FoodCycle

FoodCycle is a UK charity (no. 1134423) that combines surplus food, spare kitchen spaces and volunteers to create healthy, tasty, three-course meals for people at risk of food poverty and social isolation. ^[1]

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.^[2]

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.^[3]

Awards

• In March 2010, named New Charity of the Year for the Charity Times Awards ^[4]
• In November 2010, received award from the Arthur Guinness Fund ^[5]
• In January 2011, received the Prime Minister's Big Society Award.^[6]

See also

• Food waste in the United Kingdom
• Campus Kitchen

References

Further reading

• Waste: Uncovering the Global Food Scandal, (W.W. Norton, 2009) by Tristram Stuart

External links

• foodcycle.org.uk
• www.campuskitchens.org/national/