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FareShare Greater Manchester
@faresharegm.bsky.social
Charity organisation
FareShare is the UK's largest charity fighting hunger by tackling food waste
We provide food to charities & community groups in Greater Manchester 🍏
www.faresharegm.org.uk/
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🍏In November, we managed to redistribute a fabulous 218 tonnes of food thanks to the support of our suppliers, volunteers & corporate partners.

🍽 That food equates to 521,333 meals - over half a million - which went out to 266 charities and community groups.
December 4, 2025 at 3:12 PM
💚On Giving Tuesday please support our Winter Van Appeal.
By donating to our appeal, you could have a real community impact!
💚You can donate and support our Winter Van Appeal at our Just Giving page here: www.justgiving.com/campaign/van...

#FareShareGreaterManchester #DrivingImpact #WinterVanAppeal
December 2, 2025 at 9:23 AM
🥫 What an amazing 3 days we had with the Tesco Winter Food Collection last week!

💚 We'd like to say a heartfelt thank you to everyone who supported us including; Tesco staff, our volunteer food collectors and the generous shoppers who donated food to the collection. #TescoWinterFoodCollection
December 1, 2025 at 3:32 PM
🚛Our Van Fundraiser appeal has hit 10% - thank you to everyone who has donated so far! We’re hoping to raise £25,000 to keep us motoring and delivering food to community groups across Greater Manchester. Please donate today and help us stay on the road: www.justgiving.com/campaign/van-fundraiser
November 25, 2025 at 10:04 AM
🥫 This time next week, the Tesco Winter Food Collection will be well underway. There’s still time to sign up for a 3-hour shift to help us collect food donations for the organisations we support in Greater Manchester.
Sign up here 👉 fareshare.org.uk/foodcollecti...
November 20, 2025 at 4:48 PM
🚚Our vans keep food moving to charities & community groups across Greater Manchester. But they’re wearing out fast. We need £25,000 for a new van to keep delivering hope, meals and change. Please watch our video and donate: www.justgiving/compaign/van-fundraiser
#FareShareGM #VanFundraiser
November 17, 2025 at 3:42 PM
🥬When surplus produce meets schools, families win. Thanks to Barlow Hall Primary + #FareShareGM, families are cooking from scratch and trying new veg every day. Read all about it in our latest Food Story! 👉 faresharegm.org.uk/food-stories...

#CommunityFood #Vegelicious #SurplusWithPurpose
Barlow Hall Primary School | Fareshare GM
Barlow Hall Primary in Chorlton is supporting families with fruit & veg at £2 a bag thanks to Vegelicious from FareShare Greater Manchester
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November 11, 2025 at 3:18 PM
A huge thank you to everyone who helped us in October - a month of giant swedes & gorgeous mini squashes! Thanks to our brilliant suppliers, volunteers, corporate partners and staff, we rescued 225.4 tonnes of surplus food from going to waste and redistributed it to 274 groups across #Manchester.
November 5, 2025 at 8:49 AM
This #BlackHistoryMonth, we’re proud to celebrate Family Unit Trust - a charity born from one family’s courage and compassion. With support from us, they’re helping families facing cancer and hardship rebuild their lives with food, dignity and hope 👉 Read more: faresharegm.org.uk/food-stories...
October 23, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Our sister organisation EMERGE Recycling is recruiting a driver-collector to join the team 👇
🚚 Drive change with us!
We’re hiring a Recycling Collector-Driver to help keep Manchester & Liverpool greener 💚
💷 £12.60/hr | Mon–Fri | Permanent
📩 Email recruitment@emergemanchester.co.uk
for an application pack quoting Recycling Collector-Driver in the subject.
#RecyclingJobs #ManchesterJobs
October 23, 2025 at 11:54 AM
We'd like to wish all our friends and supporters who are celebrating, a very Happy Diwali 💚
October 20, 2025 at 9:52 AM
🎧This #WorldFoodDay we revisit the Carnival Cook-Up!
90 volunteers + surplus food = 1,500 meals for people experiencing homelessness. Listen to the latest #FoodStoriesPodcast feat. Cracking Good Food, Booth Centre, GM Mayor AndyBurnham + more!
👉 faresharegm.org.uk/podcasts/foo...
#GreaterManchester
October 16, 2025 at 9:20 AM
🍂It’s feeling very autumnal in the warehouse these days.
Check out these gorgeous, colourful squashes! Perfect roasted for soups, pasta sauces & as a side dish. How do you like to eat yours? #SquashSeason #SeasonalVeg #FareShareGM #StopFoodWaste
October 14, 2025 at 11:20 AM
🥫We need volunteers to support our Tesco Food Collection. From 27-29th November we're collecting food donations at 8 supermarkets across Greater Manchester.
Sign up to volunteer here👇https://fareshare.org.uk/foodcollection/

