OUR CURRENT GRANTS
Nutritank - £155,000 over three years
Since 2019 AIM has been funding the work of Nutritank, a community interest company founded in 2016 by two trailblazing medical students who wanted to address the lack of education & awareness around nutrition and lifestyle medicine.
Today Nutritank provides a range of accessible & free resources for medics and other health professionals, on various topics around nutrition and lifestyle medicine, including exercise, sleep and mental wellbeing. They also operate at a grassroots level in over 65% of medical schools in the UK. The NWF is supporting Nutritank’s core costs, which is helping them to scale their work.
Institute of Health Visiting (iHV) - £120,000 over three years
AIM started funding iHV’s work back in in 2018, recognising the importance of their Healthy Weight, Healthy Nutrition training programme - an evidence-based, holistic approach to upskill health practitioners to be confident in having conversations with families around healthy nutrition (from the pre-conception period onwards), physical activity and oral health – all of which are significant contributors to healthy weight.
In April 2023, a further three year grant was awarded to iHV. This is helping to build on the success of their programme, by developing and embedding the principles of effective practice, and recruiting new Champions and Ambassadors.
Culinary Medicine UK - £120,000 over three years
Culinary Medicine UK CIC is a non-profit organisation aiming to empower health professionals to talk confidently about food in medicine, by combining nutrition science with hands on cooking and culinary skills. There aim is to promote “sustainable, affordable, equitable and healthy food for all” and their flagship online course has been accessed by thousands of health professionals.
This latest core funding grant is the fourth awarded by AIM/NWF, and it will help support the further development of CMUK’s programmes.
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School Food Matters - £100,000 over two years
School Food Matters exists to teach children about food and to improve access to healthy, sustainable food during their time at school.​
AIM originally funded School Food Matters ‘s project, Young Marketeers in 2021, giving children the opportunity to experience growing fresh fruit and vegetables and developing their skills by selling their produce at the London Borough Market.
AIM’s funding also contributed to a pilot programme of to improve the food offered in London schools’ breakfast and after school clubs, and helping schools to develop and implement school food policies putting children’s health first.
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Our latest grant awarded in 2023 is towards their Healthy Zones Programme, which is supporting more London schools to adopt a whole school approach to healthier eating
Sustain (Children’s Food Campaign) - £95,000 over three years
Sustain is an alliance of organisations and communities working together for better food, farming, and fishing. They advocate for food and agriculture policies and practices that have the health and welfare of people and animals at their centre.
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Since 2021 AIM has been supporting Sustains Children’s Food Campaign for universal healthy free school meal provision in England. Working closely working with partners (#Feedthe Future campaign, Soil Association), and using strong evidence, the government has been reluctant to change policy in this area so far.
First Steps Nutrition Trust – £120,000 over three years
​First State Nutrition Trust was founded in 2011 in response to concerns around a pervasive shortage of evidence-based, independent information and resources on eating well in pregnancy and early years.
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​First Steps plays a unique role in the UK early years food/nutrition landscape, working closely with many of NWF's other grant holders to support good nutrition from conception to age five.
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​In March 2024 the NWF Trustees awarded First Steps a three-year grant to support their practical and policy work.