Tag: The Felix Project

Howden announces new charity partnership with The Felix Project and FareShare

Stuart Mitchell

Howden have announced a new two-year national partnership with The Felix Project and FareShare, bringing together a shared commitment to tackling food waste and food insecurity across the UK.  The partnership will see Howden employees volunteering at The Felix Project and FareShare locations nationwide, making a valuable contribution to the redistribution of surplus food to communities who need it most. Alongside hands on volunteering, Howden colleagues will raise vital funds through a range of fundraising activities, charity events, challenges and employee-led initiatives, to help strengthen the charities’ reach and impact.   The UK’s leading food redistribution charity,…

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The Felix Project and FareShare CEO, Charlotte Hill, appointed to Prime Minister’s new Civil Society Council

Stuart Mitchell

Leading voices from across the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector have today been appointed to the new Civil Society Council, established by the Prime Minister to bring civil society into the heart of government decision‑making.  On her appointment, Charlotte said: “The greatest, most sustained change happens through genuine cross-sector collaboration, and that belief is at the heart of everything The Felix Project and FareShare have built together. Our merger is itself a statement of that principle: that when organisations unite around a shared mission, our impact multiplies. I am delighted to…

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The Felix Project continues record breaking run

Stuart Mitchell

The Felix Project has once again had a record-breaking year, fighting more food waste and feeding more people than ever before.  In 2025 the charity rescued over 18,000 tonnes of surplus produce from 225 different suppliers. The four depots, in Enfield, Poplar, Deptford and Acton then redistributed the equivalent of 44 million meals to over 1,200 community organisations and primary schools in London, getting food to good causes in every borough.  The food supported an estimated 439,387 people each week. 64% of it was fresh fruit and vegetables and around…

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A quarter of UK working parents have turned to food support services to put food on their tables

Stuart Mitchell

Almost a quarter of working parents across the UK have had to turn to a food support service in the last year to help them feed their children. Food redistribution charity The Felix Project surveyed 4,000 working parents with at least one child at home aged 16 and under. They found 23% have used a food bank, that could equate to 1,725,000 parents across the UK. Of those, 1 in 4 are using food services every one or two weeks to make sure they have enough food to feed their…

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UK’s Leading Food Redistribution Charities To Merge: Strengthening Social And Environmental Impact

Stuart Mitchell

The UK’s two largest food redistribution charities are merging to tackle the scale of food waste and food insecurity at a time of urgent need. Nearly one in seven people in the UK face food insecurity, while 4.6 million tonnes of good food are wasted each year. With demand rising and eight in ten charities fearing they cannot keep up, combining forces now will support rescuing more food, cutting more waste and reaching more people.  “This merger will enable us do so much more to tackle food waste at source,…

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