FareShare Glasgow and the West of Scotland
FareShare Glasgow and the West of Scotland redistributes quality surplus food to charities and community groups feeding people at risk of food poverty. This includes schools, homeless hostels, and community centres.
Our Glasgow social enterprise redistributes surplus food across 13 local authority areas, containing 52% of the population in Scotland, reaching over 80,000 beneficiaries every week.
Serving meals is a way for organisations to directly engage with the people they support and using FareShare food enables them to redirect funds into improving their own services.
FareShare Glasgow and the West of Scotland is managed by Move On. We are part of a network of 25 regional centres located across the UK, working in partnership with the UK’s largest food charity, FareShare.
Charities and community groups
If your organisation uses food to support people, you could save money on your food bill with a FareShare Glasgow and the West of Scotland membership. You might be a homeless hostel, a school, a refuge or a community centre. Whatever the focus of your service, as long as you use food to make a difference in your community you can sign up.
The food we provide is surplus from the food industry. Food can become surplus – which means that it is not going to be sold – for simple reasons such as over-production, labelling errors or short shelf life. It is good quality and in date. Surplus food occurs everywhere in the supply chain from field through to fork: it could be from a grower, a manufacturer, or a retailer.
As well as giving you access to a weekly supply of varied and nutritious food, a FareShare membership can save you money. Membership allows organisations to save on average £8,000-£13,000 a year on their food bill, leaving you with more money to put back into your essential services.
Our FareShare Glasgow and the West of Scotland warehouse is based at 1070 South Street, Scotstoun, G14 0AP. We also have collection points across the West of Scotland for organisations that can’t access our warehouse in Glasgow. We offer collection and delivery options as part of our membership.
“The food FareShare deliver to us is brilliant. We get a great range which allows our team to make nutritious meals from scratch which our guests can eat in the café or take away.”
Amanda, Centre Manager, Heart of ScotstounCommunity Food Membership
To access our food, Community Food Members pay an annual membership fee. With a variety of different membership options, your organisation can choose the right tier to suit your food requirements and budget.
As a charity ourselves, this nominal fee is essential to cover operational costs. This includes warehouse space, chillers, delivery vehicles and fuel. Furthermore, it is a very small percentage of the value of the food supplied to you. To put it in context, membership allows organisations to save on average £8,000-£13,000 a year on their food bill.
Benefits
As well as saving organisations an average of £8,000-£13,000 a year on their food bill, benefits of Community Food Membership include:
- Choose how much food you receive
On average our members receive five trolleys worth of food per week, but you can tell us how much your organisation needs. - Get a regular supply of food
Collect your order from our warehouse or we may be able to deliver to you. - We will support you on food safety
Receive advice and guidance regarding food safety best practice from trained staff. - We provide quality volunteering opportunities
Your community can volunteer with FareShare to develop skills and training.
"Since we started our FareShare membership, we have been able to considerably increase the quality and quantity of food that we serve and give away each week."
Paul, Executive Member, The King's ChurchContact us
If your charity or not-for-profit organisation is interested in becoming a Community Food Member, please contact John on 0141 958 1133 or johnc@moveon.org.uk.
How we made a difference in 2023-24
3.84
million meal portions provided
1629
tonnes of food saved from landfill
8514
days of volunteer support