A new £50,000 fund to help food growers flourish in Glasgow has been unveiled.
Delivered through the city’s food growing strategy, The ‘Let’s Grow Together Fund’ will provide grants of between £500 and £5000 for existing and prospective growers across the city as part of the council’s effort to ensure Glasgow becomes a sustainable food city.
Applications for the fund are being invited from community groups and constituted food growing organisations that support the development of growing spaces in the Glasgow. Any application must show a commitment to addressing at least two vital objectives from a list that includes climate change, community growth, health and well-being, education, diversity and inclusion, biodiversity and growing locally.
The fund will open on Friday 23rd September 2022 for a 6 week period. Successful applicants will be advised in December 2022 with funding being issued in January 2023.
Further information and application forms can be found here: https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=29654
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