FoodCycle

FoodCycle is a charitable organization based in the United Kingdom that uses surplus food donated by supermarkets, shops and food banks to create vegetarian meals served at "free community restaurants".^[1]

FoodCycle

Founded	2009
Type	Charity
Focus	Building Community, Food Poverty, Loneliness and Volunteering
Location	London, England, United Kingdom
Area served	United Kingdom
Key people	Sophie Tebbetts (Chief Executive Officer), Mary McGrath MBE (Chair of Trustees)
Volunteers	10,000
Website	foodcycle.org.uk

FoodCycle has a head office in London, with operations in locations across England and Wales.

History

In September 2008, Canadian Kelvin Cheung founded FoodCycle. He started 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 meals for their communities. FoodCycle's pilot hubs were at the Imperial College London and the London School of Economics.

Awards

• September 2024, named Medium Charity of the Year, Third Sector (magazine) Awards.^[2]
• September 2024, named Charity of the Year: with an income of £1 million - £10 million at the Charity Times Awards^[3]
• 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^[4]
• November 2010, received an award from the Arthur Guinness Fund
• January 2011, received the Prime Minister's Big Society Award^[5]

See also

• Food waste in the United Kingdom
• Campus Kitchen