Fighting hunger & tackling food waste
72
Active volunteers
1100
Tonnes of food redistributed per year
257
Charities and Community groups across Yorkshire
2.3 million
Meals provided in the last year
How we fight hunger and food waste
We save good food from going to waste…
Hundreds of tonnes from the food industry.
redistribute it around Yorkshire…
From Harrogate to Sheffield and Halifax to Doncaster.
to charities, schools and community groups…
over 257 of them including children's breakfast clubs, homeless shelters and refuges.
…who turn it into meals for vulnerable people
Last year we redistributed enough food for over 2,300,000 meals.
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270,000 tonnes of perfectly edible food gets wasted by the food industry each year.
That’s enough for nearly 650,000,000 meals
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Would you be able to drive one of our refrigerated vans one morning a week? You’d take surplus food from either our Leeds or Barnsley warehouses to vital frontline organisations one by one with the help of a driver’s mate: enough food for 2,300 meals in one run. Please email jonathanwilliams@fareshareyorkshire.org for details #surpluswithpurpose
So far in 2019 our team has redistributed 719 tonnes of quality surplus food - the exact same amount we redistributed in the whole of 2018! Thank you to all of our volunteers, supporters and strategic partners for making this possible.
This week we have been getting super creative with our Dance & Health Facilitator @Amy_DAZL at @NewWortleyCC @NewWortley part of our #HealthyHolidays #HAF2019 @LeedsCommFound with food provided from @FareShareYorks we can’t thank you all enough! So many happy faces @Child_Leeds
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Brilliant start to our Eat on the street session !!!
Young people doing arts and crafts and playing football.
Food ready to be distributed to the community!!!
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Did you manage to catch our CEO and the fantastic team from AdAstra on @BBCSheffield this morning talking about the fantastic #barnsleyhealthyholidays programme. Keep listening through the day to listen again @GoodfoodBarns @FareShareUK #ActiveAte
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