The Eat it Up Fund is a new £200,000 fund provided by Starbucks (with the money coming from Starbucks 5p cup charge) in partnership with Hubbub Foundation UK, which is an environmental charity.

Objectives of Fund

This new grant fund is aimed at finding and supporting creative approaches to reducing food waste.

The fund will support UK-registered organisations with an early-stage food waste project with potential for impact at scale.

The funding is for initiatives that do one or more of the following:

Address pre-farmgate waste (the food production process up to the point where the products have been harvested and prepared as produce for sale).
Prevent food from being wasted at the manufacturing and processing stage.
Minimise food waste from retailers.
Find creative ways to use surplus food in communities or at home.

The fund can support ideas that are ready to test or concepts that have been tested and are ready to progress further.

A total of £200,000 is available with grants of up to £40,000.

The grant must be used within one year of funding being awarded.

Who Can Apply

Applications will be accepted from any organisation that can prove they are an officially constituted body registered in the UK.

This includes:

Registered charities, including charitable incorporated organisations and not-for-profit companies
Social enterprises
Community Interest Companies
Schools, universities and colleges
Local authorities
Micro and small businesses with a clear social purpose (less than 50 employees and an annual turnover under £10 million)

Applications from a collaboration of organisations are welcomed as long as the lead organisation is one of the types of organisations listed above.

The fund’s terms and conditions, frequently asked questions, and Expression of Interest form can be found on the Eat it Up Fund website.

A Q&A webinar will be held on 3 July 2023 (10.30 am to 11.15 am). Registration is required for this Zoom session.

There is a two-stage application process.

Stage one is to complete an Expression of Interest form. The deadline for EoIs is 21 July 2023 (5 pm).
Stage two is only open to those organisations who are invited to apply. Full applications will be accepted from 14 August 2023 to 22 September 2023.

Successful applicants will be informed in October 2023, and the winners will be announced publicly at the end of 2023.

For more information and to apply, please visit Eat It Up Fund | Hubbub x Starbucks