🎄That’s a wrap for this year’s BEFA Christmas food distribution. This week, we distributed food to 43 North West organisations thanks to the BEFA food delivery which included turkeys, vegetables & Christmas puddings. Learn more about the Buckingham Emergency Food Project here: befafoodappeal.co.uk

Great news on our Van Fundraiser. We have had more money coming in over the last week or so and we are now at over 30% of the way to our target of £25,000! Thank you to everyone who's donated so far! www.justgiving.com/campaign/van... #FareShareGM #FSGMVanFundraiser #MilesForMeals #DrivingChange

Every week, each of our vans delivers enough food for 19,000 meals. That’s families fed, worries eased, & hope delivered. Help us keep the wheels turning this winter by supporting our Winter Van Appeal. www.justgiving.com/campaign/van... #FareShareGM #KeepUsMoving #WinterVanFundraiser

🎄We’ve been feeling festive at FareShare Greater Manchester today for #ChristmasJumperDay 🎄As always, our very own Super Sally from FareShare Plus pulled out all the stops as the ultimate Christmas elf. 🎄Thanks to all our brilliant staff and volunteers for bringing the cheer & the knitwear today!

🧡Check out this gorgeous risotto made by Sandy in our Main Office with one of the surplus Crown Prince Squashes we have had in our warehouse lately. One of the joys of how we operate is that we get bulk deliveries of interesting varieties of fruit and vegetables. #SurplusWithPurpose #StopFoodWaste

1/2 🍏In November, we managed to redistribute a fabulous 218 tonnes of food thanks to the support of our suppliers, volunteers & corporate partners. 🍽 That food equates to 521,333 meals - over half a million - which went out to 266 charities and community groups.

💚On Giving Tuesday please support our Winter Van Appeal. By donating to our appeal, you could have a real community impact! 💚You can donate and support our Winter Van Appeal at our Just Giving page here: www.justgiving.com/campaign/van... #FareShareGreaterManchester #DrivingImpact #WinterVanAppeal

🥫 What an amazing 3 days we had with the Tesco Winter Food Collection last week! 💚 We'd like to say a heartfelt thank you to everyone who supported us including; Tesco staff, our volunteer food collectors and the generous shoppers who donated food to the collection. #TescoWinterFoodCollection

🚛Our Van Fundraiser appeal has hit 10% - thank you to everyone who has donated so far! We’re hoping to raise £25,000 to keep us motoring and delivering food to community groups across Greater Manchester. Please donate today and help us stay on the road: www.justgiving.com/campaign/van-fundraiser

🥫 This time next week, the Tesco Winter Food Collection will be well underway. There’s still time to sign up for a 3-hour shift to help us collect food donations for the organisations we support in Greater Manchester. Sign up here 👉 fareshare.org.uk/foodcollecti...

🚚Our vans keep food moving to charities & community groups across Greater Manchester. But they’re wearing out fast. We need £25,000 for a new van to keep delivering hope, meals and change. Please watch our video and donate: www.justgiving/compaign/van-fundraiser #FareShareGM #VanFundraiser

🥬When surplus produce meets schools, families win. Thanks to Barlow Hall Primary + #FareShareGM, families are cooking from scratch and trying new veg every day. Read all about it in our latest Food Story! 👉 faresharegm.org.uk/food-stories... #CommunityFood #Vegelicious #SurplusWithPurpose

A huge thank you to everyone who helped us in October - a month of giant swedes & gorgeous mini squashes! Thanks to our brilliant suppliers, volunteers, corporate partners and staff, we rescued 225.4 tonnes of surplus food from going to waste and redistributed it to 274 groups across #Manchester.

This #BlackHistoryMonth, we’re proud to celebrate Family Unit Trust - a charity born from one family’s courage and compassion. With support from us, they’re helping families facing cancer and hardship rebuild their lives with food, dignity and hope 👉 Read more: faresharegm.org.uk/food-stories...

