FoodCycle is 10!
It’s 10 years since we served our first ever meal to guests at FoodCycle LSE. Since then we have grown to support 40 projects across England, serving meals to 1,500 guests each week and providing a welcoming space to chat and make friends. Here are some of our highlights! Please help us to continue nourishing […]
Volunteer Awards Launch
This Volunteers Week, we launched our FoodCycle Volunteer Awards to recognise and say thank you to the incredible people who help us nourish communities across the country. So, we looked at the hours our volunteers had donated and designed a system to reward them for every milestone they reached. For 50 hours – Volunteers receive […]
How being a volunteer boosted my confidence
Mathew Hales is a Project Leader at FoodCycle Birmingham Sutton, one of our newest projects! Here he explains how he came to be involved as a volunteer, what he enjoys about it and how it has helped to build his confidence. I have been out of work since February last year from the hospitality management […]
5 Ways to Make a Difference with FoodCycle in 2019
Are you looking to make a difference in your community? To have an impact and meet new people, consider getting involved at FoodCycle! Here are five ways to help us with our mission to nourish communities and create a society where no-one is hungry on lonely. Eat with us Come share conversation over some delicious […]
10 Reasons to volunteer with FoodCycle in 2019
Are you looking to volunteer in 2019? If you want to meet new people, learn some super skills and have a positive impact in your community, then look no further than FoodCycle! Here are 10 reasons to volunteer with FoodCycle in 2019. Get to know your community Volunteering with FoodCycle is the perfect way to get […]
Why I became a volunteer as a student
Are you a student thinking of getting stuck into some volunteering in 2019? Meet Brad Corrigan, a 20 year-old student volunteer who is a Project Leader at FoodCycle Dalston. Here he shares why he first decided to volunteer with FoodCycle, what he enjoys about it and what skills he is gaining from being a volunteer. […]
Recipes for Community
To celebrate the community and to spread some cheer this festive season, we’re putting together a Recipes for Community digital cookbook featuring some of the best dishes from our FoodCycle family. At FoodCycle we recognise that eating is about more than essential nutrition. It is a shared experience that bonds us together and helps to […]
£35 for a week – for a family of four (and a cat!)
When I received an email from FoodCycle about this specific fundraiser, I was certainly hesitant. In the press just the week before had been the story of YouTube streamer Alfie Deynes who took a ‘living on a £1’ for a day level to new heights of offensiveness by using his Range Rover to drive around, […]
Volunteer stories: ‘It makes me feel immensely proud to have contributed so much to the local community’
Project Leader, Calum, has given 192 hours to FoodCycle Liverpool, helping it to become a project full of heart. We asked him how it feels to have given so much time, what his most memorable moment has been and what he gets up to when he isn’t being a fantastic FoodCycler? How does it feel […]
Volunteer stories: The importance of cooking and presenting food with care
Project Leader, Chris, has given over 155 hours to FoodCycle Finsbury Park, a project renowned for it’s high-quality food and attention to detail. We asked him about what his role involves, what he has learned and why he thinks presentation is so important! How did you hear about us? I was looking to do some […]
FoodCycle Awards 2018
Every year at the FoodCycle Conference we recognise the work of our amazing Project Leaders. Our Project Leaders are volunteers who go the extra mile, keeping their project running to ensure our guests get a welcoming, warm, community meal week-in-week-out. This year we added some awards for individual volunteers who have made a big impact in […]
Stories from the FoodCycle Annual Conference
Every year we invite our Project Leaders to our Annual Conference, where we share ideas, develop new skills and get a chance to celebrate all the amazing things they achieve as volunteers. Joana Costa is one of these volunteer leaders, who has been volunteering with FoodCycle Birmingham Aston for a few months. We asked her […]