Hubbub and Starbucks: Eat it Up Fund

6 one-off revenue and capital grants of up to £60,000 are available to a wide range of UK organisations, including registered charities, Community Interest Companies, local authorities and schools, for innovative food waste projects in the UK that have the ability to scale up. Partnership application are welcomed.

Who can apply: UK registered charities, Community Interest Companies (CICs), other forms of social enterprise, local authorities, schools, colleges, universities, micro and small businesses with a social purpose. Partnership applications are welcomed.

Key words: Food Waste, Pre-farmgate Waste, Surplus Food, Innovative Solutions, United Kingdom.

Following a successful launch of the Eat it Up Fund in 2023 (the 6 funded projects can be viewed on the Hubbub website), the programme is available in 2024 to support innovative ideas to tackle food waste in the UK. The scheme is a partnership grant programme from the Hubbub Foundation UK and speciality coffee business, Starbucks, which has 32,000 retail outlets in 80 countries across the world.