FareShare
Welcome to FareShare!
What we do
FareShare is the UK’s largest charity fighting hunger and food waste. We save good-to-eat, surplus food from going to waste and redistribute it to frontline charities, including school breakfast clubs, older people’s lunch clubs, homeless shelters, and community cafés, who turn it into meals.
By ensuring that good food is not wasted, FareShare transforms an environmental problem into a social solution.
Why our work matters
· One in five people in the UK live in food insecurity1– including 4 million children.2
· Over 3 million tonnes of good-to-eat food goes to waste in the UK every year,3 enough for 7 billion meals.
· Wasted food is responsible for up to 10% of global greenhouse gas emissions, fuelling climate change.4
· 75% of the charities that we redistribute food to support families and children.
1. The Food Foundation (2023). Food Insecurity Tracking. Round 12.
2. Office for National Statistics (2022). Population estimates.
3. World Wildlife Foundation (2022). Hidden Waste: The Scale and Impact of Food Waste in Primary Production.
4.WWF (2021), Driven To Waste: The Global Impact Of Food Loss And Waste On Farms.
Our impact
Will you support FareShare through your pay today and stand with us to get surplus food to great causes? Setting up your regular giving could not be easier: click ‘Donate now’ to get started.
Registered Charity No. 1100051
Which charities can I support?
You can support any UK registered charity, including the University of Edinburgh.
You can nominate more than one charity to benefit from your donations and you can easily change your nominated charity or the amount you are giving at any time.
If your chosen charity is not listed on the online donation form or it is a specific area within the University of Edinburgh, you can still support them. Just make sure to include their name and charity number on the form
Below is a selection of areas within the University of Edinburgh you may wish to consider:
For more information
Please email the Payroll Giving in Action helpline at [email protected] or use our live chat facility if you need any assistance or guidance. This may include help with completing the donation form, details of your charitable cause, making multiple donations, calculating financial contributions etc.