60% rise in frozen surplus food going to charities, thanks to funding from WRAP and Islamic Relief

FareShare has seen the amount of frozen food it redistributes to frontline charities grow by 60% in just one year thanks to a new project funded through WRAP’s Food Waste Reduction Fund and a grant from Islamic Relief. FareShare is the UK’s largest food distribution charity. It takes surplus food from the food industry and redistributes it to frontline charities feeding vulnerable people across the country, including breakfast clubs, refuges and homeless hostels. The programme consisted of a year-long trial in two of FareShare’s Regional Centres: Thames Valley in Didcot…

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