This award recognises initiatives focusing on healthy and sustainable food including: improving access to affordable food of a high nutritional quality; access to fresh food; building capacity to access food in communities; promotion of healthier food within settings; and sustainable food production. This award was sponsored by Food Standards Agency in Northern Ireland. The lead judge was Chris Bennett, The Dock Church and Cafe, Titanic Quarter, Belfast.

Winner: Belfast Food Swop

Highly Commended: Sustaining Health and Growth - Fleming Fulton School

Also Highly Commended: Suffolk Community Garden Health and Wellbeing Programme - Suffolk Community Forum