12 community projects across Powys have been funded by Bwyd Powys Food, the Sustainable Food Partnership for Powys.

Through its’ small grants scheme, the scheme aims to build a good food movement, encouraging people to become active food citizens and to raise the profile of growing and cooking local, healthy food in the local community. Bwyd Powys Food awarded £12k to 15 projects. Projects funded include Lost Arc Community Cooking Club, The ‘Wilder Local Larder’, Rekindle – A young people’s mental health charity, Black Mountains Forest School, Bethel St Market Entrance, School Community Gardens, Permaculture Food Forest, Clwb Garddio, Healthy Schools Group Community Shop support, Learn to save money, get fit and feed yourself for less course, Healthy Lives Cooking Club, Clyro Community Garden, Let’s Get Cooking, Presteigne Community Garden and Hay School Sensory allotments and community orchard.

Funding covers a wide range of projects and costs, from setting up a small, honesty-based farm shop, to running cooking clubs, to getting people out and about, growing food and reconnecting with the land. It has funded schools, community gardens, charities and community groups.

Chloe Masefield, the South Powys Partnership Coordinator said: “Bwyd Powys Food is all about re-engaging people with their food system so they can make active choices, for their health and the health of our planet. We feel the best way to do this is to enable people to help themselves. There are so many amazing communities out there running fantastic projects that just need a bit of funding to get going or overcome a hurdle. We are delighted to have been able to provide.”