FoodCycle
| Founded | 2008 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Kelvin Cheung |
| Type | Charity |
| 1134423 | |
| Focus | Food waste in the United Kingdom, Food Poverty and Volunteering |
| Location | |
Area served | United Kingdom |
Key people | Kelvin Cheung (Founder and Chief Executive) Louise Mousseau (Chief Operations Officer) Tory Coates (Hub Development Manager) Jessica Veltman (Community Cafe Manager) |
| Website | foodcycle |
FoodCycle is a non-profit organization that operates by setting up groups of volunteers to collect surplus produce locally and prepare nutritious meals in unused professional kitchen spaces that are served to those in need in the local community.[1]
The organization is headquartered in London, England and 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 organization 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 at Stroud Green, Haringey, London, called Station House was opened.[2]
Philosophy
FoodCycle’s mission is to combine volunteers, surplus food and a free kitchen space 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
References
- ^ Rosie Birkett, FoodCycle: Dishing up a wastey treat, The Metro, 22 November 2010
- ^ Emma Youle, Community Cafe serves up something different, Ham & High, 25 Oct. 2010
- ^ Sophie Morris, Join the Waste Watchers, The London Evening Standard, 6 December 2010 ,
- ^ Andrew Holt, Charity Times award winners announced, 3 March 2010
- ^ Jessica Odubayo, Food charity wins award, Tower Hamlets 1 November 2010
- ^ FoodCycle wins Prime Minister's Big Society Award, 11 January 2011
Further reading
- Waste: Uncovering the Global Food Scandal, (W.W. Norton, 2009) by Tristram Stuart