1. Background

The Local Strategic Context
This is a 16 page briefing paper which looks at the variety of initiatives and partnerships currently going on in Manchester and beyond:
• The Food Futures Strategy and the Joint Health Unit
• The Community Strategy, Manchester Partnership and the Community Network For Manchester (CN4M)
• The Health Inequalities Pool and Manchester Alliance For Community Care (MACC)
• The Manchester Community Engagement Strategy
• The Green City Manchester initiative
• Other environmental campaigns and strategies

The Local & Global Context
A short report produced by Burnley Food Links. which discusses food security issues within the global context, with reference to 'drivers of change', including peaking oil supplies, climate change, and continued population growth. Thanks for Burnley Food Links for kind permission to reproduce the report.