FareShare

FareShare is a UK wide charity fighting hunger and tackling food waste. The charity redistributes thousands of tonnes of good quality, in-date, surplus food to 9,500 fantastic frontline charities. These local organizations help feed and support disadvantaged people across the UK. Nearly 14 million people in the UK are experiencing food insecurity – that’s one in five people. At the same time over 2 million tonnes of good-to-eat food is wasted each year. Donations go towards helping FareShare to redistribute surplus food. They help the charity to reach vulnerable people, ranging from isolated elderly people at community lunches, schoolchildren at breakfast and afterschool clubs to people at homelessness shelters.

Without the support from FareShare food it would be really hard. It gives you a brighter outlook knowing that there’s help. We really need this support in our community. Without it there are people who just couldn’t survive. – Lucy, a single mum to four children

FareShare food plays a vital role in connecting people with local services that can provide regular meals and wraparound support. Food connects people most in need with the interventions that address the root causes of hunger, rather than just the symptom. A hot meal can bring someone struggling to a support centre, where they can find the people and services that can help them to get back on their feet. FareShare food helps charities and the people that engage with them access types and quality of food that might ordinarily be out of reach. For those on limited budgets, this means that they can access healthier and more nutritious food, such as fruit and vegetables.

With support and charitable donations, FareShare can continue to have an impact on a small and large scale. A person facing hunger can get the food they need. The frontline charities that FareShare redistributes an incredible amount of food to can go on to reach over one million people each year. If you select FareShare as your chosen charity, then Collect my Clothes will donate £250 for each ton of items collected. This could help FareShare provide enough food for 1000 meals – thank you.