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FareShare Slices
Summer 2019 1
A healthy slice of FareShare volunteer news
Issue 8
Winter 2020/2021
Help us stay
Covid-19 safe
Take me
home, don’t
share me
2 3
Hello...
Winter 2020/2021
Keeping safe
As we enter 2021, I want to thank each of you for
your hard work during a period of unprecedented
challenges. I’d like to share a message from
at FareShare
someone who donated over the Christmas period:
“I appreciate the time your volunteers give to
supporting the distribution of food... I cannot
give the time but hope this small donation
recognises their efforts and works towards
At FareShare we take the wellbeing and safety of our
supporting those most in need.”
volunteers very seriously. You will notice that there are
The past year was difficult in many ways, but we can Hannah Feld rules in place in the warehouse about how we operate,
be proud of what we have achieved as the FareShare particularly around deliveries and collection, and that
Network: doubling the amount of food we redistribute and you’ll now be working in smaller teams than before.
raising more awareness of our cause than ever before. Thanks to all of
you we’ve risen to the challenges of the past year, and will be better
able to navigate those still to come.
In In line with the increased lockdown measures, we have put in place
this
This issue, we’ll look at how the FareShare Network has extra safety protocols to reduce the risk of transmitting Covid-19 and
grown in 2020 – including our new partnership with London help halt the spread of the new, more contagious Coronavirus strain.
issue
based food redistribution charity the Felix Project, and a We are asking our staff and volunteers to please do the following:
government grant which is helping us to reach more
people than ever before. • Wear a face mask. This is mandatory except in cases of medical
exemption.
Thank you once again for all the time and effort
you have given to FareShare throughout 2020.
Keeping safe
at FareShare 3 •
•
Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue or your elbow (not your
hands) when you cough or sneeze
Put used tissues in the bin immediately
Hannah Feld
Senior Volunteering Development Officer
volunteering@fareshare.org.uk
Network news
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Avoid close contact with people who are unwell
Avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth if your hands are not clean
Wash your hands with soap and water thoroughly and often. Use
020 7394 2462 How Footprints is making
a mark in Belfast... 6 hand sanitiser gel if soap and water are not available.
Introducing The Felix Project
8 When you come into the warehouse you will now see:
• Information about local safety measures
Catching up with Roger and Ann
10 • Information on how to clean your hands properly
and when they should be cleaned
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• Suitable soaps and hand sanitisers that kill the virus.
FareShare grant from Defra
Two minutes with... Sam
12 If you have any questions, concerns or feedback about these
procedures please talk to your shift lead or regional volunteer
manager. You can also email volunteering@fareshare.org.uk
This magazine is printed on 100% recycled paper
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How FareShare FareShare Greater Manchester gets a Royal visit
helped Give
FareShare Greater was broadcast to
a Little Love Manchester a zoom audience
to families hosted a Royal of FareShare
in need at visit from the staff across the
Duke and Duchess UK. CEO Lindsay
Christmas of Cambridge on Boswell remarked
Over the Christmas 7 December. Their that the visit will
period, the Give Royal Highnesses help “motivate all
a Little Love praised of us at FareShare
Campaign – a FareShare’s to continue to
collaboration commitment tackle the issues
between John Lewis, FareShare Cymru recognised at to fighting head on, [and]
food waste and as John Lewis, Waitrose, continue to shine
Waitrose, FareShare, Volunteer Awards hunger throughout Asda and Kelloggs. The a light on the lack of
and homelessness
charity Homestart FareShare Cymru was the network, who the coronavirus evening was capped off access to healthy food
– helped raise £3m honoured at the 2020 have supported their pandemic and met with with a stirring musical faced by many millions
for FareShare, Cardiff Third Sector communities through volunteers, staff, and performance by Wayne of our citizens in this
Homestart and Council Volunteer the pandemic. Phil representatives from Ellington and Manchester country.”
other local charities. Awards as the biggest Pinder, Volunteering FareShare’s partners such Inspirational Voices, which
The campaign was provider of volunteering Officer & Project
highlighted in this hours. They were Officer at FareShare
year’s John Lewis also nominated for Cymru remarked that
Christmas advert volunteering group of “it’s always great for
No one should go hungry this Christmas
and gave people a the year. The award is a our volunteers to get
variety of ways to credit to the incredible recognition from C3SC,
volunteers at FareShare who have many of our After a really tough
donate.
Cymru, and across local CFMs as members.” year for many
families, FareShare
launched its own
Christmas Appeal to
New FareShare Northern Ireland raise funds and keep
warehouse mural pays tribute to helping people in
volunteers need over the winter.
FareShare Northern Rocks. The captivating Sir Alex Ferguson
Ireland now boasts mural incorporates and Sir Michael
a striking Volunteer FareShare’s iconic Moritz, who have
Appreciation Mural. The green apple into joined FareShare and communities, update on the impact
artwork was created an apple tree, with Marcus Rashford’s generously agreed of the campaign in
by local street artist volunteer names fight to tackle to match donations due course.
