FoodCycle

FoodCycle
Founded2009
TypeCharity
FocusBuilding Community, Food Poverty, Loneliness and Volunteering
Location
Area served
United Kingdom
Key people
Sophie Tebbetts (Chief Executive Officer), Mary McGrath MBE (Chair of Trustees)
Volunteers10,000
Websitefoodcycle.org.uk

FoodCycle is a charitable organization based in the United Kingdom that uses surplus food donated by supermarkets, shops and food banks to create vegetarian meals served at "free community restaurants".[1]

FoodCycle has a head office in London, with operations in locations across England and Wales.

History

In September 2008, Canadian Kelvin Cheung founded FoodCycle. He started the organization after hearing about the US on-campus student service program, Campus Kitchen, where students use on-campus kitchen space and donated food from their cafeterias to prepare meals for their communities. FoodCycle's pilot hubs were at the Imperial College London and the London School of Economics.

Awards

See also

References

  1. ^ Isabella, Mcrae. "FoodCycle: The community meal where refugees, ex-prisoners and old friends break bread together". Big Issue. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  2. ^ Third Sector Award Results 2024, Sept 2024
  3. ^ Charity Times Winners 2024, Sept 2024
  4. ^ Charity Times award winners announced, 3 March 2010
  5. ^ "FoodCycle wins Prime Minister's Big Society Award" (PDF). FoodCycle. 21 January 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 March 2012.

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