Our sister organisation EMERGE Recycling is recruiting a driver-collector to join the team 👇

We'd like to wish all our friends and supporters who are celebrating, a very Happy Diwali 💚

🎧This #WorldFoodDay we revisit the Carnival Cook-Up! 90 volunteers + surplus food = 1,500 meals for people experiencing homelessness. Listen to the latest #FoodStoriesPodcast feat. Cracking Good Food, Booth Centre, GM Mayor AndyBurnham + more! 👉 faresharegm.org.uk/podcasts/foo... #GreaterManchester

🍂It’s feeling very autumnal in the warehouse these days. Check out these gorgeous, colourful squashes! Perfect roasted for soups, pasta sauces & as a side dish. How do you like to eat yours? #SquashSeason #SeasonalVeg #FareShareGM #StopFoodWaste

🥫We need volunteers to support our Tesco Food Collection. From 27-29th November we're collecting food donations at 8 supermarkets across Greater Manchester. Sign up to volunteer here👇https://fareshare.org.uk/foodcollection/ #FareShareGM #FightFoodInsecurity #TescoWinterFoodCollection #Tesco

🍏In September, with the help and support of our brilliant volunteers, corporate partners and food suppliers, we were able to redistribute 183 tonnes of surplus food. That included 🥦66 tonnes of veg 🍋17.9 tonnes of fruit 🍗4.7 tonnes of meat 🍽️Which equates to 436,000 meals supporting 271 charities.

🥦Happy #WorldVegetarianDay! We’re marking the day with a new recipe from our team: Vegetarian Sausage Ball Sauce for Pasta 🍅. Give it a try! 👇 faresharegm.org.uk/recipes/rach...

🎙️ Happy International Podcast Day! Did you know we have our own podcast? If you haven't listened yet, please give it a whirl and let us know what you think. Find it in your podcast app, the FareShareGM website and this link 👇 pod.link/1784915471?v... #InternationalPodcastDay #FoodStoriesPodcast

On #InternationalFoodLossAndFoodWasteDay we're sharing a tasty recipe for #ZeroWasteBhajis created by one of our Community Food Members, Kala from Tameside Meals. Did you know that in the UK, 6.4 million tonnes of food are wasted by households? Most of it edible! faresharegm.org.uk/recipes/zero...

🍏Today, it’s been announced that our national partner, FareShare UK is merging with The Felix Project. What we hope this means for us will be more food & more funding. For now, we want to stress that for FareShare Greater Manchester, it will be business as usual. fareshare.org.uk/fareshareand...

Looking for something meaningful to do with your spare time? Why not pay a visit to our stall at the Manchester Community Central Volunteering Fair this Saturday? #Manchester #Volunteering #ManchesterVolunteering

“No one wants to ask for help, but everyone deserves a warm welcome.” 🌈Rainbow Surprise is making Crumpsall brighter with food, friendship & care. 👉 Read our latest Food Story post to discover how Rainbow Surprise is making a lasting #CommunityImpact: faresharegm.org.uk/food-stories... #Manchester

🍏Last month, we redistributed 156.7 tonnes of good-to-eat surplus food to 229 charities and community orgs across Greater Manchester. Thank you to our brilliant food suppliers, volunteers & corporate partners who all played their part in getting 373,300 meals out to those who really need them!

Big #ThankfulThursday shout-out to Co-op Lea Green! 💚 12 years, 623 tonnes of food, 1.48M meals shared. Thank you for helping us fight food waste & feed communities across GM. Read more 👉https://faresharegm.org.uk/food-stories/supplier-spotlight-co-op-lea-green/ #FareShareGM

Want to do something in #Manchester that helps tackle #hunger and #globalwarming? Become a Volunteer Driver with @faresharegm.bsky.social and help us deliver food to good causes! Call us on 0161 223 8200 Or email us on [email protected] Visit tinyurl.com/FareShareGM for more info.

We'd like to say a huge thank you to Jeff from FRESH for going above and beyond for us. Jeff’s organisation, is one of our community food members. When Jeff heard we needed extra help in the warehouse to get orders out this summer, he volunteered for us, supporting us & his fellow members too.

We rescued & redistributed 210 tonnes of surplus food, the equivalent of 499,620 meals, to 273 charities & community groups across our city. 🥦 86t veg | 🍏 22t fruit | 🥛 14.3t dairy | 🍞 13.4t bread | 🥩 12t meat Huge thanks to everyone who helped #FareShareGM #FoodWaste #FightHunger #CommunityImpact

We’re incredibly proud that Food Stories, our podcast from FareShare Greater Manchester, has been shortlisted for Best Podcast at the Manchester Publicity Association Inspiration Awards 2025! Thanks to everyone who’s supported us & shared their story. Listen👉 faresharegm.org.uk/news-and-res...

