Transforming Urban Food Systems for Planetary and Population Health (The Mandala Consortium)
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Cambridge
Department Name: MRC Epidemiology Unit
Abstract
In this proposal we set out our vision for five years of research that will help bring about important changes in the food system. The changes aim to make food healthier, more affordable, less harmful to the environment, but still acceptable to businesses. The work will involve many different types of researcher, who do not usually work together, as well as commercial companies, a city council, and civil society organisations. Our findings will influence local and national governments, food companies and other organisations that play important roles in bringing healthy, affordable and sustainable food to communities.
The research will focus on Birmingham, a large English city with a diverse population. The work will be divided into six work packages that will be closely connected. The research team will work together on each of the work packages and share their findings regularly. This will help to ensure that our work achieves effective food system change in Birmingham and can be used by other places trying to make similar changes.
In the first work package, we will work with communities and people from the local council and food businesses to create a map of the current food system. This will show the different types of businesses and other organisations involved, what they do and how they work together to deliver food to communities. We will explore how money and food flows through the system. We will have meetings with community members and people from the relevant organisations to ensure we properly understand the whole of the food system.
We will use our 'system map' to work out what information we can use to measure how the food system works. Where possible, we use data that is already collected that we can use creatively and efficiently. We will collect new data when necessary using new methods. We will look for ways to bring different types of data together so that it can be used to measure changes in the food system over time and in response to new policies or programmes. We will analyse the information to see what it tells us about how the food systems works.
Once we have a map of the food system, and an understanding of how it works, we will help Birmingham City Council develop plans to change the food system. The aim of changes will be to make food more healthy, more affordable and better for the environment without negatively affecting businesses. The plans will include actions that are practical, affordable, likely to achieve our aims and compatible with other national and local policies. Possible actions might include changing business rates to encourage sale of healthier foods, or developing online systems to help local businesses find and use more locally grown food.
The next stage of the research will be to implement the plans and explore which of the actions work best to achieve our aims - both singly and in combination. Because the programme of work will only run for five years, we will not be able to study long term impacts of actions. Instead we will build a computer model to predict how the actions that are tested in real life are likely to affect health, the environment, the economy and food business in the future. The model will also provide a useful tool for local councils and food businesses in other places to explore how different actions might impact differently on health, the environment, the economy and businesses. The results will help make plans for changing the food system in other cities and regions.
Throughout the five years, we will talk regularly to other scientists and people in food businesses, the council and the community. We will share our thinking and findings and seek their views on how our work is evolving. We will develop a number of attractive ways to share this information, including films and blogs, newspaper articles and scientific papers.
The research will focus on Birmingham, a large English city with a diverse population. The work will be divided into six work packages that will be closely connected. The research team will work together on each of the work packages and share their findings regularly. This will help to ensure that our work achieves effective food system change in Birmingham and can be used by other places trying to make similar changes.
In the first work package, we will work with communities and people from the local council and food businesses to create a map of the current food system. This will show the different types of businesses and other organisations involved, what they do and how they work together to deliver food to communities. We will explore how money and food flows through the system. We will have meetings with community members and people from the relevant organisations to ensure we properly understand the whole of the food system.
We will use our 'system map' to work out what information we can use to measure how the food system works. Where possible, we use data that is already collected that we can use creatively and efficiently. We will collect new data when necessary using new methods. We will look for ways to bring different types of data together so that it can be used to measure changes in the food system over time and in response to new policies or programmes. We will analyse the information to see what it tells us about how the food systems works.
Once we have a map of the food system, and an understanding of how it works, we will help Birmingham City Council develop plans to change the food system. The aim of changes will be to make food more healthy, more affordable and better for the environment without negatively affecting businesses. The plans will include actions that are practical, affordable, likely to achieve our aims and compatible with other national and local policies. Possible actions might include changing business rates to encourage sale of healthier foods, or developing online systems to help local businesses find and use more locally grown food.
The next stage of the research will be to implement the plans and explore which of the actions work best to achieve our aims - both singly and in combination. Because the programme of work will only run for five years, we will not be able to study long term impacts of actions. Instead we will build a computer model to predict how the actions that are tested in real life are likely to affect health, the environment, the economy and food business in the future. The model will also provide a useful tool for local councils and food businesses in other places to explore how different actions might impact differently on health, the environment, the economy and businesses. The results will help make plans for changing the food system in other cities and regions.
Throughout the five years, we will talk regularly to other scientists and people in food businesses, the council and the community. We will share our thinking and findings and seek their views on how our work is evolving. We will develop a number of attractive ways to share this information, including films and blogs, newspaper articles and scientific papers.
Organisations
- University of Cambridge (Lead Research Organisation)
- Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust (Collaboration)
- BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL (Collaboration, Project Partner)
- The Food Foundation (Project Partner)
- Minor, Weir & Willis Ltd (Project Partner)
- Whisk (Project Partner)
- Association of Convenience Stores (Project Partner)
Publications
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(2025)
Time to fix the biodiversity leak.
in Science (New York, N.Y.)
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(2023)
Policies to prevent zoonotic spillover: a systematic scoping review of evaluative evidence.
