Fighting hunger & tackling food waste
How we fight hunger and food waste
We save good food from going to waste…
Thousands of tonnes from the food industry.
redistribute it around Yorkshire…
From York to Sheffield and Halifax to Doncaster.
to charities, schools and community groups…
over 280 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 2,800,000 meals.
Latest news from Yorkshire
Our volunteers have been shortlisted for an award in recognition of their amazing efforts in our Barnsley warehouse. BBC Radio Sheffield and South Yorkshire …
We are delighted to announce that FareShare Yorkshire has been shortlisted twice at the 2019 Barnsley & Rotherham Business Awards. We have been shortlisted …
Monday 16th July 2018 WRAP, the government’s waste advisory body has awarded us the largest grant in our history to trial an innovation designed …
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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I back @CommonsEFRA’s call to continue funding charities such as @FareShareUK to do the important work of redistributing surplus food, but the Govt must do more to address the underlying causes of food insecurity. No one should have to rely on food aid. https://houseofcommons.shorthandstories.com/EFRA-covid19-food-supply/index.html
Another great day delivering food parcels for Leeds 10 & LS11 thank you to @LeedsCommFound @FareShareYorks and our wonderful volunteers. This has been so vital and important for these families #HHLeedsCovid19
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A fine collection to celebrate on #YorkshireDay but also adding a few of my own: @FareShareYorks @LeedsZarach and my lovely family. Proud to be Yorkshire born and bred - with a couple of honorary members. You'll do. https://twitter.com/YorkshireSlang/status/1289446215004721153