Deadline: 29-Jun-23
Education Scotland is delighted to announce the Food for Thought Education Fund to develop Food and Health as a context for learning.
Aim of the Fund
- The fund aims to improve practitioner confidence in providing progressive, high quality, skills-based learning experiences which help to embed food education into the ethos of the establishment. It also provides an opportunity to plan and implement learning experiences which build sustainability and capacity for future development.
Funding Information
- Public Bodies – The Fund allows Local Authority primary schools, secondary schools and Early Learning and Childcare Centres to apply for grants of up to £3000.
- Non-Public Bodies – Independent ELCCs which are in partnership with their local authority and Independent ASN schools are eligible to apply for grants of up to £3000.
- Establishments may apply individually or as part of a cluster of schools from their education authority. Cluster bids must be able to demonstrate the detailed funding which will be allocated to EACH separate establishment within the one bid. Cluster bids can often demonstrate good value for money and the overall bid for clusters may exceed £3000. Cluster bids that involve a combination of public and non-public establishments cannot be accepted.
What are they looking for?
- Scottish Government’s aspiration that Scotland is a Good Food Nation, means a country where people from every walk of life take pride and pleasure in, and benefit from, the food they buy, serve, and eat day by day. It also means that:
- It is the norm for Scots to take a keen interest in their food, knowing what constitutes good food, valuing it and seeking it out whenever they can.
- People who serve and sell food (including schools) are committed to serving and selling good food.
- Everyone in Scotland has ready access to the healthy, nutritious food they need.
- Dietary-related diseases are in decline, as is the environmental impact of our food consumption.
- Scottish producers ensure that what they produce is increasingly healthy and environmentally sound.
- Food companies are a thriving feature of the economy and places where people want to work.
- Other countries look to Scotland to learn how to become a Good Food Nation.
Eligibility Criteria
- Now in its tenth year, the Fund allows Local Authority Primary and Secondary Schools and Early Learning and Childcare settings to apply for grants of up to £3000 to develop projects that support the aims of the Fund.
- Additional Support Needs (ASN) establishments in the independent sector are also eligible to apply. Establishments may apply individually or as part of a cluster of schools from their education authority.
- This year, they are interested in bids which will to contribute to this vision by:
- Ensuring learners have gained understanding about food education and can apply their knowledge and skills in a progressive way.
- Relating projects to the world of work, to reducing food waste or to learning through farm contacts / visits.
- Improving outcomes for learners in ways which seek to eliminate the inequity that currently exists amongst learners from different backgrounds and from particular vulnerable groups.
For more information, visit Education Scotland.