in Globalization and health
| Title | ChangeKitchen evaluation film |
| Description | Oliver Francis, Jean Adams, and Paul Adeosun worked with Florence Pardoe to produce the ChangeKitchen evaluation film. |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2024 |
| Impact | Yet to be determined |
| Description | Advisory Support and Knowledge Exchange with Food System Team Lead on food strategy implementation and evaluation tools (KP) |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to new or improved professional practice |
| Description | Birmingham City Council Food System Partnership (KP) |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | Birmingham City Council's Food Legends Funding programme (KP) |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | Briefing for the Labour Party Health Team with the Centre for Science and Policy, University of Cambridge |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | Briefing for the Labour Party Health Team with the Centre for Science and Policy, University of Cambridge (MW) |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | Evidence to EFRA Select Committee Enquiry on Food Security (KP) |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | Expert Advisory Board members for Food Standards Agency Wider Impacts Project (KP/RS) |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| URL | https://science-council.food.gov.uk/General%20Considerations%3A%20Wider%20impacts%20beyond%20food%20... |
| Description | Expert Advisory Group Member: DEFRA Food Security Assessment 2024 (KP) |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| URL | https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-food-security-report-2024-published |
| Description | Input into Transforming UK Food Systems Future Advocacy Policy Recommendations Project (KP) |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Description | Input to TUKFS ECR Project on food system impact mapping |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to new or improved professional practice |
| Description | Interviewee for Food, Farming and Countryside Commission project on public sector food procurement (KP) |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Description | Member of Birmingham City Council Food Sourcing Workstream Group (KP) |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | Member of GLA Retail Advisory Group (MW) |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | Monthly project meetings with intervention delivery partners at Birmingham Children's Hospital |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to new or improved professional practice |
| Description | Oral and Written Submitted Evidence cited in EFRA Food Security Report (7th Session) (KP) |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| URL | https://committees.parliament.uk/work/6861/food-security/publications/ |
| Description | Oral and Written Submitted Evidence cited in EFRA Food Security Report (7th Session) (KP) |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| URL | https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/41095/documents/200335/default/ |
| Description | Panel member at Birmingham Driving Healthy Futures Roundtable (Barnardos) (AS) |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | Panel member for Birmingham City Council's Cost of Living Grant Programme (AS) |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | Participation in BCC Food Strategy Action Group on Food Sourcing |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | Participation in BCC Food Strategy Action Group on behaviour change (AS) |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | Participation in BCC Food Strategy Action Group on food security and resilience (AS) |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | Participation in Transforming UK Food Systems spcial interest group on Public Sector Food Procurement (KP) |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | Participation in the Food Farming and Countryside Commission's National Food Conversation (KP) |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| URL | https://ffcc.co.uk/publications/the-false-economy-of-big-food |
| Description | Shared the FSA CBA findings to the government's Child Poverty Taskforce (HB) |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | Sustain 'Bridging the Gap' project on food system interventions (KP) |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| URL | https://www.sustainweb.org/bridging-the-gap/ |
| Description | Sustain 'Good Food Local' project (KP) |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| URL | https://www.sustainweb.org/good-food-local/ |
| Description | The impact of a tax on added sugar and salt: an Institute for Fiscal Studies working paper in collaboration with the National Food Strategy (MW) |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| URL | https://www.nationalfoodstrategy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/WP202121-The-impact-of-a-tax-on-adde... |
| Description | UK Biodiversity Indicators 2024. Global biodiversity impacts of UK economic activity (TB) |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| URL | https://jncc.gov.uk/our-work/uk-biodiversity-indicators/ |
| Description | Workshop to map the Food System and identify interventions and subsequent policy engagement for the Government of Jersey (MW/KP/AS) |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| URL | https://www.jerseychamber.com/news/articles/states-jersey/islands-food-system-mapped-new-food-nutrit... |
| Description | Workshops for the Guernsey Health Improvement Commission (MW/KP/AS) |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| URL | https://www.gov.je/Government/Pages/StatesReports.aspx?ReportID=5900 |
| Description | SALIENT (food System triALs for Impact on Environment, Nutrition and healTh) |
| Amount | £5,555,696 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ES/Y00311X/1 |
| Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 05/2023 |
| End | 11/2025 |
| Title | Adapted cost-benefit analysis to conduct health economic assessment capturing multi-sectoral costs and benefits of policy to alter primary school meal uptake (EF) |
| Description | Adapted cost-benefit analysis to conduct health economic assessment capturing multi-sectoral costs and benefits of policy to alter primary school meal uptake - including methodological development to include a probablistic sensitivity analysis (PSA) |
| Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
| Year Produced | 2024 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | Not known. |
| Title | Cost-benefit analysis adaptation (EF) |
| Description | Emma Frew adapted a cost-benefit analysis to conduct health economic assessment capturing multi-sectoral costs and benefits of policy to alter primary school meal uptake |
| Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
| Year Produced | 2024 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | Yet to be determined |
| Title | Enagagements with the food industry for primary data collection on digital systems |
| Description | Industry enagagements with the food industry for primary data collection on digital systems e.g. Warehouse Management Systems - Ehrhardt Partner Group, Microsoft Azure, Blockchain startups |
| Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | Not known. |
| Title | Food System Transformation Solution Bank Database and Taxonomy - Centre for Food Policy (KP) |
| Description | Food System Transformation Solution Bank Database and Taxonomy being used to identify and analyse policy in Centre for Food Policy MSc Food Policy, and TUKFS CDT Kernel Projects at Centre for Food Policy |
| Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
| Year Produced | 2024 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Not known. |
| Title | Food System Transformation Solution Bank Database being utilised by FAO HLPE on Urban Food systems (KP) |
| Description | Food System Transformation Solution Bank Database. |
| Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
| Year Produced | 2024 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Food System Transformation Solution Bank Database being utilised by FAO HLPE on Urban Food systems |
| Title | Food System Transformation Solution Bank Taxonomy being applied in Wellcome Living Good Food Nation (KS) |
| Description | Food System Transformation Solution Bank Taxonomy being applied in Wellcome Living Good Food Nation Lab Project in Scotland |
| Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
| Year Produced | 2024 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Not known |
| Title | Industry engagements with food industry for primary data collection (SM) |
| Description | Since October 2022, Soujanya Mantravadi has been conducting industry engagements with the food industry for primary data collection on digital systems e.g. Warehouse Management Systems - Ehrhardt Partner Group, Microsoft Azure,Blockchain startups |
| Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | Yet to be determined |
| Title | Method of estimating transition rates between health states driven by exposures (ON) |
| Description | Method of estimating transition rates between health states driven by exposures, e.g. diet, from individual level longitudinal data using hierarchical models of random generators. |
| Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
| Year Produced | 2024 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | Not known. |
| Description | Birmingham City Council - Creating a Healthier City Food Forum |
| Organisation | Birmingham City Council |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | The Mandala project has an ongoing presence and participation at the BCC's food partnership - Creating a Healthier City Food Forum |
| Collaborator Contribution | The project is still ongoing so contributions are still yet to be determined |
| Impact | Yet to be determined |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | Formal Collaboration Agreement with Sodexo and Birmingham Women & Children's Hospital Trust |
