Food redistribution- fareshare

05 June 2013

FareShare has been operating since 2004 as an independent charity and today has 14 locations around the UK. Established in 1994 as a project within the homelessness charity Crisis, FareShare aims to help vulnerable groups, whether they are homeless, elderly, children, or other groups in food poverty within our communities. FareShare helps the environment: by the redistribution of food by FareShare minimises surplus food going to landfill. This redistribution of food helped businesses reduce CO2 emissions by 12,600 tonnes in 2009/10. The way of working is focused on: providing quality food - surplus ‘fit for purpose’ product from the food and drink industry - to organisations working with disadvantaged people in the community, providing training and education around the essential life skills of safe food preparation and nutrition, and warehouse employability training through FareShare’s ‘Eat Well Live Well’ programme and promoting the message that ‘No Good Food Should Be Wasted’.

For more information: www.fareshare.org.uk; enquiries@fareshare.org.uk

General data

Country	UK
RA/LA	Indipendent charity organisation
Population	61.792.000 (UK)
Waste generated (kg/inh/y)	Biowaste 205 (2010) UK

Waste prevention activity data

Waste flow	Bio-waste : Food waste
Strategy	Act against food waste
Scale	Roll out
Year(s) of tde project development	2004
Participation target	100.000 vulnarable people - 6.000 volunteers - 2.200 community organisations and charities
Waste reduction target	Redistribute 20.000 tonnes of food per year
Participation rate	500 community organizations across the UK receive FareShare food, training and advice- 25.000 people benefit from the FareShare service every day
Waste quantities reduced	(2008) - FareShare food contributes towards 4.6 million meals for vulnerable people a year (2008) – 10.500 tonnes of food redistributed
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