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Norwich FoodHub
Norwich, England, United Kingdom
Aim
We want to improve our operations to save even more food from being wasted and help as many people in Norwich as we can.
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Who Are We?
Norwich FoodHub is a not for profit project run by a dedicated team of volunteers. We collect food surplus from retailers, sort and store it, then redistribute to organisations helping people in food poverty. Our impact is two-fold, reducing the environmental cost of food waste and softening the social impact felt by those living in food poverty.
Our Impact
Since May 2016 our volunteers have collected over 9 tonnes of food that would otherwise have gone to waste, this includes enough fruit and veg for 30 people to have received their 5-a-day, every day, since we began. This has been collected from Waitrose, M&S, Greggs and Tesco and has directly supported over 200 people each week through our redistribution partnerships with Leeway Domestic Violence & Abuse Services, Orwell Hinde House, St Martins Housing Trust, Norwich FoodBank, Anon Street Team, The Sunday Social and New Routes.
What We're Going To Do
The aim of our project is to save as much food as possible from being wasted at production, retail and wholesale level in Norwich, so that we can support every organisation helping people that are struggling to feed themselves and their families in our city.
We recognise this will take time, but we have a plan...
The aim of our project is to save as much food as possible from being wasted at production, retail and wholesale level in Norwich, so that we can support every organisation helping people that are struggling to feed themselves and their families in our city.
We recognise this will take time, but we have a plan...
How We're Going To Do It
We have plans to expand beyond our current unit, but until that happens we need to maximise what we already have at Monastery Court Car Park to make it a more comfortable place for our volunteers to be and ensure that there is always someone on hand to meet them after collections.
Improving Our Space
This will mean making improvements to the structure of one of the units which is currently used for equipment storage, by fixing the doors so that we are able to use it for safe storage of food. We will also purchase some extra fixtures and fittings to make the space lighter and safer, as well as some equipment that will assist us in our efforts.
Improving our Service
To manage more food we're going to create a part-time role in managing our unit, volunteers, and our relationships with partner organisations. This will mean that someone is always on hand to meet volunteers after collections have been made, as well as allowing us to focus on developing new partnerships with supermarkets, wholesalers and groups that could receive the food. Part of the funds raised will go towards the costs involved and of course we will be a living wage employer.
This project successfully funded on 25th April 2017