Grants up to £50,000 to enable UK food businesses to offset the costs of sending good quality surplus food to good causes.
The FareShare Surplus with Purpose Fund is a £1.9 million scheme aimed at offsetting the costs faced by food producing companies seeking to redistribute their edible surplus comestibles to charities and community groups helping vulnerable people.
The programme represents an opportunity for charities to work with UK food businesses to ensure that food reaches people who are struggling to afford healthy meals.
Funding can be used to cover the additional staff costs needed for packing and sorting edible surplus food, or in building, implementing and managing new processes. It could also cover packaging and transportation costs, or lost income from the sale of surplus to animal feed or anaerobic digestion.
The fund can also be used to unlock harder to reach surplus food, or surplus food that is further up the supply chain.
UK businesses are eligible for up to £50,000 worth of funding. More funding can be negotiated where appropriate for higher volumes of surplus food.
Applications may be submitted at any time.
UK food businesses interested in applying to the scheme should complete the form on the FareShare website, following which a member of the FareShare team will get in contact.