics such as community growing and food waste.
The Tipsy Kitchen
Based in the Vale of Glamorgan, The Tipsy Kitchen provides pre-prepared home cooked meals for delivery and takeaway throughout Cardiff and the Vale.
New project provides access to fresh veg for families supported by SPLICE and T-GRAINS.
Slade Farm has been working with SPLICE Child and Family Project in Pyle to create 12% accessible shares in their CSA scheme for the season.
Vale citizens unite to shape a sustainable local food plan
Twenty-five citizens from across the Vale of Glamorgan – representing local food producers, food poverty project leaders, independent businesses, food activities and community food growers – came together last week to put forward their ideas for a sustainable local food system in the Vale.
Come and join Food Vale’s first ever Network Meeting!
Come and join Food Vale's first ever Network Meeting to talk about the future of our food systems in the Vale.
Top 10 places to buy local in the Vale this summer
We’re lucky in the Vale to have a number of great places to buy your ingredients locally. So if you’re cooking al fresco this summer, why not buy local and enjoy your food full of flavour.
Opening of the Penarth Food Pod
A new pay-as-you feel FoodPod has opened in St. Lukes, Penarth, which will help local residents access affordable food.
Food Vale works in partnership to improve access to a good meal for everyone, everyday
Food Vale is working closely with the Health Board and a number of partners including Vale Foodbank and Vale of Glamorgan Council, to understand the barriers people living in the Vale face in feeding themselves or their families.
Vale-grown tea takes to the shelves at Fortnum and Mason
Tea that has been grown, harvested and processed in the Vale of Glamorgan is now gracing the shelves of one of the most iconic food and drink retailers in the world – Fortnum and Mason.
