Matt’s our Man!

February 2, 2012

We are very excited to announce the arrival of Matt Roberts who has come on board to develop our student project, FareFuture.  Matt, who recently resigned from his job, devised the project to deliver some much needed support in terms of lobbying, fund raising and publicity from the South West’s young people.  Matt then took his idea forward and entered the VODAFONE World of difference, and won funding for his innovation.

Matt, who has a keen eye for an idea and seemingly boundless energy to bring them to fruition kicks off next week with a presentation to Bradley Stoke Community College.  We are looking forward to some exciting events coming this way.

If you are a student or tutor and would like your school, college or university to get involved please contact Matt at info@faresharesouthwest.org.uk or see the web page.

 

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1 Million Meal Appeal

December 2, 2011

On 26th November, Sainsbury’s customers helped feed those in need. We’re delighted to reveal that the Million Meal Appeal has been a success. The generosity of Sainsbury’s customers has been overwhelming and with Sainsbury’s matching their customers, FareShare can provide a staggering 1.2 million meals for vulnerable people.  This equated to 39 pallets of food in [...]

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Princess and the ‘Value’ Peas

November 24, 2011

Years ago, when I was at School I had a home economics homework to feed a family of four, for a week on £20.  Although giving away my age – I am proud to say, that whilst I didn’t have a clue my Mother was able to do it, not only that, but she was [...]

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THE 1 MILLION MEAL APPEAL

October 24, 2011
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Hub and Spoke – making the world go round.

October 10, 2011

Last week saw the inception of Hub and Spoke, the brain-child of the Director of FareShare South West, at the St Jude’s Depot. Representatives of interested community projects joined us along with some FareShare South West old hands in the guise of our amazing volunteers, Alan of Wild Goose fame and our newest board of [...]

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You Raise me Up

September 23, 2011

A massive round of applause rang out yesterday at the FSSW depot in Bristol, as Trevor, Nassur, Nick and Paul were awarded their Fork Lift Truck drivers licence by FSSW Director Jacqui Reeves. The fantastic four have been working hard over the last month under the steady hand (and beady eye) of Pete Wright, our Operations Manager [...]

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FareShare SW round ‘em up at Shambala

September 14, 2011

At Shambala it’s usually the acts and bands playing to sell out audiences – but we’re thrilled to say that FareShare Southwest also sold out on Saturday night for our Landfill feast. With the team fully frocked up as Cowboys and Indians – our diners were treated to such heavenly delights as Andalusian Chicken and [...]

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The Landfill Café at SHAMBALA 2011

August 4, 2011

The first thing that went through my mind was – Why haven’t I got a ticket? Fareshare South West are delighted to announce we’re popping our Shambala cherry this year, launching the Landfill Café at this years festival.  Happily wedged in amongst the four-day mayhem of “far too many things”, we will be serving delicious [...]

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Sainsbury’s Meal Appeal – and then some!

August 4, 2011

The kindness of strangers never ceases to amaze me:  From the 8th to 10th July 2011, Sainsburys (one of FareShare’s largest and long term supporters) went the extra mile with their “Meal Appeal” campaign: At 19 depots, 890 stores countrywide and online; staff, customers and volunteers alike organized, promoted, donated and broadcast the same message:  [...]

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“Lift the Lid”

February 7, 2011

A fantastic set of events in collaboration with Young Bristol took place in February. The first event was an open evening at FareShare Warehouse lifting the lid on the amount and type of food we receive with fabulous food cooked by the award winning Thali Cafe, a yurt in the warehouse and attendees of over [...]

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Thali Café and Fareshare South West excited to be working together!

December 1, 2010

  Council Leader Barbara Janke dropped in to the city’s first ever food champion Sid Sharma of the Thali Café in Easton on Tuesday 23rd November to congratulate them on their latest national food award.  The Thali Café was recently voted Best Cheap Eat in the UK by the Observer newspaper readers. This follows last [...]

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FareShare South West involved with "Feed Cardiff" event during October 2010

November 11, 2010

On Saturday 9th October, shoppers in Cardiff City Centre got more than they bargained for – a free, freshly cooked meal and some food for thought about making farming more sustainable. The event – ‘Feed Cardiff’ – was organised by the Cardiff Food Alliance, a partnership between the Cardiff Transition Project, Cardiff Friends of the [...]

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Recent hands-on cooking demonstration using "waste food" from FareShare

November 11, 2010

On Tuesday 14th September 2010 A free cooking demonstration took place at the prestigious cookery school at Bordeaux Quay. Tailored for the projects that receive our food and run by the award winning chefs from the Thali Café. All the food used was destined for landfill, to be reprocessed as animal feed or otherwise wasted. FareShare [...]

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Latest Newsletter

August 28, 2010

Latest newsletter available now! FareShare South West will be publishing an annual newsletter to keep you up to date with our latest developments, projects & news. If you would like to subscribe and receive your copy by email please click here -> info@faresharesouthwest.org.uk and write “newsletter” in the title. Read more about FareShare’s latest news by clicking the images [...]

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Burges Salmon volunteer days

June 17, 2010

Burges Salmon started a volunteer day with us in March 2010. Since then we have accommodated one day each month for 4 people. The CSR representative Catherine said “We have been overwhelmed with people wanting to volunteer with FareShare South West” We have had great feedback from the volunteers who have spent a day with [...]

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FareShare wins “Britain’s Most Admired Charity” Award

March 23, 2010

Last night, FareShare won the award as ‘Britain’s Most Admired Charity’ at the Third Sector Awards ceremony hosted by Barclays in Docklands. FareShare was one of five nominees, alongside RNIB, RNLI, Help for Heroes and The Woodland Trust. The nominees were chosen by Third Sector and a panel of advisers, and the awards were voted [...]

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Food provision survey

February 17, 2010

To support FareShare South West’s long term sustainability and to ensure that we will be able to continue to provide our members with good quantities of quality food, we introduced a membership fee scheme last year. This fee will help to cover some of the costs necessary to administer the service and is not a [...]

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Building A Better Bristol Awards

November 2, 2009

GWE Business West celebrated the commercial harvest of the city in St Stephens Church, the city’s business church. This year they chose to celebrate “Spirit in good business” and their programme was marking and uncovering success with good business and also fair trade. Their celebrations included making a number of “Building a Better Bristol” awards [...]

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Feature on Heart 96.3 website

September 11, 2009

FareShare food- Heart 96.3 website article Dated 8th September 2009

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Evening Post article

September 11, 2009

EP Sept 09 Please read our latest feature in the evening post dated 7th September 2009

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