Folkestone Community Fridge - a new hub!

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Relocating to Dover Road, we’ll expand our community fridge, with a cafe, edible garden, and events—tackling food waste, supporting locals, and fostering connections in East Folkestone.

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1 Donation worth £1023 hrs ago

1 Donation worth £52 weeks ago

More upgrades at Dover Road!2 months ago

We are closed until this Friday the 10th but we are still making progress behind the scenes. Today we tackled our flooring in the room leading out to our garden. Thank you to local business Elite Flooring it's looking a lot brighter and welcoming now :)

Thank you to everyone!!2 months ago

We are thrilled to have reached our fundraising target! A huge thank you to every single person who helped us reach this goal. Your financial support and encouragement means so much to us 🙏🎉

Folkestone Community Fridge - a new hub! hit its fundraising target!2 months ago

Brilliant news, thanks everyone!

2 months ago We've hit our target

Folkestone Community Fridge - a new hub! has reached 80% of its target!2 months ago

Folkestone Ladies Social Club pledged £7702 months ago

We are 70% funded!!3 months ago

As we head into the final hours of our fundraiser we have our fingers and toes crossed to reach our total. 🤞🤞🤞 Thank you for every single donation, for your words of encouragement & offers of support. Every little helps us reach our goals!

Folkestone Community Fridge - a new hub! has reached 70% of its target!3 months ago

https://www.folkestonecommunityfridge.com/

Folkestone Community Fridge CIC is a small environmentally focused project based in Folkestone, Kent. We aim to reduce food waste and food loss at a local level. Our dedicated team of 42 fantastic volunteers collects surplus food from farms, supermarkets and restaurants. This food would otherwise go to landfill or be incinerated. We offer it to anyone who would like it in our local community instead.

We are open 5 days a week and share the food from our cosy village shop inspired space. We are aware that many who visit us are facing food poverty. Our emphasis remains on the fact that through choosing to use the Community fridge everyone can actively reduce food waste. Everyone is welcome and the food is free! No referrals or bookings are necessary. Our visitors regularly go through their home supplies to find products they just won't use and can offer to the community instead. During the growing seasons we receive home and allotment grown produce too. We've shared gluts of plums, figs and courgettes this year and are now firmly in apple season!

After three years operating from a shared corner of our local library, we are bursting at the seams and urgently need to relocate. We currently prevent up to 5 tonnes of food from going to waste each month and our running total is currently 140.7 tonnes saved from waste.

Nothing is wasted, any stale or wilted vegetables are taken to a choice of 6 small holdings, farms and sanctuaries to be used as animal feed. We compost everything else via three local allotments.

The space we have found will offer everything we need to support our current operations and provide room to grow. We need funding to relocate, renovate and cover rent for the first 12 months whilst we work to become self-sufficient. We aim to do this by opening a food waste café with an affordable menu and pay-it-forward scheme. We will rent our meeting space to businesses and collaborate with other community groups to reduce our overheads.

We are all motivated and excited to continue our success story and really need your help to achieve our goals!

Project Owner: Folkestone Community Fridge CIC The Project Owner takes legal responsibility for receiving and spending the funds raised and ensuring the project is delivered.