Purpose

The Camden Food Mission aims that by 2030 everyone in Camden eats well every day, with nutritious, affordable and sustainable food. To deliver this ambition, Camden is investing £700,000 per year starting from 2025 to 2032

 to support the Camden Food Partnership (CFP) and wider activity that strengthens the borough's food system. The Mission focuses on three strategic priorities: adopting a money-first approach to tackling food insecurity, reducing food waste and promoting sustainability, and improving healthy eating and nutrition.

As part of this investment, funding is allocated to projects and programmes that contribute to these priorities while strengthening the long-term capacity and resilience of Camden's food system. This report records the allocation of 2025–26 Food Mission funding to the projects listed in Section 2.2, of this report together, these projects support both immediate delivery and the longer-term system change needed to achieve the Mission's ambitions.

The Executive Director Adults and Health is the authorised decision maker under the delegation arrangements set out in the London Borough of Camden's Constitution.

Decision

THAT the Executive Director Adults and Health agreed the following Food Mission projects and funding allocations. The date on which each was approved is shown alongside the relevant project below.

1. Approved 12 January 2026 - £50,000 for 6 months to Carib Eats as summarised in Section 3.5 of the report.
2. Approved 12 January 2026 - £47,154 for 12 months to Rhyl Kitchen Classroom ‘Bake & Grow’ as summarised in Section 3.6 of the report.
3. Approved 30 January 2026 - £20,000 for 5 months to The Camden Future Food Programme Dark Matter Labs as summarised in Section 3.7 of the report.
4. Approved 27 October 2025 - £220,000 for 3 years to Financial Wellbeing Training as summarised in Section 3.8 of the report 
5. Approved 4 December 2025 - £35,000 for 3 months to We Make Camden Kit as summarised in Section 3.9 of the report.
6. Approved 31 March 2026 - £38,500 for 12 months to Adult Social Care - Extra Care as summarised in Section 3.10 of the report.