Tower Hamlets is modelling a just food future. Wen’s new Learning Reports share key insights and recommendations from five years of the pioneering Just FACT programme.
Category Archives: Food
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Sep
Sep
From mushroom growers in tower blocks to food-co-op founders and community gardeners, a new portrait series captures the people reshaping the way food is grown, shared and eaten in Tower Hamlets.
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Sep
Sep
The Food Lives team travelled to Liverpool for The UK Food System in Crisis Symposium. Invited by Professor Damian O’Doherty, they shared insights from their research in Tower Hamlets.
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Jul
Jul
23rd July 2025 Wen welcomes the Government’s Food Strategy, but let’s not re-invent the wheel. Instead, we need to properly invest in local Food Partnerships already doing this work of celebrating, connecting and uplifting community solutions to systemic problems. The UK Government has unveiled an outline of its new food strategy – a so-called…
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May
May
7th May 2025 WEN’S RESPONSE TO THE LONDON GOOD FOOD – LOCAL AND BEYOND THE FOOD BANK REPORT With the recent publication of The London Good Food Local and Beyond Report, for Tower Hamlets it is both a celebration and a call to action. While the borough continues to lead in key areas, it has…
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Mar
Mar
In an exciting project, the Food Lives team have collaborated with art students from Falmouth University to visually show the experiences of British Bangladeshi residents and their culinary traditions in Tower Hamlets.
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Feb
Feb
Read interviews with members and organisers from food coops, around London to find out how they organise their food coops and how this makes a difference to the local community.
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Nov
Nov
Read about how Food Lives is looking at ways to make organic Bangladeshi cultural vegetables, readily available and in a cost effective and sustainable way.
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Oct
Oct
The Food Lives team were invited to share their research methods with the Bristol Food Justice Network and our community researchers, Shazna and Sajna attended a talk at the University of Sussex, facilitated by the Sussex Participatory Research Network. Read on to find out more.
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Aug
Aug
In January 2024 the Food Lives team attended the 7th European Congress Qualitative Enquiry (ECQE) in Helsinki, Finland, to present their research methods.