FoodCycle
We are FoodCycle, and our vision is to make food poverty, loneliness and food waste a thing of the past for every community. With community dining, week in, week out we feed the hungry and give company to the lonely in our communities; providing delicious meals and great conversation, and using food which would otherwise go to waste.
ABOUT US: 

We provide weekly community meals for FREE, to communities across London. We're looking for volunteers to help us collect food, cook or serve the meals. 

WHY OUR WORK MATTERS: 

We connect communities, reducing loneliness and food poverty – working with thousands of volunteers and surplus food to help everyone who needs us. By creating welcoming spaces for people from all walks of life to meet, eat and have conversations, and by offering a weekly telephone Check-in and Chat, we are supporting people’s health and mental wellbeing.

By cooking with surplus ingredients, we promote healthy, sustainable attitudes towards food and its impact on the environment, and help people to learn more about healthy food.

We aim to inspire greater change by sharing the impact of our community dining spaces and the voices of our guests to encourage more people to join and support FoodCycle, so we can help more people and more communities.

OUR VALUES: 
sustainability
cost of living
mental health
inspire change
connecting communities
supporting wellbeing
tackling food waste
THINGS WE ARE PROUD OF: 
In 2022, we saved 209 tonnes of food from going to waste!
5458 volunteers donated 91, 688 hours of time!
87% of FoodCycle guests say that coming to a meal makes them feel part of the community
WHAT WE LOOK FOR IN OUR PEOPLE: 

Our volunteers do not need any previous experience and there is also no minimum commitment for volunteering, just a can-do attitude and a willingness to help!

HOW WE ARE DIFFERENT: 

We promote flexible volunteering meaning you can easily fit it around your studies! You can come and volunteer as little or as often as you like, simply register as a volunteer and sign up for sessions that suit you! 

Summary
Environment
Health
Homelessness
Hunger
Mental Health
Older People
Poverty
Refugees
London
United Kingdom
Charity / Nonprofit
Food and Beverages

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