Jane volunteers at all five Newcastle Projects as part of National Volunteers’ Week
As part of National Volunteers’ Week, FoodCycle volunteer Jane has set herself the challenge to volunteer at every FoodCycle Project in the North East – to raise awareness and to encourage others to get involved. We relay on our incredible volunteers to take surplus food and turn it in to nutritious meals, which are then […]
A Christmas Carol Charity Partner
FoodCycle are delighted to have been chosen as the A Christmas Carol Charity Partner for this year’s production to be live streamed from The Old Vic stage. The Charity Partner scheme would usually collect donations through post-show bucket collections. Unable to fundraise in person, the theatre wants to continue in its commitment to support charities […]
Just Eat Christmas Meal Appeal
JUST EAT CHRISTMAS MEAL APPEAL We are once again delighted to be a part of The Just Eat Christmas Meal Appeal which is running until 3rd January 2022. Using its entire network as a force for good, the food delivery app is encouraging members of the public to donate £3, £5 or £10 when they order […]
How long can you eat food items after their Best Before date?
WRAP (The Waste and Resources Action Programme) has recently released new guidance highlighting that food past its Best Before date remains safe and perfectly good to eat for days, weeks, months or even years after the date – depending on the type of food, and if it has been stored correctly. This week is the […]
FoodCycle Delivers
*Please note, FoodCycle no longer delivers food parcels. This was a temporary service which was set up in response to the COVID pandemic. FoodCycle runs weekly community meals, find your nearest meal now! Our guests need us more than ever and whilst we can’t run our community meals at the moment, we are pleased to […]
Cycling to rescue surplus food in Newcastle
FoodCycle is growing in the North East and so is its need for cyclists. Every week, three-course community meals are served up – free of charge! – in three different venues across Newcastle, all of which are created from rescued food waste. At FoodCycle Monkchester, based in Walker, this food is collected by bike. Using […]
FoodCycle in 2019: Our Best Bits
Welcome to a roundup of some of the best bits from FoodCycle in our 10th Anniversary year. Our volunteers achieved this! That’s the equivalent of a one-storey house full of surplus food, enough meals to feed the city of Coventry and seven years worth of volunteer hours. It’s an incredible achievement and we can’t thank […]
Corporate Festive Fundraising: five great examples
Our corporate partners have done a great job of coming up with innovative ways to fundraise for FoodCycle this festive season. So much so that we wanted to share their ideas. Thank you to our amazing partners for their support. Just Eats’ Black Friday Campaign Just Eat kicked off the festive season by reimagining its […]
A Week Less Wasted in the Office
‘A Week Less Wasted‘ is our nationwide challenge to cut all food waste for a week in August. In the UK we waste 7 million tonnes of food every year while 8.4 million people are struggling to feed themselves. A problem this size calls for big solutions. But there’s a smaller solution to this crisis […]
A Week Less Wasted
‘A Week Less Wasted‘ is our nationwide challenge to cut all food waste for a week in August. In the UK we waste 7 million tonnes of food every year while 8.4 million people are struggling to feed themselves. A problem this size calls for big solutions. But there’s a smaller solution to this crisis […]
Fundraisers to friendship: 10 Inspiring FoodCycle stories
We’ve been nourishing communities for ten wonderful years, and over our time we’ve been utterly inspired by the people who make FoodCycle happen – from our guests and volunteers, to our fundraisers and partners. So to celebrate our ripe old age, here are ten things that make us say ‘WOW’. Lewisham fundraiser When it comes […]
Recipes to Reduce Food Waste at Home
When our volunteers pick up a donation of surplus food from our generous suppliers, they have no idea what they are going to get. So our cooking teams need to be very creative when they decide what recipe they are going to use. This decision includes how many guests they are cooking for and how […]