Commission opportunity: food and nature project with Disabled people
We would like to commission a local organisation to deliver a project on the theme of nature and/or food as part of the new Climate and Disability strand of the Community Climate Action Project. The total commission fee is £50,000 to cover everything involved in the delivery of a one-year project between October 2024 – October 2025.
The Climate and Disability programme supports Bristol’s commitment to a just transition by working directly with Disabled people on local action on climate change. There are various strands of the Climate and Disability programme and this commission is specifically focused on the themes of nature and food.
Aims of the commission
- Deliver an engaging project on the theme of nature and/or food which involves or is led by members of Bristol’s community of Disabled people,
- Help champion and take action on the nature and/or food priorities in the community climate action plan of Bristol’s community of Disabled people
- Involve Bristol’s community of Disabled people in taking action on food and nature priorities
- Deliver activities which bring wider social benefits to Disabled people through climate and nature action (e.g. reducing social isolation, increasing community connection and wellbeing)
- Deliver a project which brings positive biodiversity/carbon impacts
- Support the aims of the One City Ecological Emergency Strategy
Example projects
Some examples of projects that could help to achieve the food and nature priorities in the community climate action plan of Bristol’s community of Disabled people are:
- A community growing project which teaches Disabled people to grow their own food in accessible ways
- A fully accessible community garden that aims to connect Disabled people with nature and improve their wellbeing
- A project which gives greater access to food / lowers food poverty / increases food production / cookery skills
- A nature access project which creates an accessible woodland space in Bristol for Disabled people to enjoy
- A project that lowers food waste by delivering food from allotments or shops to Disabled people and supports them with cooking it
- A parks and green space project which increases accessibility and increases biodiversity in the space
- A pay-it-forward, packaging-free food service that delivers sustainable food to Disabled people’s doors
Eligibility and how to apply
This commission is open to not-for-profit organisations in Bristol who are a Disabled Person’s Organisation (DPO), and organisations working in collaboration with a DPO or currently delivering work with Bristol’s community of Disabled people. For full eligibility criteria please read the commission brief.
We can accept applications via the expression of interest form or a video or audio response to the questions listed in the form. The deadline for submissions is 9am on Monday 16 September 2024. For full details on how to apply, the selection process and timeline please read the commission brief.
If you have further questions after reading the brief and expression of interest form, please email contact@bristolclimatenature.org
Find out more about the Climate and Disability Programme
This commission is supported by The National Lottery Community Fund as part of the Community Climate Action Project.
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