🍏 We’re hiring! We have three exciting opportunities to join our team based at New Smithfield Market: 🚛 Full-time Driver & Warehouse Operative 🍏 Full-time Food Allocations Coordinator 📞 Part-time Food Allocations Assistant For full details 👇 faresharegm.org.uk/about-us/car... #CharityJob #Job

🥕Young Marketeers from 9 Manchester schools raised £784 for FareShare GM by selling homegrown produce in the city centre. 💚 Huge thanks to everyone who helped! Read full story 👉 faresharegm.org.uk/stories/youn... #YoungMarketeers #FareShareGM #SchoolFoodMatters @schoolfoodmatters.bsky.social

Want to do something really impactful? Become a Volunteer Driver with @faresharegm.bsky.social! Help us deliver food to good causes! Call us on 0161 223 8200 Or email us on [email protected] Visit tinyurl.com/FareShareGM for more info. Flexible hours. No special licence required.

🍏We are hiring! We're looking for someone to join our busy food allocations team to liaise with our Community Food Members and make sure they’re getting the food they need. Full details of this part-time role 👇 www.emerge3rs.co.uk/job-vacancies/ #FareShareGM #CharityJob #WarehouseJob

It was a super busy month for us in June – we redistributed the equivalent of almost half a million meals (494,680 to be precise)! Huge thanks to all of our food suppliers, our staff, volunteers & corporate volunteers for helping us make such a huge impact. #StopFoodWaste #CommunityImpact

Fancy joining our team fighting food waste and food poverty? We’re looking for a new full-time Driver & Warehouse Operative to join our team. Full details about the vacancy here: emerge3rs.co.uk/job-vacancies/ #CharityJob #CommunityImpact #Vacancy

☀️It’s not just us wilting in this heat – it can make spinach a bit limp too. But don’t throw it way - you can breathe new life into your wilty spinach leaves by standing them in a jug of cold water. It just needs to take on some hydration to restore it to its perky old self. #StopFoodWaste

🤔 Can you visualise 2,000 football pitches of wasted food? 🎉 That's why #Müller teams up with #FareShareUK charity to tackle this. Find out more about this amazing partnership as we chat to Müller's Viki Bryant. #partnerships @faresharegm.bsky.social @faresharemidlands.bsky.social

🌱 We were delighted to join Rainbow Surprise for the grand opening of their brand new Community Garden in Crumpsall! 🥕A brilliant space for growing food, friendships & opportunities. Find out more 👉 rainbowsurprise.com #CommunityGarden #GrowingTogether #FareshareGM

VOLUNTEER APPEAL - THURSDAY WAREHOUSE ASSISTANTS We urgently need volunteers on Thursdays to help in our @faresharegm.bsky.social warehouse to help us get food supplies to those in need. To find out how you can help, please call 0161 223 8200 (option 6), or email: [email protected]💚

We would like to wish everyone who's celebrating, a happy Eid Al Adha! #EidAlAdha

Our Impact in May: 🍏165.6 tonnes of food 🙌 251 charities helped 🍽️ 394, 290 Thank you to all our food & corporate partners, our brilliant volunteers & staff for helping us #StopFoodWaste & #FightFoodInsecurity #FareShareGM

🍏We are proud to be a certified #LivingWageEmployer, and celebrate over three years of accreditation. What does this mean? · We are publicly committed to #FairPay · We are certified by @livingwageuk.bsky.social · We give annual pay increases linked to the cost of living

Want to do something really impactful? Become a Volunteer Van Driver with @faresharegm.bsky.social! Help us deliver food to good causes! Call us on 0161 223 8200 Email us on [email protected] Or visit our website for more details. 🕐 Flexible hours 🚚 No special licence needed

At 12 noon today, we will join the nation in observing the two-minute national silence to commemorate the 80th anniversary of VE Day and to remember and thank those who fought for our freedom. #VE80

SPRING INTO VOLUNTEERING! Volunteer with FareShare! @faresharegm.bsky.social needs volunteer drivers to help get food to community groups. If you're aged 25+, with a clean driver's licence (or max 3 points), we'd love to hear from you! E: [email protected] T: 0161 223 8200 (option 6)

💚A huge thank you to everyone who donated to our @biggive.bsky.social #GreenMatchFund! 🎉Together, we raised a brilliant £7,000 to support the important work we do here. 💚We are so grateful for all the support we’ve received during the Green Match Fund Week! Thank you! #StopFoodWaste