Nourish the Nation Summer Food and Activity Programme
Funding
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Deadline
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Location
Scotland
Applications
Rolling applications
Overview
Sainsbury's Nourish the Nation programme helps tackle food poverty in Scotland. It works with Comic Relief to increase access to holiday food and activity schemes for children. The programme focuses on providing balanced, nutritional, and sustainable food. It aims to help both immediate needs and future food security. Applications appear to be accepted on a rolling basis. The exact funding amounts are not specified. You can apply if you run holiday food and activity schemes for children in Scotland.
Requirements to check
Key requirements:
- Must run holiday food and activity schemes for children
This summary may not include every exclusion. Check the full eligibility rules, including who and what the funder will not support.
This grant is for organisations in Scotland that run holiday food and activity schemes for children. You should apply if you work to tackle food poverty and provide nutritional food during school holidays. The programme focuses on helping children access balanced meals when schools are closed.
Regions
Foundation Scotland distributes funds on behalf of other funders and donors. These figures cover awards across all funds they administer.
Awards published
8,598
Typical award
£1,500
Most awards
£500 to £5,000
Most funded region
Scotland
3,547 awards in 2025, up from 2,326 the year before.
Recent awards include Time To Heal (£5,000, 2025), Glenrothes & District Foodbank Community Project (£4,700, 2025) and Heathhall Community Council (£4,000, 2025).
Contains data from 360Giving publishers, used under open licence.
Full details from Foundation Scotland
Sainsbury's Nourish the Nation programme, in partnership with Comic Relief, aims to tackle food poverty by helping people access the balanced, nutritional, and sustainable food they need, right now and in the future by increasing access to holiday food and activity schemes for children.
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