Following the success of its first year, environmental charity Hubbub has announced its Eat It Up Fund is now open for 2024 applications. Launched in 2023, the fund is aimed at innovators with creative solutions to tackle food waste.
The fund is looking for six projects that will each be awarded with £60,000 to develop their ideas over a 12-month period.
The latest figures from WRAP show that 25-30% of food produced globally is lost or wasted, contributing to 8-10% of total man-made greenhouse gas emissions. In the UK, 10.7 million tonnes of food are wasted each year by UK households, food service, food manufacturers, retailers and farming.
The Eat It Up Fund is aimed at innovators with creative solutions to tackle edible food waste and applicants for the Eat It Up Fund can now submit an expression of interest. The fund is open to UK registered organisations including charities, social enterprises, Community Interest Companies, schools, universities and colleges, local authorities and micro/small businesses with a clear social purpose.
Mark Breen, Senior Creative Partner at Hubbub said: “Last year we saw a great appetite for the Eat It Up Fund from some very inspiring projects. This year we’re hungry to go even further to address edible food waste. The Eat It Up Fund is a fantastic opportunity for innovators with new concepts that are ready to test or existing ideas looking to expand, to fast track to the next stage in their development.”