| Organisation | Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Hospital Menus Team Formal Collaboration Agreement with Sodexo and Birmingham Women & Children's Hospital Trust on institutional catering (KP) |
| Collaborator Contribution | See above. |
| Impact | Not known. |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Title | Protocol developed for RCT of Recipe Boxes (MW) |
| Description | Protocol developed for RCT of Recipe Boxes to improve healthiness of diets at household level with Gousto |
| Type | Preventative Intervention - Physical/Biological risk modification |
| Current Stage Of Development | Initial development |
| Year Development Stage Completed | 2024 |
| Development Status | Under active development/distribution |
| Impact | RCT is ongoing. |
| URL | https://www.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk/research/studies/recipe-boxes/ |
| Description | 1-to-1 interviews with expert stakeholders to inform model development (EF) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Series of 15 1-to-1 interviews with expert stakeholders to inform model development. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024,2025 |
| Description | 3 short films to promote recruitment to the Recipe Box RCT (MW,NC,FP,OF) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | 3 short films to promote recruitment to the Recipe Box RCT |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| URL | https://www.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk/research/studies/recipe-boxes/ |
| Description | APPG on national Food Strategy (MW) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Prof Martin White presented to the APPG on the National Food Strategy via Zoom on 19 January 2021, giving a talk on the topic 'What should the National Food Strategy be proposing to tackle obesity?' |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://foodfoundation.org.uk/initiatives/appg-national-food-strategy |
| Description | Advisory Board of Sustain's Good Food Local Project (KP) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Kelly Parsons is on the Advisory Board of Sustain's Good Food Local Project |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Advisory board of Sustain's 'Bridging the Gap' project on food system interventions (KP) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Kelly Parsons is part of the Advisory board of Sustain's 'Bridging the Gap' project on food system interventions |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Annual 'Food for Health' programme for government officials from low- and middle-income countries (MW/JA/JP) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Delivery of annual 'Food for Health' programme for government officials from low- and middle-income countries - led by Cambridge Judge Business School, Funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022,2023,2024 |
| Description | Attended Oxford Real Farming Conference (KP) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Kelly Parsons attended the Oxford Real Farming Conference in January 2024, which included sessions on urban food system interventions. This was an opportunity for networking and Dr Parsons was able to discuss the Mandala consortium with a number of interested parties. Further impact of this is yet to be determined. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | BBC Radio 4 Food Programme - Birmingham's Food System Revolution (MW) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Prof Martin White did a pre-recorded interview with Jaega Wise for BBC Radio 4's Food Programme episode "Birmingham's Food System Revolution", in which he discussed how the Mandala Consortium he leads aims to transform Birmingham's food system and its relationship with the West Midlands regional economy. Interview broadcast on 19 June, and available on BBC Sounds and shared on MRC epidemiology and CEDAR social media platforms. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m00187gb |
| Description | Blog article published in TABLE magazine (SM) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Soujanya Mantravadi had a blog article published in TABLE magazine on coproducing food system transformations with a transdisciplinary approach and tensions with industry. Collaborated with participatory researcher from TUKFS project |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://tabledebates.org/blog/when-worlds-collide |
| Description | Change Kitchen evaluation video (OF/JA/PA/FP) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Produced and published video discussing Change Kitchen, a social enterprise in Balsall Health, Birmingham aims to provide healthy vegetarian food made from surplus. YouTube video viewed more than 250 times. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://youtu.be/ZG9ceK_GYac?si=a_Xrvj4S8fITiM3Q |
| Description | Citizen engagement recruitment meeting (CJ) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Dr Catrin Jones attended a Citizen engagement recruitment meeting with Birmingham City Council Communities Team and Food Farming and Countryside Commission (FFCC) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | City Food Symposium presentation on co-benefits in food policy (KP) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Kelly Parsons presented at the City Food Symposium on co-benefits in food policy |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Co-delivered workshop on food system failures as part of Synergy project at York TUKFS conference (MW/RS) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Co-delivered workshop on food system failures as part of Synergy project at York Transforming UK Food Systems conference, January 2025 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| Description | Co-design workshop with community food sector stakeholders (AS/RL) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Co-design workshop with community food sector stakeholders. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Co-design workshop with community food sector stakeholders (AS/RL) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Alexia Sawyer and Rachel Loopstra co-designed a workshop with community food sector stakeholders held October 2023 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Consultation workshop on Net Zero with Competition and Markets Authority (MW) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Participated in consultation workshop on Net Zero with Competition and Markets Authority. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Designing Interventions in the Food Industry: Leveraging Information Systems for Public Health Outcomes - TUKFS ECR conference, York |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | 'Designing Interventions in the Food Industry: Leveraging Information Systems for Public Health Outcomes'' presented at Transforming UK Food Systems ECR conference, York |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Develop projects for getting the agri-food sector to net zero (ON) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Owen Nicholas has been developing projects for getting the agri-food sector to net zero since June 2023 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.agrifood4netzero.net/crucible.html |
| Description | Discussion on current food security/food systems activities with Defra (KP) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Dr Kelly Parsons entered discussions on current food security/food systems activities within Defra, feed in to forthcoming Food Security Assessment 2024, improving TUKFS policy engagement. This started on the 8th January 2024 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Discussion on current food security/food systems activities within Defra (KP) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Discussion on current food security/food systems activities within Defra, feed in to forthcoming Food Security Assessment 2024, improving Transforming UK Food Systems policy engagement |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Enagagements with the food industry for primary data collection on digital systems (SM) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Industry enagagements with the food industry for primary data collection on digital systems e.g. Warehouse Management Systems - Ehrhardt Partner Group, Microsoft Azure, Blockchain startups |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022,2023,2024,2025 |
| Description | Engagement with Fircroft College catering manager (KP) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Kelly Parsons had engagement with a Fircroft College catering manager to discuss procurement practices and opportunities for institutional catering framework (Food For Life, Menus of Change) implementation. This started in April 2023. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Engagement with Fircroft College catering manager to discuss procurement practices and opportunities for institutional catering framework implementation (KP) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Engagement with Fircroft College catering manager to discuss procurement practices and opportunities for institutional catering framework (Food For Life, Menus of Change) implementation. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Engagement with catering manager at University College Birmingham (KP) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Kelly Parsons has had engagement with a catering manager at University College Birmingham to discuss sustainable procurement policies at University and potential intervention evaluation. This started in June 2023. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Engagement with catering manager at University College Birmingham on sustainable procurement policies (KP) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Engagement with catering manager at University College Birmingham to discuss sustainable procurement policies at University and potential intervention evaluation. