Current Policy Priorities
- Supporting Scotland’s Good Food Nation ambitions– we want ensure the right to food is achieved
- Tax reform in Scotland – we support the redistribution of wealth and a minimum income guarantee to support our most vulnerable
- Maximising uptake of benefits and entitlements and making the case for increased support to encourage healthy eating through schemes such as Best Start and Alexandra Rose
- Circular economy – we support a circular economy and ask the Scottish Govt to introduce measures to support a circular economy
- Access to Healthy Food – We believe that everyone in Scotland deserves to live in an environment designed to promote their health, free from marketing and promotions focused on unhealthy options.
- Cash First – We believe that everyone should have the option of cash first solutions
- Locally sourced food – we believe that food should be locally grown and sourced
- Tackling Food Waste through redistribution
Following from the policy priorities above, these are some of the areas we are currently actively working on.
Programmes and Partnerships
Glasgow City Food Plan – approved in 2021, this is a 10 year strategy to improve Glasgow Food System and make tasty healthy affordable food available to everyone . We were active in the development of the Plan and participate in the thematic working groups.
Glasgow Helps – is a partnership between Glasgow City Council and the third sector in Glasgow to help citizens find the services they need
Thrive Under 5 – is a Scottish Government Funded Programme to help support children under 5 achieve a healthy weight. A number of our member pantries are delivery partners in this programme along with the Alexandra Rose Voucher scheme
Scottish Government : Cash First towards ending the need for Foodbanks in Scotland ; sets out a human rights approach to tackling food insecurity. TSPN is a delivery partner in this strategy and is also supporting the Cash First Partnership
Campaigns
Gingerbread – Universal Credit conditionality changes for parents with lead care –
End child poverty – On All Kids Count campaign
WEAll Scotland – Wellbeing Economy: next steps
Obesity Alliance – The Pledge: Child healthy weight matters to me
Poverty alliance – The case for fair tax reform in Scotland
News & Updates
Conference Highlights
On Tuesday 24th September 2024, TSPN welcomed over a hundred colleagues and partners from across Scotland to our first ever conference. We were delighted to be joined by representatives from community food organisations, Councils, health and a range of other partners.
Glasgow live feature TSPN
"By bringing these organisations together TSPN hopes to facilitate the exchange of ideas, promote best practices, and inspire new initiatives that will contribute to the creation of a more resilient food system" Cathrine Hunter
TSPN Conference
As many communities, local networks, and grassroots organisations are critical to Scotland's food sector, we wanted to provide an opportunity where everyone could engage in conversations, relate to one another, and offer support and encouragement, as demonstrated by...
TSPN on the move
It’s finally here; we’re excited to announce our success in obtaining our very own building; we’re currently in the process of major renovations to provide room for some great initiatives to run in our facility.
More updates to follow!
Farm Project
Exciting News! 👩🌾🚜🧑🌾
The Scottish Pantry Network has teamed up with Kinkell Farm Partnership to develop a farm project.
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Pop & Prosecco 🥂
We attended our partners, The Ben yearly event of “Pop & Prosecco”. This was a beautiful night which gave us the opportunity to network with corporate members of the beverage and hospitality industries.
Meet Scott!
We are pleased to share that Scott Crawford, our Operations Manager, began his new position this week. 🎉
We are thrilled to have him contribute his knowledge and expertise to the network, and look forward to seeing it impact many pantries and their communities !
Development Sessions!
It’s a wrap !
That’s the first of our development sessions and we are so pleased with the outcome of the two fantastic days!
Thank you to all attendees and most importantly for Wheatley Housing for allowing us to use their lovely space!
Feeding Success Together🤝
Happy Women’s day !
Deputy First Minister
As an organisation dedicated to working for Pantries and their communities, we were happy to be able to arrange for Deputy First Minister Shona Robison a visit to one of our members, The Larder in West Lothian. We are pleased that the government is interested in our...
How to save money 2024 !
Here’s some ways to save !!
1. Did you sign up for a 🆓trial ? keep it 🆓 by remembering to CANCEL❌ and setting an earlier reminder.
2. Don’t be hesitant to bring LEFTOVERS 🥗 into the office; they will save you more money than a meal deal every day!
3. Don’t sleep on debts; if you owe money, make sure to pay it off as quickly as possible so that you can spend and save guilt-free. 🛒🛍
4. Rather than transferring from savings and being surprised when money is taken out, automate the frequent bills such as the phone. 💸💸
5. Before heading out or shopping, see whether there are any available promotional coupons or vouchers. If it’s with family or young person, remind them to bring Young Scot Cards & Student Cards. 🧒🚸
6. Cash makes it easier to budget than online, breaking £20 note is harder than just tapping your card. Take out some cash instead 🏧💳
Glasgow Food Summit 2023
September 2023 Glasgow Food Summit. A busy day for the team promoting the pantry model at the Glasgow Food Summit hosted in Glasgow City Chambers. Good to share practice from Glasgow , UK and beyond. Our CEO Mandy co presented on the innovative partnership with Thrive Under 5 , Alexandra Rose and the Ruchazie Pantry . A good measure of how far we have come since the last Food Summit in 2019 but also opportunity to reflect on how much we still need to do.