Rescue food. Support people. Reduce waste.
Our volunteers collect surplus food for the Driven Forward Community Fridge, helping good food reach people in our community and keeping it out of landfill.
Our impact: a snapshot
A historical snapshot of our food collections, recorded from April 2019.
2,526
food collections
80,578 kg
food collected
193,566
meal equivalents
257,543 kg
reported CO₂ savings
“Meal equivalents” expresses the amount of food collected as an equivalent number of meals.
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Rescuing and sharing food
Our volunteers collect surplus food from supermarkets, including Tesco and Waitrose, and frozen food from restaurants. Collections include fruit, vegetables, bread, cakes and food with a short shelf life.
We let our “community fridgers” know when food is short-dated so they can make informed choices. Our food-waste guide explains the difference between best-before and use-by dates.
Thinking of donating food? Please check with us about what we can accept before bringing it along.
Supporting our wider community
As well as stocking the community fridge, we have shared food with people and groups across the local area:
- Sawyers Close and Broom Farm Estate: Food for local families and adults.
- Viscount Court: Bread, cakes and sandwiches left after the fridge closed.
- Windsor Baptist Church Ukrainian support group: Regular Tuesday food donations.
- A local nursery: Fruit shared when available.
Surplus bread has also gone to the Swan Sanctuary, and food unsuitable for people has been passed to a pig farm.
Made possible by volunteers
More than 30 volunteers supported our seven-day food distribution. We’re grateful to everyone who has helped keep the community fridge going.
If you’d like to get involved, find out about volunteering or see our upcoming community fridge pop-ups.