Soil Association and Food For Life funding: FOI release

Information requested

1. How much funding has been given to soil association and food for life in this year and the past 3 years?
2. Will the funding be given to them next year?
3. A list of what councils are part of the scheme.

Response

1. For this financial year and the past 3 financial years, the Scottish Government has provided the Soil Association a total of £1,770,000 in funding for the Food for Life programme. A breakdown of funding for the relevant financial years is as follows:

Financial Year	Amount
2020/21	£400,000
2021/22	£400,000
2022/23	£480,000
2023/24	£490,000
Total	£1,770,000

2. No decisions on future years funding have yet been taken

3. A list of councils participating in the Food for Life programme is publicly available on the Soil Association website and can be accessed via the following link:

Our award holders | Food For Life Served Here (soilassociation.org)

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