#FareShareGM #FightFoodInsecurity #TescoWinterFoodCollection #Tesco
October 13, 2025 at 11:02 AM
October 3, 2025 at 11:19 AM
🍏In September, with the help and support of our brilliant volunteers, corporate partners and food suppliers, we were able to redistribute 183 tonnes of surplus food.
That included
🥦66 tonnes of veg
🍋17.9 tonnes of fruit
🍗4.7 tonnes of meat
🍽️Which equates to 436,000 meals supporting 271 charities.
October 2, 2025 at 10:09 AM
🥦Happy #WorldVegetarianDay! We’re marking the day with a new recipe from our team: Vegetarian Sausage Ball Sauce for Pasta 🍅. Give it a try! 👇

faresharegm.org.uk/recipes/rach...
October 1, 2025 at 7:46 AM
🎙️ Happy International Podcast Day! Did you know we have our own podcast? If you haven't listened yet, please give it a whirl and let us know what you think. Find it in your podcast app, the FareShareGM website and this link 👇
pod.link/1784915471?v...

#InternationalPodcastDay #FoodStoriesPodcast
September 30, 2025 at 8:33 AM
On #InternationalFoodLossAndFoodWasteDay we're sharing a tasty recipe for #ZeroWasteBhajis created by one of our Community Food Members, Kala from Tameside Meals. Did you know that in the UK, 6.4 million tonnes of food are wasted by households? Most of it edible!

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Zero Waste Bhaji Recipe | Fareshare Greater Manchester
Make this quick and tasty zero waste recipe to use up leftover veg. Stop food waste with FareShare Greater Manchester.
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September 29, 2025 at 9:24 AM
🍏Today, it’s been announced that our national partner, FareShare UK is merging with The Felix Project. What we hope this means for us will be more food & more funding. For now, we want to stress that for FareShare Greater Manchester, it will be business as usual.
fareshare.org.uk/fareshareand...
September 18, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Looking for something meaningful to do with your spare time? Why not pay a visit to our stall at the Manchester Community Central Volunteering Fair this Saturday?
#Manchester #Volunteering #ManchesterVolunteering
We're very excited to have a stall at the @mcrcommcentral.bsky.social volunteering fair this coming Saturday! Pop by and have a chat with us to find out more about the many varied #volunteering opportunities we can offer you! St. Anne's Square, #Manchester, 10am-3pm.
#ManchesterVolunteering
September 18, 2025 at 1:05 PM
“No one wants to ask for help, but everyone deserves a warm welcome.” 🌈Rainbow Surprise is making Crumpsall brighter with food, friendship & care.
👉 Read our latest Food Story post to discover how Rainbow Surprise is making a lasting #CommunityImpact: faresharegm.org.uk/food-stories...

#Manchester
Vegelicious Case Study : Rainbow Surprise| Fareshare GM
Rainbow Surprise in Crumpsall offers emergency food provision, a community fridge & pantry, hot meals and even a community hair salon.
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September 16, 2025 at 9:18 AM
🍏Last month, we redistributed 156.7 tonnes of good-to-eat surplus food to 229 charities and community orgs across Greater Manchester. Thank you to our brilliant food suppliers, volunteers & corporate partners who all played their part in getting 373,300 meals out to those who really need them!
September 1, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Big #ThankfulThursday shout-out to Co-op Lea Green! 💚 12 years, 623 tonnes of food, 1.48M meals shared. Thank you for helping us fight food waste & feed communities across GM. Read more 👉https://faresharegm.org.uk/food-stories/supplier-spotlight-co-op-lea-green/ #FareShareGM
August 28, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Reposted by FareShare Greater Manchester
Want to do something in #Manchester that helps tackle #hunger and #globalwarming?
Become a Volunteer Driver with
@faresharegm.bsky.social and help us deliver food to good causes!
Call us on 0161 223 8200
Or email us on volunteering@faresharegm.org.uk
Visit tinyurl.com/FareShareGM for more info.
August 27, 2025 at 1:04 PM