Response, Resilience and Recovery: London’s Food Response to Covid-19

The report finds that where strong foundations were in place that predated the Covid-19 pandemic, by and large this enabled a stronger, more resilient food response to the pandemic. The research also found that the conditions created by the pandemic have, in a significant number of cases, engendered new positive action on food, especially in terms of new partnerships between councils and the voluntary and community sector.

Contents of report 

• Executive summary
• Survey and approach
• Recommendations for action
• Council leadership in food across London
• London’s food in numbers
• How are councils taking action?
• Partnerships and collaborative approaches to action on food
• Joined-up work on food across London during Covid-19
• ‘Cash-first’ approaches to tackling food poverty
• Food access
• The Covid-19 emergency food response across London
• Issues with the emergency response
  • Food access and Black, Asian and minority ethnic Londoners
  • Food access for older, disabled and medically vulnerable people
• Children’s food access
• Food growing and production
• Supporting a good food economy
• The climate and nature emergency and food
• Healthier Catering Commitment
• Food related recovery planning

Download the full report on Sustain's website here.