Chris Clyburn

FullCrumb Kitchen Project Manager

Chris is the Project Manager in The FullCrumb Kitchen. The FullCrumb Kitchen aims to support community members in educating them on how to utilise surplus food. Chris provides hands-on kitchen training for community cooks, as well as offering recipe ideas and kitchen tips. He also links charity partners and encourages them to share recipes/ideas with each other about surplus food.

The kitchen facility is used for training staff and volunteers, including carrying out in-house courses. The aim is to ensure health and wellbeing by teaching cookery skills and basic nutrition.

If you’re a community food member interested in our classes, please email Chris: [email protected]

Phil George

Warehouse Manager

Phil is the Warehouse Manager at our Leeds sites. He oversees the team to ensure smooth operations and takes care of surplus food coming in and going out of the warehouse.

Daniel Barnaby

Warehouse Supervisor Mentor

Daniel joined the Leeds team in 2023 as a Warehouse Supervisor Mentor. He assists the team in day-to-day warehouse duties, including picking & packing surplus orders for community food members and supporting operations throughout the warehouse. Daniel brings his knowledge from previous FareShare experience, as well as his incredible team working and mentoring skills to this role, ensuring everything is running smoothly and offering his support to all.

Scott Johnston

Warehouse Supervisor

Scott joined the team in November 2022 at our Leeds sub-regional centre. As Warehouse Supervisor, he is involved in the main warehouse operations, including supporting the arrival of deliveries and preparing quality surplus food orders.

David Pople

Warehouse Deputy Manager

David joined the Leeds team in January 2023 as Warehouse Supervisor, based at Yorkshire Storage Hub. He supported operations in the warehouse, ensuring safe preparation of surplus ambient, chilled and frozen food to frontline charities across Yorkshire. He also assisted at our Leeds SRC and achieved 2 ITSSAR accredited forklift truck permits. In September 2023, he became Warehouse Deputy Manager across the Barnsley and Leeds sites.

Stephanie Lacey

FullCrumb Community Outreach Manager

Stephanie joined the team in early 2022 as Food Provision Coordinator in Leeds. She then went on to become Food Provision Manager in October 2022, working on various projects and managing our Leeds sites.

Now, as FullCrumb Community Outreach Manager, she directly supports and signposts our community food members. Offering additional support to our organisations, she strengthens the relationships and is a big part of our FullCrumb developments.

Rachel Morgan

Head of HR

Rachel joined the team in November 2021 as our Head of HR, bringing expertise to our HR and finance functions, as well as supporting individuals within the charity. She is a passionate people person and is a strong believer in personal development of employees and volunteers.

To contact Rachel directly, email: [email protected] or call 01226 593778.

Nick Vicary

Warehouse Manager

Nick joined the team at our Leeds Sub-Regional Centre in October 2021 as SRC Manager. He has been a part of the FareShare team for many years as a training instructor, delivering many courses for our employability programmes. Nick is qualified to train people on over 25 kinds of machinery & equipment and has a wealth of warehouse management experience. In September 2023, Nick became Warehouse Manager, overseeing our Barnsley site.

Terry Dyke

Lorry Driver

Terry was a long-standing volunteer at our Barnsley Regional Centre and now works for the charity across logistics and operations. He plays the crucial role of ensuring tens of tonnes of surplus food is collected from across the region ready for dispatch to the frontline.

Pete Barringer

Development Officer

Pete started working for FareShare Yorkshire in 2014 when FareShare in Leeds was launched. After a number of years supporting operational growth, he now works in our Development Team and supports Community Food Members across West and North Yorkshire. In 2021, he supported the site transition of our Leeds-based operations which have grown four-fold in the last 7 years. Pete has also been a constant support to large numbers of projects in Leeds that tackle holiday hunger.

 

If you would like to discuss how to access surplus food from FareShare Yorkshire, please contact: [email protected] or call 07921 852 638.

James Oliver

Warehouse Supervisor

James began volunteering our Barnsley Regional Centre at the end of 2017 and has offered a huge amount of support both in our warehouse and on the refrigerated vans. He successfully achieved a nationally-recognised FLT permit in 2018 and joined our staff team in 2019 thanks to funding from the Evan Cornish Foundation. Now, thanks to support from WRAP, he’s moved into a supervisory position to help us grow.

Duncan Baxter

Lorry Driver

Before joining the staff team, Duncan volunteered at our Barnsley warehouse for 14 years and has supported FareShare Yorkshire for the majority of the journey so far.  He drives our lorry and vans, collecting quality surplus food from partners across the region.

Jason Williams

Warehouse Supervisor

Jason joined our team in November 2018 after successfully completing our John Lewis Foundation-funded employability programme. He achieved two ITSSAR accredited forklift truck permits and volunteered both as a driver and operative. Thanks to funding from the ASDA Fight Hunger Create Change Programme he then joined our Leeds warehouse to help us support more vital frontline projects. He became Shift Supervisor at the warehouse, then went on to become Warehouse Supervisor in 2022.

Keely Neal

Warehouse Supervisor

Keely joined FareShare Yorkshire in 2015 as an apprentice operative. She then became Shift Supervisor overseeing and mentoring our employability trainees. As Warehouse Coordinator, she supported the rapid growth of our operations so that more frontline charities could benefit. She then went on to become the Barnsley Warehouse Manager, playing a big part in the operations and organisation of the warehouse. Now as Warehouse Supervisor, she is based on the warehouse floor, right in the heart of what we do. She oversees warehouse & driver volunteers, as well as ensuring orders and deliveries are dealt with smoothly and efficiently.

Gareth Batty MBE

CEO

Gareth has been FareShare Yorkshire’s Chief Executive since 2013 and working with the Board of Trustees has the overall responsibility for the leadership, management and strategic direction of the charity. Gareth is excited about the growth plans for the charity over the coming months and years to ensure that FareShare Yorkshire plays a major part in tackling Food Insecurity issues and ensuring everyone has access to the food they deserve.

Gareth was awarded an MBE for services to the Charity Sector in the 2022 Queens New Years Honours.

To contact Gareth directly email: [email protected] or call 01226 593778.

Adam Bramley

Head of Operations

Adam joined the team in February 2002 and is the longest-serving manager in the entire FareShare Network.  He is responsible for our food operations, standards, infrastructure and health & safety.  He has vast experience and knowledge of Food Hygiene and Safety as well as food redistribution and logistics. If you have a question about deliveries or collections, you can contact him via: [email protected] 

Jonathan Williams

Head of Development

Jonathan joined FareShare Yorkshire in June 2017 and has responsibility for the development of our work.  He oversees the design and delivery of new initiatives, manages relationships with our corporate and foundation partners and drives growth of our regional food supply to expand the number of charities and community groups we can support.

If you would like to discuss a potential new area of activity or partnership please contact: [email protected] or call 01226 593778.