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Evaluation workshop at TUKFS annual meeting in Reading (MW/JA/SC) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Profs Martin White, Jean Adams, and Steve Cummins ran an Evaluation workshop at the TUKFS annual meeting in Reading in November 2023 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Exploratory conversation with Chefs in School (KP) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Kelly Parsons held an exploratory conversation with Chefs in School around rolling out the programme in Birmingham schools in May 2023 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Exploratory conversation with Chefs in School around rolling out the programme in Birmingham schools (KP) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Exploratory conversation with Chefs in School around rolling out the programme on institutional catering in Birmingham schools. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Exploratory conversation with Soil Assocation Business Team (KP) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Kelly Parsons held an exploratory conversation with Soil Assocation Business Team on Food For Life certification scheme evaluation as part of Institutional Catering intervention in May 2023. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Exploratory conversation with Soil Assocation Business Team on Food For Life certification scheme evaluation (KP) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Exploratory conversation with Soil Assocation Business Team on Food For Life certification scheme evaluation as part of Institutional Catering intervention. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Film of Intervention/Evaluation, featuring research and stakeholder team |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Patients, carers and/or patient groups |
| Results and Impact | Hospital Menus Team commisioned film of institutional catering intervention and Evaluation, featuring research and stakeholder team |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| Description | Food, Agriculture and Biodiversity CCI Workshop (TB/AB) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Food, Agriculture and Biodiversity Workshop at Cambridge Conservation Initiative. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Guest speaker on Food Security & Resilience at University College Birmingham (RL) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Rachel Loopstra was a guest speaker on Food Security & Resilience at University College Birmingham as part of the Creative Dinners in partnership with Birmingham City Council on improving access to nutritious and affordable food for citizens. This was held in November 2023 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Guest speaker on Food Security & Resilience at University College Brimingham - Creative Dinners (MW/JA/SC/RL) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Guest speaker on Food Security & Resilience at University College Brimingham as part of the Creative Dinners in partnership with Birmingham City Council on improving access to nutritious and affordable food for citizens. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Healthier convenience store intervention co-design workshop with Rice Consulting (MW) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Healthier convenience store intervention co-design workshop with Rice Consulting |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Healthier convenience store intervention co-design workshop with Rice Consulting (MW) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Prof Martin White led the healthier convenience store intervention co-design workshop with Rice Consulting on 31 July 2023 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | ISBNPA 2023 symposium (AS) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Dr Alexia Sawyer gave a presentation at a symposium on 'The methodological challenges of understanding and transforming systems to promote healthier dietary and physical activity behaviours: lessons from the LIKE and Mandala programmes' at the International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical activity 2023 conference. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Institutional Catering sub-system mapping workshop (KP/MW/LF/LP) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Kelly Parsons, Martin White, Lin Fu, and Leticija Petrovic organised an Institutional Catering sub-system mapping workshop with school, college university, hospital and Birmingham City Council held 6th March 2023. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Institutional Catering sub-system mapping workshop with school, college university, hospital and Birmingham City Council (KP/MW/LF/LP) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Institutional Catering sub-system mapping workshop with school, college university, hospital and Birmingham City Council. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | International workshop in Cambridge - What Next for Dietary Public Health? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Hosted one-day international workshop in Cambridge entitled "What Next for Dietary Public Health?" for 33 experts and stakeholders |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Intervention co-design workshop with Gousto (MW) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Prof Martin White led an Intervention co-design workshop with Gousto, held on 6 December 2023 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Intervention co-design workshop with Gousto (MW) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Intervention co-design workshop with Gousto for Recipe-box study. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk/research/studies/recipe-boxes/ |
| Description | Intervention co-design workshop with Hillstone Primary School (MW) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Intervention co-design workshop with Hillstone Primary School |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Intervention co-design workshop with Hillstone Primary School (MW) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Prof Martin White led an Intervention co-design workshop with Hillstone Primary School, Birmingham, on 30 November 2023 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Intervention co-design workshop with Morrisons Supermarket |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Intervention co-design workshop with Morrisons Supermarket. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Intervention co-design workshop with Morrisons Supermarket |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | The Mandala consortium held an intervention co-design workshop with Morrisons Supermarket in July 2023 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Intervention co-design workshops with Birmingham Women and Children's Hospital (KP/MW) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Dr Kelly Parsons and Prof Martin White organised intervention co-design workshops with Birmingham Women and Children's Hospital (BWCH) in July 2023 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Intervention co-design workshops with Birmingham Women and Children's Hospital (KP/MW) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Intervention co-design workshops with Birmingham Women and Children's Hospital (BWCH) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Interview for The Food Programme, Radio 4 about Mandala and food system change (MW) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Prof Martin White was interviewed for The Food Programme, Radio 4 about Mandala and food system change in June 2022 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Interview with CNBC on healthy food prices (TVR) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Thijs Van Rens was interviewed by CNBC on healthy food prices. The piece was published 27 December 2023 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.cnbc.com/2023/12/27/healthy-foods-are-often-more-expensive-heres-why.html |
| Description | Invited talk seminar at Cambridge Food Security March 2023 (SM) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Soujanya Mantravadi gave an invited talk seminar at Cambridge Food Security: 'How important are digital technologies for urban food security and supply chains?' in March 2023 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.globalfood.cam.ac.uk/events/coffee-break-seminar-how-important-are-digital-technologies-... |
| Description | Keynote presentation on food systems at Guernsey Health Improvement Commission conference on partnership (KP) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Keynote presentation on food systems at Guernsey Health Improvement Commission conference on partnership. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Knowledge Exchange between TUKFS, FitforFood2030, Mandala (KP) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Kelly Parsons coordinated a Knowledge Exchange between TUKFS, FitforFood2030, Mandala in February 2023 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Knowledge Exchange between TUKFS, FitforFood2030, Mandala (KP) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Knowledge Exchange between TUKFS, FitforFood2030, Mandala |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Knowledge Exchange with Plant-based Professionals (KP) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Knowledge Exchange with Plant-based Professionals about institutional catering. