FSA Wales Awards for Food Action Locally
Food Standards Agency Wales runs the annual Awards for Food Action Locally (AFAL) scheme to recognise individual or team contributions to local nutrition initiatives that have made a positive impact on the diet or eating habits of residents in the communities where they work.
Launched in December 2003, the awards have provided excellent opportunities to highlight the good practice demonstrated by the winners and runners-up, and have been a real motivator for others wanting to undertake similar activities. To date more than 270 nominations have been received from local communities who are actively tackling diet and nutrition issues across Wales.
The award scheme has also allowed FSA Wales to build up a more complete picture of the community food projects that exist across Wales. All nominated projects from the previous two years of the scheme form the heart of a searchable database on the 'Physical Activity and Nutrition Networks for Wales' website.
How AFAL works
The awards are open to all individuals or organisations whose work aims to improve the diet of their local community in Wales. This covers key players across all sectors including community and voluntary workers, those in education, caterers, retailers and food producers, and Local Authorities and Health Boards who are working to make an impact at the community level.
Entries are by completion of a nomination form and are judged by an independent selection panel.
Awards will be presented to the five projects considered to make the most significant contribution to improving diet in their community, with five runners-up awards also being awarded. Winners will receive £2,000 for investment into their initiative and runners up will receive £1,000. All ten initiatives will also be presented with an engraved prize and a certificate.
Details of previous winners and summaries of all the nominated projects available from the links below.
Further information
To find out more about the scheme, contact Anna Coote on 02920 678912 or email: nutritionstrategywales@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
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AFAL awards 2008/09
Details of the sixth annual awards
AFAL awards 2007/08
Details of the fifth annual awards
AFAL awards 2006/07
Details of the fourth annual awards
AFAL awards 2005/06
Details of the third AFAL awards
AFAL awards 2004/05
Details of the second AFAL awards nominees and winners.
AFAL awards 2003/04
Details of the first AFAL awards nominees and winners.