For Environmenstrual Day 2023 Wen is urgently calling for a Menstrual Health, Dignity and Sustainability Act (MHDS) in the UK.
Author Archives: heidi
Climate Crisis, Food
FOOD DIARIES – LEARNING HOW THE FOOD SYSTEM AND POLICY SHAPES WHAT AND HOW WE EAT
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Jul
Jul
Read about “Food Lives Tower Hamlets” a new programme focussing on the importance of history, culture and heritage on our food habits.
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Read about “Food Lives Tower Hamlets” a new programme focussing on the importance of history, culture and heritage on our food habits.
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Jul
Jul
Read our letter to the Women’s Health Ambassador calling for the Womens Health Strategy to address exposure to toxic chemicals as a compounding relating risk factor when it comes to women’s health.
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Jun
Jun
Find out what we have been up to at Limborough Community Food Hub and Garden.
Food, Limborough Food Hub, Project
GARDENING TOGETHER AT LIMBOROUGH – TIPS AND IDEAS FROM OUR WORKSHOPS
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Jun
Jun
Read about our gardening workshops at Limborough community garden – which have included: how to manage pests, how to care for your tools, wildflowers and pollinators and rainwater collection.
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May
May
Take part in our Green Baby survey – by answering a few questions you will be entered in to a prize draw to win a bundle of nine products from Weleda’s Skin Food range.
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May
May
Last week was a very productive week at Limborough Community Food Hub and our calendar was packed! So what did we do? Monday 25th April Our usual lovely family from the QSA Cook Up sessions came in on Monday to make some delicious food. We were treated to an array of Syrian dishes, including the…
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May
May
Wen is excited to have secured a grant from City Bridge Trust, through the Propel initiative. The three year funding, which started in April 2023, will enable Wen to continue its successful Climate Sisters programme – giving the opportunity to over 100 women in East London to take part in the Feminist Climate Leadership programme.…
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Food production, consumption and preparation is highly gendered, so taking an intersectional feminist approach is crucial for working towards a just food and climate transition. The Food Policy Paper, published later in 2023, is part of a Feminist Green New Deal policy paper series and final report which outline key policy recommendations needed to create…