FoodCycle
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| Founded | 2009 |
|---|---|
| Type | Charity |
| Location | |
Region served | England Wales |
Key people | Mark Game (Chief Executive Officer), Mary McGrath MBE (Chair of Trustees) |
| Volunteers | 10,000 |
| Website | https://foodcycle.org.uk/ |
FoodCycle is a charitable organization based in the United Kingdom that uses surplus food from supermarkets, shops and food banks to create vegetarian meals served at "free community restaurants".[1]
FoodCycle community meals run in various locations across England and Wales.
History
In September 2008, Canadian Kelvin Cheung founded FoodCycle[2]. 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[3].
Awards
- September 2024, named Medium Charity of the Year, Third Sector (magazine) Awards.[4]
- September 2024, named Charity of the Year: with an income of £1 million - £10 million at the Charity Times Awards[5]
- November 2022, named "Community Partner" by the Food and Drink Federation
- January 2021 Sophie Tebbetts named "Supporting Leader of the Year" at the Charity Times Awards
- March 2010, named "New Charity of the Year" in the Charity Times Awards[6]
- November 2010, received an award from the Arthur Guinness Fund
- January 2011, received the Prime Minister's Big Society Award[7]
See also
References
- ↑ Isabella, Mcrae. "FoodCycle: The community meal where refugees, ex-prisoners and old friends break bread together". Big Issue. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ↑ https://www.linkedin.com/posts/kelvin-cheung-9b104712_it-was-great-to-visit-foodcycle-in-islington-ugcPost-7237102435331153921-rLnn/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAFxFfisBKbNiQMycGNUzDez5Vusi7Zs-Bo8
- ↑ http://civa.org.uk/achievements/foodcycle/
- ↑ Third Sector Award Results 2024, Sept 2024
- ↑ Charity Times Winners 2024, Sept 2024
- ↑ Charity Times award winners announced, 3 March 2010
- ↑ "FoodCycle wins Prime Minister's Big Society Award" (PDF). FoodCycle. 21 January 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 March 2012.
Further reading
- Breaking Bread: the Functions of Social Eating, written by R.I.M Dunbar.
- Waste: Uncovering the Global Food Scandal, (W.W. Norton, 2009) by Tristram Stuart. ISBN 978-0-393-34956-6.