Visual Waste at the written along the roots hunger in the to the campaign.
request of Volunteer to highlight their vital most vulnerable We will provide an
Manager Siobhan support.
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How Footprints is
making a mark in Belfast
Eileen Wilson tells us how surplus food is helping women and families in crisis
For nearly 30 years, reducing the overall cost we get from FareShare
Footprints Women’s of our service.” is fabulous and really
Centre in Belfast has helps us provide them
been helping support Footprints is the only with healthy meals. For
women and families daycare of its kind in young children nutrition
in crisis. “We always the area and works to is vitally important. It has Photos of Footprints
say that our youngest ensure that children a huge impact on their Womens Centre in Belfast
member is six weeks and are being supported at brain development, their
our oldest is 92,” says a critical stage in their growth, even their sleep service for an additional say that providing “Christmas brings extra
Eileen Wilson, Food patterns. For some of 20 families to replace our healthy nutritious food challenges for people
Services Manager at “The variety of food the babies that come in Community Café.” is a route into the Centre close to poverty or
Footprints. and the fresh fruit we’re actually helping for people in need. It struggling with mental
wean them onto solid Footprints’ Covid provides immediate health. We’ve had a lot
FareShare has been and veg we get food for the first time.” response, for which support to people in of new requests come in
helping Footprints from FareShare is Eileen was nominated for poverty, but it also gives since November – people
provide food for over fabulous and really Like many community an Aisling Award, made who’ve been furloughed
8 years. “The food groups, Footprints a huge difference for “We always say or lost jobs. We’ve got
from FareShare is such helps us provide had to adjust to a
families hit hard by the that providing food hampers ready to
an immense support,” [the children] with new reality during the pandemic. “People have
attests Eileen, “Our pandemic: “I have to healthy nutritious go, with activity packs
healthy meals” told us it really improved for kids and seniors.
Daycare provides say, FareShare were what their family would food is a route We’re also getting
meals for 55 children development, providing really amazing when have eaten,” says Eileen, into the Centre for turkeys, gammons, all
every day. Before Covid, a light breakfast and Covid hit. They helped “as well as their sense
our Community Café was snack as well as a hot us deliver ten kilos people in need.” kinds of lovely food in
of connection to the from FareShare at the
visited by 200 women a main meal. “We get of food a week to 50 community and their people a non-threatening Social Supermarket, so
week, including youth all kinds of breads, vulnerable families, mental health. It was a way to get in contact people will be able to
and seniors’ groups, and pancakes, fresh fruit over 200 individuals. We really important way of with us and feel safe have a good holiday
our Social Supermarket is and veg, ambient food did that for 22 weeks staying in touch.” opening up about other shop.”
used by 80 women each like pasta and lentils. while we modified our problems we can support
week. FareShare helps Today the main meal was Social Supermarket Footprints’ community them with.” Through the busyness,
us save approximately roast chicken and veg, so we could reopen faces challenges ranging Eileen sees the bright
30% on our food budget, but we also do curries, with appropriate social from domestic violence When we spoke with side: “It’s positive in a
and that money can then stews, pies,” says Eileen, distancing measures. We to isolation. For many, Eileen, Footprints was way because we know
go to our overheads “the variety of food and also ran another ready- food is a gateway to just gearing up for the we’re reaching people in
– paying our bills and the fresh fruit and veg made meal delivery getting help: “We always busy Christmas season: need.”
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Introducing
The Felix Project
Our new delivery partner in London helps us reach more people in need
The Felix Project national government. week since March last
is a London food The two organisations year.
redistribution waste were already working
charity set up in 2016. closely together before Becoming part of the
Like FareShare, the the Felix Project became FareShare network
organisation redistributes a delivery partner; means that the Felix
good quality surplus through the collaborative Project will benefit from
food to charities and work of the London FareShare’s links with
community groups across Food Alliance, which was the food industry, in
the capital with the help addition to the food that
of volunteers. “For FareShare, the Felix Project sources
the partnership itself. For FareShare, the
The Felix Project is the enables us to reach partnership enables us to
latest organisation even more people reach even more people
to join the FareShare in need, at a time when
in need, at a time Father-son Felix Project volunteers John and Matt get ready for their delivery route.
network, as a delivery the economic impact of
partner for London. when the economic the pandemic affects
The charity has taken impact of the more organisations and
over the operation of pandemic affects households across the has secured a second Elsewhere in the operation in Aberdeen,
FareShare’s warehouse more organisations UK. warehouse unit that, network, FareShare Aberdeenshire and
in Depford, south and households when refurbishments South West and Moray - has also
London, and has London isn’t the only are completed, will FareShare Scotland have extended deliveries
across the UK.“
expanded FareShare’s region where the enable the Regional also expanded into into the Highlands as
reach by connecting its launched to respond to FareShare network Centre to more than new regions. Last year, part of its response to
existing two warehouses the Covid-19 crisis, since is expanding, either. triple the amount of FareShare South West the Covid-19 crisis and
in North and West the start of the pandemic Across the UK, 11 food it distributes to partnered with Exeter growing demand for
London to our network. they have worked Regional Centres took local charities and Food Action to grow food in the area.
