Fareshare Northwest has over 50 community food members across Greater Manchester and further afield. They include community groups, voluntary groups, faith groups, Surestart children centres, breakfast and after school clubs. They help a wide range of disadvantaged people: people who are homeless, unemployed, people dealing with substance abuse, the elderly, children, young adults, refugees and asylum-seekers. Some do meals, others provide snacks or prepare food parcels. They help hundreds of people everyday to get good quality food.
Surplus food or food with damaged packaging is delivered to us by companies such as Greggs, Brakes, Robert Wiseman, Nestlé, and Kelloggs who donate damaged or surplus food. Some of these food donors deliver every weekday, others weekly or less frequently. The food is sorted and stored at our warehouse at New Smithfield Market in Openshaw, Manchester. With deliveries varying from week-to-week, we keep continual contact with our community food members to ensure that they get the food they need. We deliver the food to community groups within Greater Manchester but other groups come and collect food directly from the warehouse.
If you'd like to find our more about becoming a community food member and the cost of a subscription, contact Seb Serayet on 0161 223 8200 or use the contact form. More details about becoming a community food member are available here.
