We’re thrilled to share that we are launching a FareShare Greater Manchester podcast!
Food Stories will take listeners behind the scenes to meet our brilliant staff and our utterly amazing volunteers. We’ll also take you out on deliveries and introduce you to some of our Community Food Members who use our food to serve their communities.
As part of our new podcast launch, we’re excited to share what it is we do. We rescue good-to-eat surplus food from going to waste and redistributing it to hundreds of charities and community groups across our city of Manchester and beyond, as well as sharing the stories of some of those groups who we support.
You can listen to our brand new podcast trailer on the link below or by searching for Food Stories from FareShare Greater Manchester on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and some other podcast apps.
To make sure you don’t miss out on the first episode from the new podcast launch, follow Food Stories on your favourite podcast app and you will automatically get it when it’s published. By subscribing to the podcast, you’ll stay updated on inspiring stories and learn how you can get involved in reducing food waste and supporting communities across Manchester.
Happy listening!
Community-owned football club FC United of Manchester set up its COVID-19 Food Hub in March 2020. The move comes in response to England entered its first period of national lockdown.
The Food Hub was established in collaboration with the North Manchester Business Network and Manchester City Council to support households in North Manchester who could not access their usual help networks. Typically, they were elderly single households or those that had cases of Covid-19 in the house. The Food Hub has also become increasingly important to those in financial crisis awaiting Universal Credit payments following a job loss or those. For instance, refugees, who have lost their job and are denied access to any public funding.
During lockdown, FC United became one of the biggest food charity destinations in Greater Manchester. The Food Hub receives just under 19 tonnes of food from us between March and August. In short, that’s the equivalent to 44,645 meal portions.
“Our partnership with FareShare Greater Manchester has enabled us to massively expand our community outreach at a time when it has never been more needed. We’d like to offer our sincere thanks to all at FareShare for their help – from volunteers, delivery drivers, background staff and admin staff who have been exemplary in their support of our project. Unfortunately, we don’t see an end to the help that we will have to offer. With the continuous generous support from organisations like FareShare, we can continue to deliver help where people need it in ever increasingly challenging times.”
Vinny Thompson,
Project Leader at the FC United Food Hub
Now in the second lockdown of the year, FC United is once again seeing a surge in demand. Accordingly, they plan to reach even more families over the winter period.
You can support FC United’s Food Hub by offering your time as a volunteer. For more information, contact office@fc-united.co.uk or visit the website.
Pictures courtesy of FC United/Matt Wilkinson @stellapicsltd