Sainsbury’s Nourish the Nation and Comic Relief are working together on this summer school holiday activity and food scheme.
Charities with annual income of up to £500,000 in their previous financial year can apply for grants of up £10,000.
The programme has the aims of:
- providing food to children experiencing food poverty which will, in turn, increase their health and wellbeing.
- addressing gaps in the current provision and reviewing the impact of this programme.
- raising awareness of child food poverty through storytelling and publicity, in turn generating further funds towards activity tackling food poverty.
- showcasing how summer holiday childhood food poverty can be tackled differently to potentially develop a larger scale programme in the future.
The funding could, for example, expand an existing summer holiday food and activity programme, be for a new provision, or be used for new ways to support children with disabilities to attend a holiday food and activity programme.
Funding can be allocated to projects from 1 July 2025 for preparation work required for delivery.
Projects should begin in line with the start of the 2025 school summer holidays for your borough and be completed by 12 September 2025. This allows time for wrapping up delivery and monitoring.
The application deadline is 12 noon on Monday 28 April 2025.
Grant decisions will be communicated by week commencing Monday 16 June 2025.
The Fund is being administered The London Community Foundation.
Find out more and apply at their Nourish the Nation webpage.