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Knowledge Exchange with Southwark Council and Bremner Consulting (KP) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Kelly Parsons coordinated Knowledge Exchange with Southwark Council and Bremner Consulting to discuss food sourcing training for local authorities' business managers in July 2023 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Knowledge Exchange with Southwark Council and Bremner Consulting to discuss food sourcing training for local authorities' business managers (KP) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Knowledge Exchange with Southwark Council and Bremner Consulting to discuss food sourcing training for local authorities' business managers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Knowledge exchange at University of Reading/FoodsEqual (KP) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Kelly Parsons coordinated knowledge exchange at University of Reading/FoodsEqual on Menus of Change Framework for university catering in August 2023 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Knowledge exchange at University of Reading/FoodsEqual on Menus of Change Framework for university catering (KP) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Knowledge exchange at University of Reading/FoodsEqual on Menus of Change Framework for university catering |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Knowledge exchange between Sustainable Food Places and Mandala (KP) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Kelly Parsons has directed a Knowledge exchange on Food Policy Repositories between Sustainable Food Places and Mandala |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Knowledge exchange meeting with NHS England national leads for net zero food (KP) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Knowledge exchange meeting with NHS England national leads for net zero food, Phil Shelley and Tim Radcliffe |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Knowledge exchange meeting with TUKFS SNEAK project (ON/TB/KP) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Knowledge exchange meeting with Transforming UK Food systems SNEAK project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Knowledge exchange on Food Policy Repositories between Sustainable Food Places and Mandala (KP) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Knowledge exchange on Food Policy Repositories between Sustainable Food Places and Mandala. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Knowledge exchange on Food Procurement with FoodTrails Birmingham Team (KP) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Knowledge exchange on Food Procurement with FoodTrails Birmingham Team. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Knowledge exchange on plant -based menus and impacts, with University of Guelph (TB/KP/LP) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Tom Ball, Kelly Parsons, and Leticija Petrovic directed a knowledge exchange on plant -based menus and impacts, with University of Guelph in October 2023 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Knowledge exchange on plant-based menus and impacts, with Jigsaw Nursery (TB/KP/LP) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Knowledge exchange on plant-based menus and impacts, with Jigsaw Nursery. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Knowledge exchange on plant-based menus and impacts, with Jigsaw Nursery (TB/KP/LP) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Tom Ball, Kelly Parsons, & Leticija Petrovic directed a knowledge exchange on plant-based menus and impacts, with Jigsaw Nursery in October 2023 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Knowledge exchange on plant-based menus and impacts, with University of Guelph (TB/KP/LP) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Knowledge exchange on plant -based menus and impacts, with University of Guelph. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Knowledge exchange with Cambridge Children's Hospital (KP) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Kelly Parsons directed a Knowledge exchange with Cambridge Children's hospital food strategy research team in December 2023 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Knowledge exchange with Cambridge Children's hospital food strategy research team (KP) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Knowledge exchange with Cambridge Children's hospital food strategy research team on institutional catering. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Knowledge exchange with Chefs in Schools (KP) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Kelly Parsons directed a knowledge exchange with Chefs in Schools re. Hospitals in December 2023 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Knowledge exchange with Chefs in Schools re. Hospitals (KP) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Knowledge exchange with Chefs in Schools re. Hospitals. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Knowledge exchange with DHSC/OHID (KP) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Dr Kelly Parsons directed a knowledge exchange with DHSC/OHID on Mandala project and current food policy focus, starting in June 2023. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Knowledge exchange with DHSC/OHID on Mandala project and current food policy focus (KP) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Knowledge exchange with DHSC/OHID on Mandala project and current food policy focus |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Knowledge exchange with FoodTrails Birmingham Team (KP) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Kelly Parsons directed a knowledge exchange on Food Procurement with FoodTrails Birmingham Team |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Knowledge exchange with Hackney Council (KP) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Kelly Parsons directed a knowledge exchange with Hackney Council on Healthy Catering Commitment Intervention in January 2023 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Knowledge exchange with Hackney Council on Healthy Catering Commitment Intervention (KP) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Knowledge exchange with Hackney Council on Healthy Catering Commitment Intervention. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Knowledge exchange with Leicestershire Council on Procurement and Research (KP) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Knowledge exchange with Leics Council on Procurement and Research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Knowledge exchange with Leics Council on Procurement and Research (KP) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Kelly Parsons directed a knowledge exchange with Leics Council on Procurement and Research in December 2023 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Knowledge exchange with Matthew Thompson on University Food Policy and Mandala |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Knowledge exchange with Matthew Thompson on University Food Policy and Mandala. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Knowledge exchange with Matthew Thompson on University Food Policy and Mandala (KP) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Kelly Parsons directed a knowledge exchange with Matthew Thompson on University Food Policy and Mandala |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Knowledge exchange with Nesta (KP) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Kelly Parsons directed a Knowledge exchange with Nesta regarding the Mandala project and review of innovative food environment policies |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Knowledge exchange with Nesta re. Mandala and review of innovative food environment policies (KP) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Knowledge exchange with Nesta re. Mandala and review of innovative food environment policies. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Mandala consortium funding announcement (MW) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | MRC Epidemiology Unit and CEDAR blog posts "New consortium funded to deliver systems research programme to transform urban food system" on announcement of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Strategic Priorities Fund (SPF) funding award to the Mandala consortium. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk/blog/mandala-food-systems-funding-04-01-21/ |
| Description | Mandala delegation engagement in UKRI TUKFS Annual Conference 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Mandala delegation engagement in UKRI TUKFS Annual Conference 2022 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Mandala delegation engagement in UKRI TUKFS Annual Conference 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Mandala delegation engagement in UKRI Transforming UK food systems Annual Conference 2023 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Mandala delegation engagement in UKRI TUKFS Annual Conference 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Mandala delegation engagement in UKRI TUKFS Annual Conference 2023 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Meeting with Food Loop (RL/AS) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Rachel Loopstra and Alexia Sawyer attended a meeting with Food Loop to discuss digital solutions for redistribution surplus food to support Community Sector interventions in May 2023 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Meeting with Food Loop - redistribution surplus food (RL/AS) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with Food Loop to discuss digtal solution for redistribution surplus food to support Community Sector interventions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Meeting with NHS England to discuss Hospital Menu Study (KP) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with NHS England to discuss Hospital Menu Study and Institutional Catering. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Meeting with TUCO to discuss Menus of Change (KP) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Kelly Parsons was invited to meet with TUCO to discuss Menus of Change as the institutional catering approach and opportunities for evaluation in April 2023 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Meeting with TUCO to discuss Menus of Change as the institutional catering approach and opportunties for evaluation (KP) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with TUCO (professional membership body for in-house caterers) to discuss Menus of Change as the institutional catering approach and opportunties for evaluation. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Meetings and knowledge exchange with Birmingham Wholesale markets (SM/JS) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Soujanya Mantravadi and Jag Srai have held 5 to 10 Meetings and knowledge exchange with Birmingham Wholesale markets |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Meetings and knowledge exchange with Birmingham Wholesale markets (SM/JS) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | 5 to 10 Meetings and knowledge exchange with Birmingham Wholesale markets over 18 months that are still ongoing. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024,2025 |
