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Falkirk's £500,000 food programme 'will leave a strong legacy'

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A major programme that invested more than £500,000 in food projects and reached more than 16,000 people throughout Falkirk district has left a strong legacy to build on.

That's according to an independent report commissioned to look at the success or otherwise of Falkirk Food Futures Programme.The Biggar Economics report's verdict was that the programme "helped organisations to lift their communities out of the pandemic and develop their skills and resources at a time of unprecedented national economic crisis". Read more: Extra help to feed Falkirk children during school holidays ends as funding dries upThat was very welcome news for Forth Environment Link, which led a partnership with Falkirk Council, CVS Falkirk and NHS Forth Valley to coordinate 20 community organisations across the district.Funding to make it all happen came from the UK Government's Community Renewal Fund, which was designed to fund local projects that helped address local challenges and, the report says it did exactly that.With a budget of £534,000, the programme’s intention was to "improve physical and human capacity, develop skills, inspire behaviour change and renew communities".The projects involved around 16,400 participants and service users, who learned lots about improving food growing and community cooking facilities in particular as well as some digital skills.Seventy per cent of the groups said the funding has allowed them to expand the scale of what they do and improve the quality of their services.Sixty-five per cent say it has improved the facilities they provide and enabled them to reach more marginal communities.Others said it help to boost volunteer numbers and for around one-third of the projects supported, it has enabled the

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