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FareShare East Anglia, fighting hunger tackling food waste

FareShare is the UKs largest food redistribution charity. FareShare East Anglia is based in Ipswich and has been operating in the region over two years, saving good food from going to waste and redistributing it to charities and community groups across the East of England.

Receiving in-date surplus food from food companies, including retailers and manufacturers, and redistributing it to local charities and community groups across homeless hostels, breakfast clubs, lunch clubs for older people and domestic violence refuges. 

Based at Unit 2, Alston Court, Leslie Road Ipswich, IP3 9PL, FareShare East Anglia is FareShare's twenty-first UK Regional Centre. Last year saw the FareShare East Anglia team divert 223 tonnes of surplus food to 71 charity members – enough to provide over 500,000 meals for people at risk of hunger.

We are calling out for support and input from across the East Anglia community:

  • Charities and community groups across East Anglia who may be interested in receiving food from FareShare
  • Volunteers to be Food Heroes at our Regional Centre (drivers, customer service, warehouse helpers)
  • Food businesses who may have surplus food they want to put to good use
  • Other businesses who may be able to help (e.g. corporate volunteering, funding, etc.)

We are particularly looking for interested organisations in and surrounding Ipswich, more specifically the areas of:

  • Stowmarket
  • Felixstowe
  • Colchester
  • Sudbury
  • Clacton On Sea
  • Bury St Edmunds
  • Harwich

If your organisation or project supports vulnerable people in your community and you are either a charity, not-for-profit organisation, community group or social enterprise providing a meal service, please register your interest and we will be in touch.

We are also looking for interested organisations in Cambridge and Norwich. If you are outside this area, you are still welcome to register your interest and we will let you know as soon as we come to your area.

Our Community Food Membership Pack will provide you with more information on the FareShare service and the benefits of receiving food from FareShare East Anglia.

We are also looking for people to help us get food to the people who need it most. If you are interested in volunteering at the Regional Centre in Ipswich drop us a line at fseastanglia@fareshare.org.uk. We’d love to hear from you. Visit our volunteer page for details of volunteer roles at FareShare or apply to volunteer at FareShare East Anglia now by completing our online application form.

FareShare East Anglia is managed and run by FareShare but our vision is to run this service in partnership with the community it serves,  so please do get in contact if you would like to find out more.

Who to contact

Name
Mike Barrett
Position
Development Manager East Anglia
Telephone
01473 717676
Mobile
07375509630
Email
fseastanglia@fareshare.org.uk
Website
http://fareshare.org.uk/fareshare-centres/east-anglia/
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Address
Unit 2 Alston Court
Leslie Road
Ipswich
Suffolk
Postcode
IP3 9PL

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Area served
All Suffolk

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