Networks and Awards

Organisations that we actively support or contribute to include:

  • Barnsley Foodbank Partnership
  • Calderdale Food Poverty Forum
  • End Hunger UK
  • Fair Food Futures
  • Feeding Britain
  • FixOurFood Commission
  • Good Food Barnsley Partnership Steering Group
  • Leeds City Council Financial Inclusion Steering Group
  • Leeds Community Foundation Healthy Holidays Funding Panel
  • Leeds Food Aid Network
  • Leeds Food Partnership
  • Rotherham Food in Crisis
  • Sustainable Cities
  • SSELP
  • Wakefield Food Aid Network
  • West Yorkshire Food Poverty Network

Awards that we have received include:

2015

  • Corporate Awards for Excellence 2015 – Partner of the Year
  • Leeds City Council Citizens & Communities Awards for Excellence 2015 – Partner of the Year

2016

  • Hamara Community Awards 2016 – Service to the Community Award

2018

  • Social Enterprise Yorkshire & Humber Awards 2018 – Social Impact Award
  • Voluntary Action Sheffield – Champion of the Voluntary Sector 2018
  • Clydesdale Bank Spirit of the Community Award 2018

2019

  • Barnsley & Rotherham Chamber of Commerce Business Awards 2019 – Charity of the Year
  • Barnsley & Rotherham Chamber of Commerce Business Awards 2019 – JELF Business Community Impact Award
  • Social Enterprise Yorkshire & Humber Awards – Environmental Award 2019
  • South Yorkshire Community Foundation Community Champion – Team Champion Award 2019 – Highly Commended
  • FareShare Network – Leadership in Volunteering Award 2019 (Lee Hall)
  • FareShare Network – Volunteer Manager of the Year Award 2019 – Highly Commended (Jonathan Williams)

2020

  • Social Enterprise Yorkshire & Humber – Environmental Award 2020

2021

  • Leeds City Council Awards for Excellence – Partner of the Year 2021 – Highly Commended
  • Social Enterprise Yorkshire & Humber Awards– Social Impact Award 2021 – Shortlisted

2022

  • Barnsley Spirit Award 2022
  • Proud of Barnsley Awards 2022 – Charity of the Year – Runner Up
  • Department for Work & Pensions – South Yorkshire Kickstart Employer Award 2022
  • FareShare Network – Driver of the Year 2022 –  Highly Commended (Gareth & Sue Lowham)

2023

FareShare Network Volunteer Awards 2023:

  • Howard Nightingale, (Joint) Winner, Warehouse Volunteer of the Year 
  • Darian (Daz) Baldwin, (Joint) Winner, Driver Volunteer of the Year
  • Josh Wilkinson, (Joint) Highly Commended, Leadership in Volunteering Award 
  • South Yorkshire Sustainability Awards 2023 – Community Initiative of the Year – Winner
  • Sheffield Business Awards 2023 – The Community Impact Award – Winner
  • Barnsley & Rotherham Chamber of Commerce Awards 2023 – Charity of the Year Award
  • Deliciously Yorkshire Taste Awards 2023 – The Judy Bell Yorkshire Food Hero Award (Gareth Batty MBE)

2024

  • Social Enterprise Yorkshire & Humber – Environmental Award 2024

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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