The Limerick Food Partnership is a collaboration between PAUL Partnership, the HSE, Department of Social and Family Affairs, Limerick City Council, Limerick Regeneration Agencies, local community groups, and schools.
The initiative aims to improve people’s health by increasing access to affordable, healthy, quality food by:
- Engaging with suppliers to promote the availability of affordable, nutritious food
- Enhancing people’s awareness and knowledge of healthy eating
- Supporting access to healthy, affordable food
- Supporting initiatives such as School Meal Schemes, the Food Bank, Community Cafés
- Community Gardens, Food Co-ops and meals to older people.
In 2009, Limerick Food Partnership supported 6 community-based groups to provide healthy meals to over 1000 children in 9 primary schools in the city each day. The Food Partnership also administered the Department of Social and Family Affairs’ Bun and Milk Scheme which saw buns and/or milk being provided on a daily basis to 1640 children in 19 primary schools. 7 Meals for the Elderly Projects, which in total prepared almost 400 meals a day, were also supported by the Food Partnership.
