{"id":43461,"date":"2018-10-30T15:49:51","date_gmt":"2018-10-30T15:49:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=43461"},"modified":"2018-11-10T22:10:46","modified_gmt":"2018-11-10T22:10:46","slug":"fareshare-and-tesco-to-fight-food-poverty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/no-logo\/fareshare-and-tesco-to-fight-food-poverty","title":{"rendered":"FareShare and Tesco to fight food poverty"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tesco teams up with leading food waste charity to fight hunger and poverty in South Wales this month<\/span><\/h2>\n
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Volunteers pack essential supplies (courtesy of FareShare Cymru on Twitter)<\/p><\/div>\n

FareShare is collaborating with Tesco to make a difference in local communities by organising food collections at South Wales branches this November.<\/span><\/p>\n

The scheme is nationwide, but collections<\/a> will be taking place in branches in Cardiff, Swansea and beyond between 29 November and 1 December.<\/span><\/p>\n

FareShare tackles food waste and poverty by taking surplus products from the food and drink industry and redistributing it to people in need.<\/span><\/p>\n

The collections will involve volunteers handing out shopping lists to supermarket goers who can donate any of the items suggested.<\/span><\/p>\n

Phil Pinder, a volunteer project officer at FareShare, said: \u201c<\/span>The Tesco food collection makes up about 2-5% of the food we save from waste per year, but it does allow us to gain things that we don’t get often which we can then provide to our clients.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

A report by The Food Foundation<\/a> said that 5.6% of people over the age of 15 struggle to get enough to eat, FareShare aims to tackle this issue by repurposing wasted food.<\/span><\/p>\n

The charity has been making a huge impact in Wales this year. \u201cBetween April and August this year we [FareShare Cymru South Wales] saved 213 tons of food from waste which went to our 61 community food members,\u201d\u00a0Phil said, \u201cthey turned this food into 506,850 meals.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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Volunteers pose by FareShare\u2019s lifeline van (Courtesy of Fareshare on Facebook)<\/p><\/div>\n

FareShare\u2019s frugal efforts go further than just helping local communities eat well for less – the cost of food waste for the UK government is \u00a317 billion per year, according to a study by WRAP<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Community centres in South Wales are working with the charity to tackle the cost of food waste and fight against poverty in their area.<\/span><\/p>\n

Volunteers at the Tesco collections will sort, log, pack and deliver the food to community food members, said Phil.<\/span><\/p>\n

If you\u2019re interested in volunteering for FareShare\u2019s Tesco collection event then please get in touch via their website.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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