We believe that no good food should go to waste
We redistribute surplus food to charities that turn it into meals.
We are doers. We are a community. We change lives.
FareShare NI is part of the UK’s national network of charitable food redistributors and the largest food redistribution organisation in Northern Ireland.

We take good quality surplus food from right across the food industry and get it to 164 frontline charities and community groups every week.

The food we redistribute is nutritious and good to eat. It reaches charities across Northern Ireland including school breakfast clubs, older people’s lunch clubs, homeless shelters, and community cafes.

Every week we provide enough food to create almost 40,000 meals for vulnerable people.

FareShare NI is part of the UK’s national network of charitable food redistributors and the largest food redistribution organisation in Northern Ireland.

We take good quality surplus food from right across the food industry and get it to 164 frontline charities and community groups every week.

669 tonnes

This 669 tonnes of food, equivalent to 1.61 million meals was distributed to 179 charities, community groups and schools throughout Northern Ireland.

1.6 million meals

The 1.6 million meals were distributed within charities, community groups and schools across Northern Ireland.

179 groups

We supported more groups across Northern Ireland than ever before.

35,040 beneficiaries

Recruiting more groups to register for our food redistribution service meant a 14% increase in the number of beneficiaries we supported every week compared to the previous year.

76 volunteers

Over the course of the year we engaged 76 volunteers. This generated a total of 14048 volunteer hours over the year, an average of 1170 per month and averaging 185 hours per volunteer.

192 tonnes fruit
& veg
24% of all food distributed was fruit and vegetables. Offering improved nutrition to the most vulnerable.
273 tonnes of protein
Protein accounted for 34% of food distributed. Often the most expensive food group and in high demand from our community food members.
78 tonnes of dairy
Dairy products such as cheese, milk, yogurt were just under 10% of food distributed. These items are popular among school breakfast/after schools clubs.
Breakdown
Chilled 31%
Ambient 66%
Frozen 3%
Figures for April 2021 – March 2022
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