Fresh Street
For many households healthy foods, especially fruit and vegetables, are unavailable, unaffordable, or inaccessible.
Fresh Street is an innovative area/ place based approach designed to support food / public health nutrition policy makers build healthier and fairer local food systems.
Fresh Street – a place based approach
Regular vouchers for fruit and vegetables that can be used with local independent fruit and vegetable retailers.
UK fruit and vegetable consumption continues to be below the recommended 5-a-day. Despite national healthy eating information campaigns, and support for families on low incomes on benefits (Healthy Start), just 20% of the UK population eat the recommended 5 daily portions of fresh fruit and vegetables.
Great news - your household has been selected to be one of 40 to receive fruit and veg vouchers worth £10 every week for at least 25 weeks as part of the Fresh Street, Manton Research Pilot. Bring your vouchers to Willow Community Garden, Spur Crescent, S80 2UA between 12 noon and 1.30pm on 12th December 2024
Ring BCVS on 01909 476118 to find out more or visit bcvs.org.uk/freshstreet
Please be aware that over Christmas box collections will be Thursday 16th and Monday 23rd December. Each household will only be allowed to collect 1 box per session. This is to limit waste over Christmas