Service provides lifeline for charities
- FareShare Cymru North Wales, operated by Crest Co-operative, is a franchise of national charity FareShare UK.
- FareShare operates in 18 regions in the UK, across more than 135 towns and cities. Last year, FareShare UK provided food for 12 million meals, helping to reach 62,200 people each day.
- Demand for FareShare services across the UK is increasing; the organisation are now supporting more than 1,290 charities and community projects, a 41% increase in twelve months. These are frontline charities, which include homeless shelters, breakfast clubs for children, luncheon clubs for older people and women’s refuge centres, providing a lifeline to thousands of vulnerable people every day.
- FareShare is not a traditional food bank as the organisation provides surplus food that would otherwise go to waste to charities and community projects. This is mainly fresh produce that our member charities prepare and serve onsite, meaning beneficiaries sit down to a hot meal when they would otherwise go without. This food play a crucial role in allowing charities to engage with their beneficiaries.
- Each charity that FareShare UK works with also saves an average of £13,000 a year on their food bill. More than 80% of these charities invest the savings into providing their clients with additional support services, helping address the wider causes of why they are struggling to feed themselves.
