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Fighting food waste in the community
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Our main goal is and will always be to prevent food from going to waste, but we are lucky to be able to help people who may not have very much, and who may have found themselves in hardship. We are not a foodbank, and can’t be relied upon for emergency food, but we often have large quantities of food and are able to help hundreds of people. We promote sustainable living and encourage our service users to share pictures of the meals they have made from ingredients recued from the cupboards. We believe that with a shift in mentality, we as a society can break down the taboo of accessing food in this way. What makes our service unique is that we allow for anonymity – anyone can access the cupboards without the need to interact with other people. Unlike some Foodbanks and Community Markets, there are no conditions to accessing our cupboards and this allows for people to take what they need discreetly if wanted. We do not charge a fee for “membership”, the food we offer will always be free
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We are looking to support an estimated 150 families a week with free food while preventing that food going to landfill. Not only fighting food poverty but also helping the enviroment
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How will the money be spent?Total £536
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VolunteerIt began with our own personal surplus food items and we decided to start a Facebook group to offer those items out into the community. Quickly, things expanded and as a few weeks by, we had attracted hundreds of members to the local group. We now have thousands of followers across our Cupboard Network and we estimate that we help upwards of 300 people per week.
The Cupboard Network now works with Fareshare and Neighbourly as well as independently with other organisations to secure donations of food that would otherwise have gone to landfill.
We have a number of physical cupboards which we top up with donations every day. The availability of food varies each day depending on our donations, and can include anything from freshly baked goods to sacks of potatoes, eggs, flowers, vegetables, fruit, the list is endless.
Our main goal is and will always be to prevent food from going to waste, but we are lucky to be able to help people who may not have very much, and who may have found themselves in hardship. We are not a foodbank, and can’t be relied upon for emergency food, but we often have large quantities of food and are able to help hundreds of people. We promote sustainable living and encourage our service users to share pictures of the meals they have made from ingredients recued from the cupboards. We believe that with a shift in mentality, we as a society can break down the taboo of accessing food in this way.
What makes our service unique is that we allow for anonymity – anyone can access the cupboards without the need to interact with other people. Unlike some Foodbanks and Community Markets, there are no conditions to accessing our cupboards and this allows for people to take what they need discreetly if wanted. We do not charge a fee for “membership”, the food we offer will always be free to take. We do have provisions for people to leave voluntary donations if they wish.
We are proud to have created such a vast community of “cupboarders” across the nation.
The Cupboard Network now have community cupboards in Chester, Ellesmere Port, Southport, Gresford and Yeovil. We have big plans to expand this further and look forward to seeing where our dreams take us.
Project Owner: The Cupboard Network The Project Owner takes legal responsibility for receiving and spending the funds raised and ensuring the project is delivered.
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