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We collect good surplus food and share it with local community groups to stop it going to waste. This protects the environment and creates food smiles across Shrewsbury. Your donation will help keep our van and depot operating, rescuing 150 tonnes of good food - enough for 350,000 meals.

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  • Community Support & Development Community Support & Development
  • Environment/Conservation Environment/​Conservation
  • Beneficiaries

    • General Public/Humankind General Public/​Humankind

    Situation

    An astounding 1/3 of food is wasted in the UK - enough to feed the entire UK population 3 meals a day for 11 weeks. This waste contributes 8% of the UK’s carbon footprint and puts pressure on nature. Land area the size of Wales is needed to grow the food we waste. Stopping food waste could mean more land available for biodiverse ecosystems.

    Solution

    We collect good surplus food and share it with local community groups to stop it going to waste. Our 130 trained volunteers collect food from supermarkets, suppliers and farms 7 days a week. This fruit, veg, bakery, dairy, meat and ready meals is shared between our 50 partner groups to provide snacks, meals and food for people to take home, reaching 3000 people each week. We share food waste reduction messaging to bust the myths about food dates, storage and freezing to make food last longer.

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    100%
    Categories

  • Community Support & Development Community Support & Development
  • Environment/Conservation Environment/​Conservation
  • Beneficiaries

    • General Public/Humankind General Public/​Humankind