FareShare
Charity aimed at relieving food poverty and reducing food waste in the United Kingdom
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| 2024 | FareShare was highly commended and won multiple awards for the 'Where's The Food?' campaign with The Felix Project, including 'Communications Campaign of the Year' at the Third Sector Awards, 'Campaigning Team of the Year' at the Charity Times Awards, and 'Best Environmental Purpose Campaign' at the PR Week Awards. |
| 2024 | Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announces a government commitment of £15 million to farm-gate level food surplus redistribution. |
| 2024 | FareShare publishes its manifesto 'Where's The Food? Strengthening Communities Through Surplus Food Redistribution', proposing comprehensive policy improvements for food redistribution in the UK. |
| 2024 | FareShare manages 35 distribution warehouses across the UK, with three regions (Merseyside, East Anglia, and Southern Central) directly managed by the organization, and 32 warehouses managed by independent charities and partners. |
| May 2024 | Arla and Nestle announced they would donate the equivalent of 1.25 million breakfasts to FareShare, building on their existing partnerships. |
| 2023 | Tesco Food Collection reaches an equivalent of 528,187 meals. FareShare launches the 'Where's the Food?' campaign to reinstate government funding for food surplus redistribution. |
| 2023 | FareShare redistributed over 57,000 tonnes of food, equivalent to 135 million meals in their 2023/2024 annual report period. |
| 2023 | FareShare and the University of Hertfordshire release the 'Waste Britain' report, highlighting the social and economic impact of food redistribution. |
| November 2023 | On King Charles III's 75th birthday, the Royal Family launches the Coronation Food Project in collaboration with FareShare and The Felix Project to reduce food waste and support food-insecure individuals. |
| 2022 | FareShare won the Charity Awards 'Environment and Conservation Award', the 'Food Redistribution Award' at Waste2Zero's Food Service Waste Management and Prevention Awards, and 'Corporate National Partnership of the Year with a Retailer' at the Charity Times Awards for its partnership with Tesco. |
| 2022 | FareShare extended partnerships to the food service sector by collaborating with KFC and Nando's through FareShare Go. |
| 2022 | In response to the global food crisis, FareShare publishes the 'Cost of Living Crisis Appeal', calling for £25 million annual government investment in surplus food distribution. |
| November 2022 | Premier Foods launched a five-year partnership with FareShare, committing to donate 1 million meals and host 1,000 volunteering days annually. |
| 2021 | FareShare had a remarkable year, winning 'Charity of the Year' and 'Corporate National Partnership of the Year with a Retailer' at the Charity Times Awards, 'Campaign of the Year' at the Sheila McKechnie National Campaigner Awards for the school meals campaign with Marcus Rashford MBE, and the 'Community Partner Award' at the Food and Drink Federation Awards for its work during the Covid-19 pandemic. |
| 2021 | FareShare launches the Food on Plates campaign, calling for £5 million annual government funding to help farmers redistribute unsold food. The Child Food Poverty Taskforce successfully lobbies for a summer voucher scheme extension and a Winter Package supporting vulnerable children. |
| 2020 | During the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, Tesco donated the equivalent of 4.5 million meals to FareShare to help meet increased food distribution demands. |
| March 2020 | Marcus Rashford becomes a FareShare ambassador and helps found the Child Food Poverty Taskforce. |
| March 21 2020 | During the initial UK lockdown, FareShare rapidly expanded operations, signing up 2,000 new charity members, recruiting 230 new food businesses, training 1,700 new volunteers, and establishing 11 new warehouses and two distribution centres. |
| 2019 | FareShare won several prestigious awards, including 'Campaign of the Year' at the Food and Drink Federation's Awards for the 'Feed People First' campaign, 'Corporate National Partnership with a Retailer' at the Charity Times Awards, and the 'Consortium' award at the Business Charity Awards for the 'Fight Hunger Create Change' partnership with Asda and the Trussell Trust. |
| 2019 | DEFRA funds a pilot program with FareShare and The Felix Project to redistribute surplus food from farms, helping deliver 4,447 tonnes of food equivalent to 10.5 million meals. |
| 2018 | FareShare received multiple awards, including 'Best Social Enterprise Award' at the Foodism 100 Awards, 'Partnership of the Year' at Ethical Corporation's Responsible Business Awards, and 'Best Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative' for FareShare Go at the World Food Innovation Awards. |
| 2018 | FareShare launches the #ActiveAte national holiday hunger campaign to raise awareness about children at risk of food poverty during summer. |
| February 2018 | Asda commits to a £20 million investment in FareShare and The Trussell Trust, aiming to help over one million people out of food poverty and fund new refrigeration equipment and delivery vehicles. |
| 2017 | FareShare achieved a notable year by winning 'Charity of the Year' at both the Charity Times Awards and the Third Sector Awards. |
| 2017 | Tesco acquired Booker Group, which led to an expanded partnership with FareShare. |
| 2015 | Tesco became one of the first organizations involved with FareShare Go, implementing the program across all 2,764 of its stores. |
| 2015 | FareShare launches the FareShare Go app, connecting frontline charities with local supermarkets having surplus stock, including Tesco, Waitrose, and Asda. |
| 2012 | Tesco partners with FareShare to redistribute surplus food, establishing the Tesco Food Collection initiative. |
| 2010 | FareShare won 'Britain's Most Admired Charity' at the Third Sector Awards, marking a significant recognition of its charitable work. |
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