Love Food Hate Waste Grants Program - Round 1

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Introduction

The Love Food Hate Waste Program is providing local councils, non-profit organisations and community groups the opportunity to apply for grant funding to assist with the implementation and evaluation of local food waste avoidance education programs targeting households.

Funding to help local food waste reduction programs

In Round 1 (2011-2012) 14 education projects were funded to the value of $201,655 to help households waste less food, save money and our environment.

Media resources:

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(MinMedia11060903.pdf, PDF, 117kb)

Applications for Round 2 funding are now closed.

Love Food Hate Waste Local Education Projects

Round 1 - Education projects and Grant recipients
Partner organisation	Project description	Grant
Bankstown City Council partnering with the Community Development/Health Promotion Team, Clinical Support Division (Western)	Community kitchen workshop series and leftovers demonstration at the Bankstown Food festival.	$9,000
Gosford City Council partnering with Youthconnections.com.au and the Nature Conservation Council of NSW	Food Waste Challenge.	$16,000
Holroyd City council partnering with sister city Hay	Love Your Leftovers Community Cookbook.	$10,000
Hunters Hill and Lane Cove Councils partnering with the Nature Conservation Council of NSW	Food Waste Challenge.	$13,705
Lake Macquarie City Council	Workshop series on sustainable food consumption.	$10,000
Midwaste Regional Waste Forum partnering with the North Coast Institute of TAFE	Love Food Hate Waste workshops across the region.	$16,200
Mosman Municipal, Manly, North Sydney, Pittwater, Willoughby and Warringah Councils	Food waste display, quiz and interactive games to inspire their communities to waste less food.	$20,625
Nature Conservation Council of NSW	Wollondilly Food Waste Challenge.	$8,000
NetWaste Taste of Orange partnering with Orange Rotary Club, Orange City Council and Orange Farmers Market	Series of food waste activities starting at the Orange Sustainability Living Expo.	$15,200
North-East Waste Forum and member councils Ballina Shire, Byron Shire, Clarence Valley, Richmond Valley and Tweed Shire	Include food waste avoidance into the existing Green House education program.	$22,000
Penrith City Council	A series of lunchtime workshops for workers and families with young children.	$10,000
Riverina and Murray Regional Organisation of Councils	Food waste avoidance shopping mall promotions, including celebrity chef demonstrations.	$5,050
Councils of the South East Resources Recovery Organisation of Councils	Love Food Hate Waste display unit for member councils to use at shows, fairs and forums.	$30,000
Uralla Shire and Walcha Council partnering with Leapfish Environmental Education	Great New England Cook-Off, a regional environmental education program about food waste.	$14,775

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