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Get your free copy18 October 2018, 14:12 PM
- Suffolk Community Foundation, one of 46 located across the UK with the aim of supporting a range of philanthropic and charitable causes, has joined forces with local food and drink leaders to launch the Food & Drink Fund: an endeavour focused on aiding the county's most deprived communities
Judy Dow, head of philanthropy at Suffolk Community Foundation said, “Deprivation goes beyond income and includes other forms of disadvantage, including food poverty.” Paddy Bishopp, chair of the Food and Drink Fund continues, “As a large rural county, food, drink and agriculture are important to Suffolk’s economy, with agriculture employing over 10,000 people, and food and drink processing employing a further 9,000 people.
“The aim of the Food and Drink Fund is to support charitable activities addressing local needs particularly those where there is a direct link with food and drink. The Fund will support charities, voluntary and community groups throughout Suffolk through a small grants programme.”
Beneficiaries of the fund so far include REACH Community Projects, Greener Growth CIC and Stour Valley Vineyard Church.
For more information on the fund, and to find out how to get involved, visit suffolkfoodanddrink.co.uk.
