Fighting hunger | Tackling food waste

Right now, 1 in 4 children across the South West are living in poverty, while food for millions of meals is thrown away.

Our vision is a future where no food is wasted, and all people can thrive. Could you be part of better?

350+
active volunteers in our Bristol and Plymouth warehouses
1,738
tonnes of food saved from waste last year
385
charity members across South West
4,140,000
meals enabled 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 the South West…
From Gloucester to Cornwall and across Bristol
to charities, schools and community groups…
over 400 of them including children’s clubs, homeless hostels and refuges
…who share it with people who are going hungry
Last year we redistributed enough food for 3.96 MILLION meals!

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