Food Stories Podcast artwork with the words: Episode 2: Our Valuable Volunteers

Food Stories Podcast Episode 2 : Our Valuable Volunteers

Welcome to the second episode of Food Stories, a podcast from FareShare Greater Manchester. This time we are sharing a few stories from our valuable volunteers.

Last year, FareShare Greater Manchester rescued almost 2,000 tonnes of good-to-eat surplus food from going to waste. That food was redistributed to more than 300 charities and community groups across Greater Manchester and in real terms equated to 4.6 million meals. We would not be able to do the work we do without our fantastic volunteers who last year donated over 21,000 hours of their time to our operation.

Meet Liz Lauder, our Head of Volunteering & Employability Programmes. In this episode, you’ll also hear from some of our valuable volunteers. They share why they choose to give their time and what they gain from helping us. Additionally, we’ll take you out on the road with us during one of our delivery rounds.

If you enjoy listening to this episode, please share it with anyone who you think would benefit from listening too! And if you’ve been inspired by what you’ve heard and you’d like to give volunteering at FareShare Greater Manchester a go, please get in touch with us :

Email us: volunteering@faresharegm.org.uk

Call us: 0161 223 8200.

 

food redistribution charity

FareShare is the only charity to take food from the wholesale level of the food industry

The vast majority of surplus occurs before food even gets to the supermarket. Each FareShare regional centre takes that food and redistributes to those in need. FareShare Go is our supermarket collection service, which deals with supermarket-level surplus.