The Northampton Town Football Club Community Trust is part of a groundbreaking campaign to reduce food waste, in partnership with Final Third and Planet League.

The aim of the Cobblers Tackle Food Waste project is to use the power of football to bring together the people of Northamptonshire and reduce food waste throughout the county.

The Community Trust will encourage football fans, schools, businesses, community groups and everyone in the wider Northants community to tackle food waste in innovative ways. Challenges include turning leftovers into delicious new meals and transforming vegetable peelings into crisps.

Follow these simple steps to get involved and help reduce food waste in your local community.

Visit cobblerstackle.co.uk.

Sign-up and create a team.

Select your school or business as your ‘Community’.

Complete activities to tackle food waste, score goals for your Community and climb the Cobblers Tackle Food Waste league table between 17th June and 7th July.

There are some amazing prizes to win in the Cobblers Tackle Food Waste Cup:
• Most green goals scored – Ultimate matchday experience (meet the manager and players and get a great seat) for you and a guest
• Complete a 10-day scoring streak – Enter a prize draw to win a signed men’s first team shirt or a women’s first team shirt
• Complete the survey – Enter a prize draw to win 2 tickets to an EFL League match during the 2024/25 season
• Score at least one green goal – Prize draw to win a Clarence the Dragon toy (5 winners)

Business prizes:
• Top scoring business – Hospitality tickets for 4 to an EFL match
• 10 or more participants – Sign up 10 of more participants to your community group and enter a prize draw to win a player visit to your business
• 10 or more participants – Sign up 10 of more participants to your community group and enter a prize draw to win a Staff sustainability workshop from Final Third

Cobblers Tackle Food Waste is supported by the Eat It Up Fund, an initiative created by environmental charity Hubbub, designed to find creative solutions to reduce food waste.

The project stood-out amongst over 750 applications, and its innovative approach and potential for community engagement shows its promise to make a real difference by tackling food waste in Northants.

For more information about the Eat It Up Fund, please visit eatitupfund.org.uk.