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FoodCycle
Founded	2009
Type	Charity
VAT ID no.	1134423
Focus	Building Community, Food Poverty, Loneliness and Volunteering
Location	London, England, United Kingdom;
Area served	United Kingdom
Key people	Sophie Tebbetts (Chief Executive Officer)
Volunteers	10,000
Website	foodcycle.org.uk

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FoodCycle is a UK charity (no. 1134423) that combines surplus food, spare kitchen spaces and volunteers to create 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.

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.

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.^[2]

Awards

November 2022, named "Community Partner" by the Food and Drink Federation
January 2021 Sophie Tebbetts named "Supporting Leader of the Year" at the Charity Times Awards
March 2010, named "New Charity of the Year" in the Charity Times Awards^[3]
November 2010, received an award from the Arthur Guinness Fund
January 2011, received the Prime Minister's Big Society Award^[4]

References

^ Gurdip Thandi, An uplifting evening helping Walsall FoodCycle's volunteers turn unwanted food into friendship, Express & Star, 26 Feb 2024
^ Sophie Morris, Join the Waste Watchers Archived 2011-03-03 at the Wayback Machine, The London Evening Standard, 6 December 2010 ,
^ Andrew Holt, Charity Times award winners announced, 3 March 2010
^ "FoodCycle wins Prime Minister's Big Society Award" (PDF). FoodCycle. 21 January 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 March 2012.

External links

[1] Gurdip Thandi, An uplifting evening helping Walsall FoodCycle's volunteers turn unwanted food into friendship, Express & Star, 26 Feb 2024

[2] Sophie Morris, Join the Waste Watchers Archived 2011-03-03 at the Wayback Machine, The London Evening Standard, 6 December 2010 ,

[3] Andrew Holt, Charity Times award winners announced, 3 March 2010

[4] "FoodCycle wins Prime Minister's Big Society Award" (PDF). FoodCycle. 21 January 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 March 2012.

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-'''FoodCycle''' is a UK charity (no. 1134423) that combines surplus food, spare kitchen spaces and volunteers to create three-course meals for people at risk of food poverty and social isolation.<ref>Rosie Birkett, [http://www.metro.co.uk/lifestyle/848026-dishing-up-a-wastey-treat, ''FoodCycle: Dishing up a wastey treat'']{{Dead link|date=March 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, ''The Metro'', 22 November 2010</ref>
+'''FoodCycle''' is a UK charity (no. 1134423) that combines surplus food, spare kitchen spaces and volunteers to create three-course meals for people at risk of food poverty and social isolation.<ref>Gurdip Thandi, [https://www.expressandstar.com/news/Features/2024/02/26/an-uplifting-evening-helping-walsall-foodcycles-volunteers-turn-unwanted-food-into-friendship/, ''An uplifting evening helping Walsall FoodCycle's volunteers turn unwanted food into friendship''], ''Express & Star'', 26 Feb 2024</ref>
-FoodCycle operates from [[London]], England, but has operations throughout the [[United Kingdom]] (see list of operations below).
+FoodCycle operates from [[London]], England, but has operations throughout the [[United Kingdom]].
 ==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.<ref>Emma Youle, [http://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/community_cafes_serve_up_something_different_1_705346,''Community Cafe serves up something different'']{{Dead link|date=March 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, ''Ham & High'', 25 Oct. 2010</ref>
+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]].
 ==Philosophy==