Membership Agreement
As a Community Interest Company we are here to benefit our community and invite you to join us.
Membership is open to anyone based in Dumfries & Galloway or further afield with an interest in the Galloway Food Hub. Whether you are a customer, a supporter, a business or an organisation if you are interested in our work and would like to join a group of people who are passionate about real food, produced sustainably from the land around us, we’d love you to join us!
Please read the members agreement below and select the ‘Join Now’ button to apply for membership.
Objectives of Galloway Food Hub C.I.C.
(Full details can be found in the Articles of Association section 3 at Companies House)
- Improve the availability and accessibility of locally produced, sustainable food, providing a marketplace for, and increasing the resilience of, local producers and rural communities.
- Promote and communicate the benefits of nature-friendly, regenerative farming and sustainable food production.
- Support a good food culture where people have a better understanding of where their food comes from, and have improved opportunities to produce, share, cook and eat their own food.
- Work cooperatively with other organisations to bring more land into small-scale agroecological production.
- Help to grow the good food economy by supporting business development, job creation and volunteering opportunities.
Membership Agreement
- Membership is free for both individuals and organisations.
- Members are required to complete the application form electronically or request a paper copy by calling 07587122151.
- Membership lasts for as long as the Galloway Food Hub is trading as a community interest company.
- Membership can be ended at any time by written notice to hello@gallowayfoodhub.org.uk
- All members will be invited to attend our Annual General Meeting and will be able to vote on matters arising.
- Members are expected to positively promote the work and benefits of supporting and purchasing local good food from the Galloway Food Hub.
- Members are welcomed to offer any skills or time they may have for volunteering for the Galloway Food Hub.
- The Galloway Food Hub is run by a board of directors who are selected from the membership.
- Any issues can be taken to the board for their consideration and their decision is final.
- Any person or organisation found to be breaching the support expected from a member may have their application terminated by the board.
- Your data is protected by GDPR and will not be shared with any other members or third parties.
- Under section 8.1 of the company articles, should there be any debts outstanding once the company ceases trading, members would be liable to contribute up to a maximum of £1 towards costs.
- Members support our Purpose, Mission and Vision which are detailed below:
Purpose, Mission and Vision
Our purpose is to enhance the local food system by creating change at a local level to increase community resilience, improve small producers’ livelihoods and decrease climate damaging impact.
Our mission is to be a social enterprise, led by local producers, enriching and educating rural communities. Improving access of good food from producers to consumers through a local and low climate impact, online supply chain. Creating climate friendly local jobs and volunteering opportunities.
Our Vision: Local, sustainable nourishing food for everyone in Dumfries and Galloway.