| Description | Meetings with Birmingham Food System Partnership and Birmingham City Council (LP) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Regular program updates shared with Birmingham Food System Partnership and Birmingham City Council. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| Description | Member of the Food Foundation's Expert Advisory Group (MW/RL) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Member of the Food Foundation's Expert Advisory Group |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021,2022,2023,2024,2025 |
| URL | https://foodfoundation.org.uk/who-we-are#expertadvisers |
| Description | Menus of Change Session at TUKFS Annual Conference (KP) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Menus of Change Session at Transforming UK Food Systems Annual Conference |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Menus of Change Session at TUKFS Annual Conference 2023 (KP) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Kelly Parsons presented the Menus of Change Session at TUKFS Annual Conference held in November 2023 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Met with Claudia Rees, UCL, re. Health Innovation Network on hospital food systems (LP/KP) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Met with Claudia Rees, UCL, re. Health Innovation Network on hospital food systems and institutional catering. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| Description | Met with George Institute, Australia re. research project on healthy sustainable hospital food (KP) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Met with George Institute, Australia re. research project on healthy sustainable hospital food and institutional catering. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017,2025 |
| Description | Met with Real Zero, re plant-based hospital menu research project (KP) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Met with Real Zero, re plant-based hospital menu research project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| Description | Modelling the agri-food system workshop 2 (ON/KP) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Owen Nicholas and Kelly Parsons attended the Modelling the agri-food system workshop 2 in September 2023 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.agrifood4netzero.net/news/workshop-modelling-the-agri-food-system |
| Description | Modelling the agri-food system workshop 2 (ON/KP) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Modelling the agri-food system workshop 2 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.agrifood4netzero.net/2024/01/08/workshop-modelling-the-agri-food-system/ |
| Description | Modelling the agri-food system workshop 3 (ON) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Owen Nicholas attended the Modelling the agri-food system workshop 3 held in January 2024 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.agrifood4netzero.net/news/workshop-modelling-the-agri-food-system |
| Description | Nature Food comment article - UK government food strategy lacks ambition (MW) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Prof Martin White contributed towards the Nature Food comment article "UK government food strategy lacks ambition to achieve transformative food system change". Reports published on the University of York https://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2022/research/uk-food-strategy/ and University of Sheffield news blogs https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/sustainable-food/news/experts-say-uk-food-strategy-fails-deliver |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.nature.com/articles/s43016-022-00558-z |
| Description | One day multi-stakeholder Workshop to map the Food System and identify interventions and subsequent policy engement for the Government of Jersey (MW) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Delivered one day multi-stakeholder Workshop to map the Food System and identify interventions and subsequent policy engement for the Government of Jersey. Report 'Applying systems thinking to inform the Food and Nutrition Strategy'was published by Public Health (Health and Care Jersey) in February 2025. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.gov.je/Government/Pages/StatesReports.aspx?ReportID=5900 |
| Description | Oxford Real Farming Conference (KP) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Attended Oxford Real Farming Conference, incl. sessions on urban food system intereventions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Panel Convenor and Speaker: Food System Resilience, Oxford Real Farming Conference (KP) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Panel Convenor and Speaker: Food System Resilience, Oxford Real Farming Conference. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| Description | Panel discussion on place based approached to food system transformation at the Transforming the UK Food System Conference (LP) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Speaker in a panel discussion on place based approached to food system transformation at the Transforming the UK Food System Conference |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| Description | Panel member at Birmingham Driving Healthy Futures Roundtable (Barnardos) (AS) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Dr Alexia Sawyer was a panel member at the Birmingham Driving Healthy Futures Roundtable (Barnardos) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Panel member at Birmingham Food Revolution and Food System Strategy Launch Conference (MW) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Prof Martin White was a Panel Member at the Birmingham Food Revolution and Food System Strategy Launch Conference held in October 2023 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Panel member at Birmingham Food Revolution and Food System Strategy Launch Conference (MW) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Panel member at Birmingham Food Revolution and Food System Strategy Launch Conference |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Panel member for Birmingham City Council's Cost of Living Grant Programme (Affordable Food Models) (AS) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Dr Alexia Sawyer is a Panel member for Birmingham City Council's Cost of Living Grant Programme (Affordable Food Models) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Panel member for Birmingham City Council's Food Legends Funding programme (KP) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Kelly Parsons is a panel member for Birmingham City Council's Food Legends Funding programme, from March 2023 onwards |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Panel on the Westminter Food and Nutrition Forum on local food policy action (HB) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Speaker on the panel on the Westminter Food and Nutrition Forum on local food policy action. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Participant and Mandala rep in TUKFS Synergy Project on What is Transformation (KP) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Participant and Mandala rep in Transforming UK Food Systems Synergy Project on What is Transformation (Zurek, Fazey, Midgely). Report and paper forthcoming. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Participated in consultation workshop on Net Zero with Competition and Markets Authority (MW) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Prof Martin White participated in a consultation workshop on Net Zero with Competition and Markets Authority in December 2023 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Participation in BCC Food Strategy Action Group on Food Sourcing (KP) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Kelly Parsons participated in the BCC Food Strategy Action Group on Food Sourcing |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Participation in BCC Food Strategy Action Group on behaviour change (AS) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Dr Alexia Sawyer participated in the BCC Food Strategy Action Group on behaviour change |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Participation in BCC Food Strategy Action Group on food security and resilience (AS) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Dr Alexia Sawyer participated in the BCC Food Strategy Action Group on food security and resilience |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Participation in Birmingham City Council Commonwealth showcase event (MW) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Prof Martin White participated in the Birmingham City Council Commonwealth showcase event on Birmingham food system strategy held in July 2023 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Participation in Birmingham City Council Procurement Learning Exchange (KP) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Participation in Birmingham City Council Procurement Learning Exchange |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Participation in Birmingham City Council Procurement Learning Exchange (KP) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Kelly Parsons participated in Birmingham City Council's Procurement Learning Exchange in February 2023 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Participation in Defra engagement meeting on food insecurity (AS) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Dr Alexia Sawyer participated in the Defra engagement meeting on food insecurity |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Participation in Defra engagement meeting on food insecurity (AS) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Participation in Defra engagement meeting on food insecurity. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Participation in Defra-TUKFS Workshop on Procurement (KP) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Participation in Defra-Transforming UK Food Systems Workshop on Procurement. