Founded 2008 Type Charity | Founder Kelvin Cheung Tax ID no. 1134423 | |
Focus Food waste in the United Kingdom, Food Poverty and Volunteering Location London, England, United Kingdom | ||
FoodCycle is a UK charity (no. 1134423) that combines surplus food, spare kitchen spaces and volunteers to create healthy, tasty, three-course meals for people at risk of food poverty and social isolation.
Contents
FoodCycle operates from London, England, but has operations throughout the United Kingdom (see list of operations below).
History
In September 2008, Canadian Kelvin Cheung founded FoodCycle. He decided to start the organisation after hearing about the US on-campus student service program, Campus Kitchen, where students use on-campus kitchen space and donated food from their cafeterias to prepare nourishing meals for their communities. FoodCycle’s pilot hubs were at the Imperial College London and the London School of Economics. In October 2010, the first Community Café was opened at Stroud Green, Haringey, London, called Station House.
Philosophy
FoodCycle’s mission is to combine volunteers, surplus food and spare kitchen spaces to create nutritious meals and positive social change in the community.