North Lancashire Is Golden Strategy Day
Throughout 2026 FoodFutures is supporting North Lancashire to work towards a Gold Sustainable Food Places Award – a process that will involve evidencing and celebrating the amazing range of work already happening across the district whilst also supporting the development of strategic work that supports a “thriving local food system that is healthy, resilient and fair”.
This day is for everyone (individuals and organisations) interested in supporting this journey and will be a final opportunity to share work and plans related to the Gold Award submission.
You will:
- Have a better understanding the Gold Award process for North Lancashire
- Share your own work and aspirations for inclusion in the GOLD campaign submission
- Shape next steps for realising the ‘Our FoodFutures’ 10-year community food strategy
- Be well fed and have chance to connect with others doing amazing work around local food in the district
The full timetable and venue for the day will be shared at the end of January. Booking is essential – to support with the catering and to avoid food waste.
Proposed agenda
10:00 – 10:30 Welcome, intro to the day and people bingo.
10:30 – 11:30 Growing Our Food Futures timeline activity. Where have we come from, where are we now and where do we want to go?
11:30 – 11:45 Break
11:45 – 12:30 Gold campaign in 2026 – how to feed in and support.
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch and stalls.
13:30 – 14:30 World cafe sessions.
- Supporting the next generation – connecting up and supporting place-based food system education and community food skills.
- Gold pledges mandala activity – shaping up and sharing gold pledges.
- Developing Food circles. How can we support more food clubs, allotments/growers, community composters and community cooks to come together to support each other to build local food resilience and food sovereignty?
- Thinking globally, acting locally. When we reflect on the wider political landscape, what does this mean for local organising in North Lancashire?
- Supporting more regenerative and REcommoning approaches in North Lancashire.
- Beyond grant funding. Ideas for financing local food system work beyond grants.
- Any other ideas!
14:30 – 15:00 Reflections and close