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FareShare South West is raising funds to ensure that children and families in the South West do not go without food this Christmas. Working with over 400 local charities, schools and community groups to ensure we reach the most vulnerable in our communities with surplus, healthy, festive food.
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Situation
UK poverty rates are at their highest levels on record, with an additional 700,000 people being plunged into poverty as a result of the economic crisis created by the Covid pandemic. Many families who have never need help before, will this Christmas find themselves struggling to make ends meet. In the UK each year, 250,000 tonnes of high-quality, in-date surplus food goes to waste, whilst thousands of families are facing unprecedented levels of food insecurity.
Solution
FareShare South West, an independent part of the FareShare UK network is the largest food redistribution charityin the region, and we work with front-line charities, schools and community groups to ensure surplus food reaches those that need it most in our communities. This Christmas, our food will supply food banks, provide hot meals at homeless shelters, help combat isolation at lunch clubs for the elderly, provide nutritious meals at children’s Breakfast Clubs and create festive food parcels for families in crisis.
