Communities Fund provided £463 of match funding
Help Us Keep Good Food Moving - Fridge Van Appeal
Littlehampton, England, United Kingdom
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Aim
We’re fundraising to replace and grow our fridge van service, helping us rescue more good food and share it across our community.
About Us, Our Idea and Our Vision
Littlehampton Community Fridge is a volunteer-led project that rescues good surplus food from supermarkets, producers and other food businesses and shares it through our central hub, community fridge sessions and outreach locations. Our volunteers collect, sort, store and redistribute around 22–24 tonnes of food every month, helping to prevent unnecessary waste and reduce its environmental impact.
Our idea is to buy a second refrigerated van designed specifically for food collections. Our existing refrigerated van is fitted with crate racks so that it can take food out to community fridge sessions. The new van would have the open load space needed to carry pallets from larger collections, allowing collections and community sessions to take place at the same time.
Our vision is to create a reliable and resilient food rescue service that can respond whenever surplus food becomes available. With the right vehicles for the right jobs, we can rescue larger volumes, maintain the cold chain, reduce missed collections and build stronger partnerships with local food donors, all while keeping our regular sessions running.
The money raised will be used to purchase a suitable refrigerated collection van. This practical investment will increase the amount of food we can rescue, reduce reliance on volunteers’ own vehicles and give the service greater resilience when one van is unavailable.
Funding method
Keep what you raise – this project will receive all pledges made by 24th December 2026 at 5:00pm