Food Durham

08/10/2026

07/10/2026

Funding opportunity: £1,000 unrestricted grants

The easyfundraising Impact Fund is back for a second round, with 15 unrestricted grants of £1,000 available for allotment groups to apply for – that's double the amount awarded in the spring.

Applications are open from Thursday 24 September to Sunday 8 November. If you applied previously, you CAN apply again, whether you were successful or not.

The application is quick and simple, with grants awarded to organisations that best explain how they would use the funding. As the grants are unrestricted, the £1,000 can be spent wherever it's needed most.

Apply now: www.easyfundraising.org.uk/impact-fund

05/10/2026

Thanks for inviting Food Durham along. A fabulous event.

01/10/2026

🌳 🍎 What a great initiative 👏

The City of Durham Parish Council’s popular fruit tree giveaway is set to return on Saturday 21st November 2026, offering residents the chance to take home a free fruit tree whilst supporting Durham’s independent businesses and helping the environment.

Residents who spend £25 in Durham during
November at one of the city’s independent businesses or traders can bring their receipts to the special Outdoor Market stall on Saturday 21st November, from 9am until all trees have gone, to collect a free fruit tree sapling.

There will be one tree per household, on a first-come, first-served basis. Trees will be approximately 1.5m tall and bare root, with planting instructions provided. They can be planted at home, or anywhere residents have permission to do so in the city.

It’s a win-win opportunity – support local traders, help Durham’s wildlife and make the city greener.

Last year’s giveaway resulted in one of the best trading days of the year for our local traders and the Parish Council is keen to see this fantastic initiative continue.

Please come along and support our local businesses
and also help improve biodiversity in the city.

Anyone with any photos of their fruit trees from last year, we would love to see them in the comments below.

30/09/2026

Congratulations to everyone involved with the Community Garden at Bishop Auckland Hospital 👏

28/09/2026

Do you have a role in Community Food Support such as a community pantry or food bank? This event is for you!

📢 We’re really pleased to invite you to our first post-Food Summit Community of Practice session!

The Ethics of Food Banks
22 October 2026 9.30am -12.30pm
At Space4 Houghton Le Spring

The session will be led by Justine Merton-Scott from Space4 Houghton-le-Spring and will give us an opportunity to explore some of the important questions and challenges around food banks and food support. This session is for anyone working or volunteering in the food support space — and you definitely don’t need to be an expert or have all the answers

We’re excited to get the Community of Practice up and running and to continue some of the conversations and connections that came out of the Food Summit. We’d love you to join us — bring your experiences, your questions and your ideas, and let’s get the conversation going!

📌 Places are limited to 20, so please book your place below.

https://bit.ly/46SDKA3

Hope to see you there! 💚

26/09/2026

⛰️Having been to see how Ben grows food on a hillside of the Pennines, I know how insightful this talk will be. Having spent many a year in Nepal, he and his Nepalese friends built terraces on his upland smallholding, defying convention about hillsides only being suitable for grazing 🐑

✴️ AUTUMN TALKS & CONVERSATIONS ✴️
1.00-2.00 pm, Alington House, Durham
ALL WELCOME to drop in to discuss aspects of climate change. Come and discuss your hopes and fears, thoughts and ideas, meet new people and chat to friends.

LOCATION: All talks and conversations will take place in Alington House, 4 North Bailey, DH1 3ET in the Ritson Hall (ground floor) and last for one hour, unless otherwise stated. From the Market Place, walk up Saddler Street towards the cathedral, go past the turn off on your right to the Cathedral (Owengate) and look for Alington House on your left. Talks involve a presentation followed by questions and answers and discussion. Conversations are more informal, comprising facilitated discussions and sharing of ideas.

26/09/2026

26/09/2026

Who doesn't love a harvest festival!