Grants starting at £20,000 for food redistribution charities to help strengthen links between farms and charities to help ensure food surplus on farms goes to people in need.
Every year, an estimated 330,000 tonnes of edible food is either wasted or repurposed as animal feed before leaving farm gates.
Applicants can submit bids outlining how they intend to form relationships with farmers to access any surplus food and how they would seek to increase their capacity to redistribute this food to communities.
The funding can go towards purchasing new packaging and labelling equipment and vehicles to move goods from farms to a redistribution organisation, as well as new equipment, like fridges or freezers, to safely store food and ensure it lasts longer.
The fund is open to food redistribution charities and any groups with an interest are encouraged to apply.
Applications can be submitted online until 11:55am on 13 March 2025.