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Participation in Defra-TUKFS Workshop on Procurement (KP) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Kelly Parsons participated in the Defra-TUKFS Workshop on Procurement in September 2022 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Participation in Design Council panel on sustainability (AS) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Participation in Design Council panel on sustainability |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Participation in Design Council panel on sustainability (AS) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Dr Alexia Sawyer participated in the Design Council panel on sustainability |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Participation in the Birmingham Food System Strategy Action Groups |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Participation in the Birmingham Food System Strategy Action Groups |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| Description | Participation in the Birmingham Food System Strategy Action Groups |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The Mandala consortium participated in the Birmingham Food System Strategy Action Groups |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Participation in the Food Farming and Countryside Commission's National Food Conversation (KP) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Kelly Parsons participated in the Food Farming and Countryside Commission's National Food Conversation in June 2023 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Podbite on Hospital Menu Project |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Podbite on Hospital Menu Project for institutional catering. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| Description | Presentation at 15th International Conference on Knowledge Management and Information Systems 2023 (SM) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Soujanya Mantravadi presented 'IIoT-Enabled Digital Platform for Healthy Food Supply and Waste Reduction in Birmingham' at 15th International Conference on Knowledge Management and Information Systems KMIS, Rome, Italy held in November 2023 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.insticc.org/node/TechnicalProgram/IC3K/2023/presentationDetails/657 |
| Description | Presentation at Birmingham Food Provision Emergency Group (AS/RL) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Presentation at Birmingham Food Provision Emergency Group. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Presentation at Birmingham Food Provision Emergency Group (AS/RL) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Presentation at Birmingham Food Provision Emergency Group. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Presentation at Birmingham Food Provision Emergency Group 13 July 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Alexia Sawyer and Rachel Loopstra gave a presentation at the Birmingham Food Provision Emergency Group on 13th July 2023 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Presentation at Birmingham Food Provision Emergency Group 30 March 2023 (AS/RL) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Alexia Sawyer and Rachel Loopstra gave a presentation at the Birmingham Food Provision Emergency Group on 30th March 2023 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Presentation at Environmental and Agricultural Applied Statistics Network conference on impact modelling (ON) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Owen Nicholas presented at the Environmental and Agricultural Applied Statistics Network conference on impact modelling |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Presentation at LEAP conference on land use, food and biodiversity (ON) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Owen Nicholas presented at the LEAP conference on land use, food and biodiversity 2022 held in January 2023 (postponed due to RMT Union Strikes). His presentation was titled 'Online tool for representing biodiversity impacts of land use change in Great Britain: the case of exchanging meat for vegetables'. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.leap.ox.ac.uk/event/leap-conference-2022 |
| Description | Presentation at RSS conference on land use, food and biodiversity (ON) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Owen Nicholas presented at the RSS conference on land use, food and biodiversity |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://rss.org.uk/training-events/conference-2023/ |
| Description | Presentation at TUKFS ECR conference 2023 (SM) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Soujanya Mantravadi's presented the talk 'Designing Interventions in the Food Industry: Leveraging Information Systems for Public Health Outcomes'' at TUKFS ECR conference, York held in October 2023 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://ukfoodsystems.ukri.org/2023/11/28/tukfs-early-career-researcher-conference-takes-place-in-yo... |
| Description | Presentation at the annual meeting of the European Consortium for Political Research (KP) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Dr Kelly Parsons presented on 'Designing resilient urban food systems: an interdisciplinary-informed process for identifying optimal policy instruments', at a the annual meeting of the European Consortium for Political Research in September 2023 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Presentation of FSM CBA Analysis to the West Midlands Combined Authority (EF) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of Free School Meals cost bemnefit analysis to the West Midlands Combined Authority. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Presentation of UK biodiversity impact work at Cambridge GFS (TB) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Tom Ball gave a presentation of UK biodiversity impact work at Cambridge GFS in November 2023 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Presentation of UK biodiversity impact work at Cambridge Global Food Security (TB) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of UK biodiversity impact work at Cambridge Global Food Security. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Presentation of the FSM CBA analysis at the Transforming the UK Food System Conference (HB) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of the FSM CBA analysis at the Transforming the UK Food System Conference in the session on the research led policy making and findings dissemination. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| Description | Presentation on Mandala research as part of a panel on local food policy action at Gloucestershire's Sustainable Food Gathering (LP) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Presentation on Mandala research as part of a panel on local food policy action at Gloucestershire's Sustainable Food Gathering |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Presentation on the potential for public sector food procurement and Mandala experience (KP) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Kelly Parsons presented on the potential for public sector food procurement and Mandala experience, in conjunction with Sustainable Food Places, at Oxford Real Farming Conference in January 2024 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Presentation on the potential for public sector food procurement and Mandala experience at Oxford Real Farming Conference (KP) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation on the potential for public sector food procurement and Mandala experience, in conjunction with Sustainable Food Places, at Oxford Real Farming Conference. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Publicity for The Food Foundation - The State of the Nation's Food Industry report 2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | JA shared The Food Foundation State of the nation's food industryreport on LinkedIn, highlighting citation of research led by YH. Unit reposted JA LinkedIn post. JA LinkedIn post received 4 shares and 23 reactions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7264547004809146369 |
| Description | Regular attendance at monthly/bi-monthly BCC Emergency Food Group meetings (RL/AS) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Rachel Loopstra and Alexia Sawyer have been regularly attending the monthly/bi-monthly BCC Emergency Food Group meetings since October 2022 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022,2023,2024 |
| Description | Regular attendance at monthly/bi-monthly Birmingham City Council Emergency Food Group meetings (RL/AS) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Regular attendance at monthly/bi-monthly Birmingham City Council Emergency Food Group meetings. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022,2023,2024,2025 |
| Description | Regular meetings with Rosie Jenkins at Birmingham City Council (RL/AS) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Rachel Loopstra and Alexia Sawyer have been holding regular meetings (since September 2022) with Rosie Jenkins at Birmingham City Council to engage with actions related to BCC cost-of-living response |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022,2023,2024 |
| Description | Regular meetings with Rosie Jenkins at Birmingham City Council on cost-of-living response (RL/AS) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Regular meetings with Rosie Jenkins at Birmingham City Council to engage with actions related to BCC cost-of-living response. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022,2023,2024,2025 |
| Description | Regular meetings with The Active Wellbeing Society to discuss interventions in community sector in Birmingham (AS/RL) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Alexia Sawyer and Rachel Loopstra have been holding regular meetings with The Active Wellbeing Society to discuss interventions in community sector in Birmingham since January 2023 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Regular meetings with The Active Wellbeing Society to discuss interventions in community sector in Birmingham (AS/RL) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Regular meetings with The Active Wellbeing Society to discuss interventions in community sector in Birmingham. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023,2024,2025 |
