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| Founded | 2009 |
|---|---|
| Type | Charity |
| 1134423 | |
| Focus | Building Community, Food Poverty, Loneliness and Volunteering |
| Location | |
Area served |
United Kingdom |
Key people |
Mary McGrath (Chief Executive Officer) |
Volunteers |
10,000 |
| Website | foodcycle |
FoodCycle is a UK charity (no. 1134423) that combines surplus food, spare kitchen spaces and volunteers to create three-course meals for people at risk of food poverty and social isolation.
FoodCycle operates from London, England, but has operations throughout the United Kingdom (see list of operations below).
History
In September 2008, Canadian Kelvin Cheung founded FoodCycle. He decided to start the organisation after hearing about the US on-campus student service program, Campus Kitchen, where students use on-campus kitchen space and donated food from their cafeterias to prepare nourishing meals for their communities. FoodCycle's pilot hubs were at the Imperial College London and the London School of Economics. In October 2010, the first Community Café was opened at Stroud Green, Haringey, London, called Station House.
Philosophy
FoodCycle's mission is to combine volunteers, surplus food and spare kitchen spaces to create nutritious meals and positive social change in the community.
Awards
- In March 2010, named "New Charity of the Year" in the Charity Times Awards
- In November 2010, received an award from the Arthur Guinness Fund
- In January 2011, received the Prime Minister's Big Society Award
See also
Further reading
- Waste: Uncovering the Global Food Scandal, (W.W. Norton, 2009) by Tristram Stuart