together to reach as on additional warehouse community groups. This its reach for the first
FareShare and The Felix many people in need units to respond to development has been time across Devon and
Project both seek to as possible across the growing demand due to made possible thanks Cornwall, with charities
combat hunger and food city – with volunteers at the Covid-19 crisis. to support from Marcus from both counties now If you have a story
waste in the UK, working the Deptford warehouse One example is Rashford and funding regularly collecting you’d like to see in the
closely with the food having more than FareShare Greater from Asda through the food orders. Whereas magazine, please send
industry, the voluntary doubled the amount of Manchester – operated Fight Hunger Create in Scotland, CFINE - it in to volunteering@
sector and regional and food distributed each by EMERGE – which Change partnership. which runs FareShare’s fareshare.org.uk
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Catching up with FareShare grant from Defra
Roger and Ann from The
In December FareShare recieved a second grant fro the Department of
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA). The grant will be used to
purchase food Between December 2020 and February 2021.
Felix Project
What is it?
Roger and Ann were Days at Felix are filled
The winter grant is a £16m scheme which aims to ensure vulnerable
volunteers before their with work as well people, who are most impacted by Covid-19, access to food across England
retirement, but stepped as special moments. this winter. The government-funded scheme will enable FareShare to
things up as they moved Roger recalls a woman distribute over 7,600 tonnes of vital food supplies - the equivalent of
away from full-time who spotted their around 18 million meals - to over 4,000 charities and community groups.
work. In 2018 Roger van knocking at their
began volunteering window with a box of
as a delivery driver cakes: “She told me she Why was FareShare chosen for this?
with the Felix Project, had gone through a FareShare is the largest operation of its kind in the UK, with 25 years’
FareShare’s new delivery difficult time a couple experience safely redistributing food. We have a robust infrastructure
partner in London. Ann of years before and the and, thanks to the support of our volunteers, more capacity than
soon joined him in the Felix food had helped ever before to accept and redistribute food. The winter grant follows
van as his “glamorous her through, she insisted from the success of the similar grant given to FareShare in the
assistant”, as she puts it I take the cakes back to summer of 2020 to support charities through the Covid-19 crisis.
laughingly. the warehouse.”
The couple’s “It helps us feel How are we going to do it?
volunteering gives them that we’re making a FareShare is purchasing food from across the
an opportunity to work strongly recommend positive contribution,” food industry using the grant, and working with
on a range of tasks such volunteering: “We tell continues Ann, “we’re suppliers to redistribute stock through our Regional
as gleaning, in addition friends they need to be using existing skills and Centres and onto frontline charities nationwide.
to their delivery routes. flexible and ready to do learning new ones, it
“It certainly gets us mundane tasks as well keeps us fit and active,
out and about, and has as the more interesting we meet people and Who is it going to help?
been a great motivator,” jobs, but that it’s see bits of London and The grant is intended to support the charity sector through the
Roger says, “it’s good rewarding work that the country we didn’t pandemic. Many organisations have experienced higher demand for
to get on the road and keeps us on our toes. know before – especially their services, whilst being placed under increasing financial pressures
meet people at charities, The team at Felix Park through gleaning. All due to the economic impact of the pandemic. The grant will help
warehouses, farms, and Royal are amazing – these things have been support the charity sector by enabling FareShare to distribute more
supermarkets. They supportive, committed, doubly valuable during food through our network and onto frontline charities across England.
work so hard under always positive and the testing times of the
difficult circumstances, friendly. And the craic last 12 months. We are
we admire them in the volunteers’ room tired but happy after a We know that with these high volumes of food being redistributed,
hugely.” usually brightens the shift!” volunteers in our warehouses are busier than ever. We can’t thank
Both Roger and Ann day.” you enough for your support during this difficult time, helping us
reach more people with more food than ever before.
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Two minutes with... Sam
Each issue, we’ll be finding out
more about one of our amazing
volunteers. This time, we’ve got
Sam from FareShare Northern
Ireland.
Who has been the greatest influence on your life?
My mum, who was so loving and giving and good to me.
What do you consider your greatest achievement and
why?
Becoming a volunteer. First at the City hospital, helping
in the mobile library, and then joining FareShare 5 years
ago.
Where would you most like to go on holiday and why?
Disneyland, Florida, to meet Mickey and Minnie mouse.
What’s your favourite thing to have on toast?
Cheese and tomato.
What is the most important object you own?
My most precious object is photographs of my mum and
dad.
Tea or coffee? How do you take it?
Milky tea!
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