| Description | Regular participation in bimonthly meeting: Creating a Healthy Food City Forum (Birmingham) (MW/KP/AS) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Prof Martin White and Drs Kelly Parsons and Alexia Sawyer regularly participate in the bimonthly meeting: Creating a Healthy Food City Forum (Birmingham). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Scoping meetings with intervention opportunities with Change Kitchen (AS/RL) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Alexia Sawyer and Rachel Loopstra held scoping meetings with intervention opportunities with Change Kitchen between May and August 2023 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Scoping meetings with intervention opportunities with Change Kitchen (AS/RL) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Scoping meetings with intervention opportunities with Change Kitchen. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Series of 1-2-1 interviews with expert stakeholders to inform model development (EF) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Emma Frew arranged a series of 1-2-1 interviews (n=15) with expert stakeholders to inform model development |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Speaker at Food Farming & Countryside Commission Birmingham Citizens Workshop 20 June 2023 (KP) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Kelly Parsons was a speaker at the Food Farming & Countryside Commission Birmingham Citizens Workshop for The Big Food Conversation, held on 20th June 2023 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Speaker at Food Farming & Countryside Commission Birmingham Citizens Workshop for The Big Food Conversation (KP) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Speaker at Food Farming & Countryside Commission Birmingham Citizens Workshop for The Big Food Conversation. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Statisical and modelling advice to GoodMine (ON) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Statisical and modelling advice to GoodMine |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Statisical and modelling advice to MadLeap (ON) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Statisical and modelling advice to MadLeap |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Statistical and modelling advice to GoodMine (ON) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Owen Nicholas has provided Statistical and modelling advice to GoodMine since January 2024 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.goodmine.co.uk/ |
| Description | Statistical and modelling advice to MadLeap (ON) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Owen Nicholas has provided statistical and modelling advice to MadLeap beginning January 2024 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.madleap.co.uk/ |
| Description | Surplus Food sorting and redistribution Intervention 2nd co-design workshop with The Active Wellbeing Society (RL) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Surplus Food sorting and redistribution Intervention 2nd co-design workshop with The Active Wellbeing Society. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Surplus Food sorting and redistribution Intervention co-design workshop with The Active Wellbeing Society (RL/AS) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Surplus Food sorting and redistribution Intervention co-design workshop with The Active Wellbeing Society (TAWS). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Surplus Food sorting and redistribution Intervention co-design workshop with The Active Wellbeing Society (TAWS) (RL/AS) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Rachel Loopstra and Alexia Sawyer delivered a Surplus Food sorting and redistribution Intervention co-design workshop with The Active Wellbeing Society (TAWS) in 2023. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Sustainable Food Places - Mandala Update on Activities (KP) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Sustainable Food Places - Mandala Update on Activities |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Sustainable Food Places-Mandala Update on Activities (KP) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Kelly Parsons was invited to provide an update on the Mandala project's activities to the Sustainable Food Places, in October 2022 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Symposium at ISBNPA Annual Congress 2023 (MW/AS) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Prof Martin White and Dr Alexia Sawyer presented at the symposium at the 2023 ISBNPA Annual Congress, Uppsala: The methodological challenges of understanding and transforming systems to promote healthier dietary and physical activity behaviours: lessons from the LIKE and Mandala programmes |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Table article - When worlds collide: Exploring tensions in co-producing food system transformations with communities and industry |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Blog article published in TABLE magazine on coproducing food system transformations with a transdisciplinary approach and tensions with industry. Collaborated with participatory researcher from TUKFS project. Article title: When worlds collide: Exploring tensions in co-producing food system transformations with communities and industry |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.tabledebates.org/essays/when-worlds-collide |
| Description | Talk on Food System Interventions at Global Food Security IRC Annual Conference, University of Cambridge (MW) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Prof Martin White gave a talk on Food System Interventions at Global Food Security IRC Annual Conference, University of Cambridge in July 2023 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Transformation Solution Bank Synergy Project presentation at TUKFS annual meeting (AB/KP) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Andrew Bladon and Kelly Parsons presented at the TUKFS annual meeting, discussing the Transformation Solution Bank Synergy Project, in November 2023 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Transformation Solution Bank Synergy Project presentation at TUKFS annual meeting (AB/KP) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Transformation Solution Bank Synergy Project presentation at Transforming UK Food Systems annual meeting |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Transformation Solution Bank Synergy Project workshop with other TUKFS projects and external collaborators (AB/KP) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Transformation Solution Bank Synergy Project workshop with other Transforming UK Food Systems projects and external collaborators |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Transformation Solution Bank Synergy Project workshop with other TUKFS projects and external collaborators (AB/KP) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Andrew Bladon and Kelly Parsons contributed to the Transformation Solution Bank Synergy Project workshop with other TUKFS projects and external collaborators in October 2023 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Two day stakeholder engagement event in Birmingham |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Those involved in the Mandala consortium held a two day stakeholder engagement event in Birmingham in 2021 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | UKRI food loss and circular economy engagement event (ON) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | UKRI food loss and circular economy engagement event |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.ukri.org/events/food-loss-and-waste-and-beyond-towards-a-circular-economy/ |
| Description | UKRI food loss and circular economy engagement event (ON) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Owen Nicholas attended the UKRI food loss and circular economy engagement event held in November 2023. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.ukri.org/events/food-loss-and-waste-and-beyond-towards-a-circular-economy/ |
| Description | University of Cambridge Mind Over Chatter podcast (TB) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | In the University of Cambridge Mind Over Chatter podcast "Obesity: the gene-environment debate" Dr Thomas Burgoine discussed how "zoning" to keep fast food outlets away from schools could make a difference in conversation on with clinician and scientist Prof Sadaf Farooqi and health psychologist Prof Theresa Marteau. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://mind-over-chatter.captivate.fm/episode/obesity-the-gene-environment-debate/ |
| Description | Workshop on local authority responses to support food aid in communities (RL/AS) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Workshop on local authority responses to support food aid in communities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Workshop on local authority responses to support food aid in communities (RL/AS) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Rachel Loopstra and Alexia Sawyer delivered a Workshop on local authority responses to support food aid in communities on 13 November 2023 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Workshop with Impact on Urban Health (MW) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Prof Martin White helped deliver a workshop with Impact on Urban health to develop Theory of Change on Universal Free School Meals for the Greater London Authority |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Workshop with Impact on Urban health to develop Theory of Change on Universal Free School Meals for the Greater London Authority (MW) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Workshop with Impact on Urban health to develop Theory of Change on Universal Free School Meals for the Greater London Authority. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |