Eat it up fund
Hubbub has launched a £200,000 fund to support innovative ideas to tackle food waste. Supported by Starbucks, we’re offering grants of up to £40,000.
We're ready to back initiatives that do one or more of the following:
Address pre-farmgate waste
Prevent food from being wasted at the manufacturing and processing stage
Minimise food waste from retailers
Find creative ways to use surplus food in communities or at home
We can support ideas that are ready to test, or concepts that have been tested and are ready to progress further.
Our wider aims are to make a positive impact on our environment and communities.
Who can apply
The fund is open to any organisation that can prove they are an officially constituted body, registered in the UK. We anticipate that most applications will be from:
Registered charities including charitable incorporated organisations and not for profit companies
Social enterprises
Community Interest Companies
Schools, universities and colleges
Local authorities
Micro and small businesses with a clear social purpose (less than 50 employees and an annual turnover under £10 million)
Restrictions
Who can’t apply?
Organisations not registered in the UK
Initiatives not delivered in the UK
Businesses that do not match the criteria of micro and small businesses with a clear social purpose (less than 50 employees and an annual turnover under £10 million
How to apply
How does the application process work?
You submit an expression of interest, which will be assessed by Hubbub staff.
We’ll contact you if we’d like you to submit a full application.
Full applications will be assessed by Hubbub staff who will recommend a shortlist of applications for a grant panel to consider.
The grant panel will select the successful applicants from this shortlist to receive funding.
Unsuccessful full applicants will be offered short written feedback.
Successful applicants will be notified of their offer of a grant and will be sent a grant offer letter and full terms and conditions to agree to.
Funding timeline:
Open for expressions of interest: 9am, Monday 19th June 2023
Deadline for expressions of interest: 5pm, Friday 21st July 2023
Open for full applications (those invited to apply): 9am, Monday 14th August 2023
Deadline for full applications: 5pm, Friday 22nd September 2023
Successful applicants informed: October 2023
Winners announced publicly: End of 2023