M&S Craigleith

(the company’s objects are:- (a) to support positive change in people's lives; (b) to promote equality and diversity and racial harmony based on equal value of all persons; (c) to promote the intellectual, social and physical well-being of all people who are deemed to need our service; (d) to advance education to enable people to improve their understanding of the world, of themselves and of one another; (e) to advance citizenship and community development to encourage the involvement of people in the care and work for others; (f) to relieve those in need by reason of their age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage. We provide supported accommodation for 18 vulnerable adults and young people in our Crewe Road Gardens community.Food donations will be distributed to our service users free of charge.Service users are referred to us via Edinburgh City Council. We aim to use all the donated food from local supermarkets/shops to help combat food waste across the city and teach our residence an importance and value of food especially in current challenging economically times. We are very resourceful and can adjust our menu depending on current food donations. If there is surplus of veg/fruit we can make a cold pressed juice to last longer and can be kept in the fridge. Our young adults have an opportunity to take part in food preparation and improve their cooking skills which will be surely needed in their independent living as adults. Great popularity is our pizza nights which residents can you their imagination and creativity with this popular food which is great to minimize food waste. We believe that having a fully nutritious meals across day is essential to achieve their full potential and be at peak of energy:) We appreciate every donated food item or toys from local shops to cheer our residents up and express our gratitude to those who donate:) We are located in a disadvantage area of Pilton/Crewe with its own many problems and we aim to create a little oasis here for our residents to feel safe and valued. The donated food/items is essential to balance our limited budget too and allows us through money saved on shopping bill to focus on investing in them through expanding activities helping them to achieve their full potential:) To give an example: we have had a resident taken off street who was worried that coming to our premises would mean that he will eat 'junk' food:) He was surprised that he would have a regular access through food donation scheme to Pret a Manger avocado sandwiches and organic chicken from M&S!!:))) He was so happy that he will be able to eat healthy. Those little examples are inspiring our food collectors to keep going and they will gladly do this free of charge as you cannot put a price on disadvantaged residents smile while they receive lovely good donations:)

SHRUB Cooperative is an organisation based in Edinburgh. The Food Sharing Hub initiative collects surplus food and redistributes it free of charge to the local community, food provision partners and a network of Edinburgh hostels. The Food Sharing Hub is Scotland’s first rescued food shop. Now located at the Pavilion Cafe and Community Hub, it saves surplus food from supermarkets and small businesses around Edinburgh from an unnecessary fate in the bin. It’s open for everyone. Simply come along to the Food Sharing Hub, fill a basket with food and take it for free or give a donation. How does it happen? To get all of this delicious food on our shelves, it takes a lot of work and a dedicated team of volunteers! ​ Step 1 In the evenings, our collection team travel round all our partner stores on cargo bikes collecting food that the stores haven't managed to sell. Step 2 These collectors then bring the food to a team of volunteers waiting at the Pavilion who sort through it and store it appropriately. This team take some of the food to local hostels on their way home. Step 3 The next morning, a team of volunteers from the Pavilion come in early to arrange the food on the shelves and put aside some food for other partner organisations. Step 4 Our doors open at 10:30am and our shelves are looking full and tidy - all thanks to all these people! We're open 7 days a week from 10:30am til at least 15:30pm -- sometimes longer!

food facts friends is a Community Project which has been set up to address the issue of food waste. We have volunteers ,who will collect the available produce from shops in the area, and make it available at our central location. This is a panrty with a fridge and is in . the hub and you can fill a bag for £ 1.00 or use the panrty ...