ALDI CARDIGAN

Transition Bro Gwaun’s Surplus Food Project is a not-for-profit enterprise that cuts food waste and saves carbon by stopping food going to landfill. Volunteers and staff collect perfectly good food that local shops and businesses would otherwise throw away. We opened Fishguard & Goodwick Community Fridge in November 2017 to continue sharing the wealth of food available from local shops, businesses and people, and stop it being wasted. The Community Fridge furthers the Transition Network’s messages of sustainability, carbon reduction and economic resilience within our community. Transition Cafe attracted a wide range of people, both as volunteers and users. Continuing this trend we have seen that the Community Fridge draws in people who had not visited Transition Cafe and many people really value the food available. Since it opened in 2017 we have saved over 50 tons of food from landfill and helped many people to have access to fresh fruit and vegetables plus bread, pastries and more. People from all walks of life use The Fridge, many people benefit. The Fishguard & Goodwick Community Fridge is now open in a purpose built shed outside the Abergwaun Gateweay Club. This innovative resource is for everyone in the local community and the aim is to make best use of food that would otherwise go to waste. The space has a fridge and shelving area where a variety of different food products can be stored and made available for anyone to make use of. This project is part of the national Community Fridge Network which is led by the environmental charity HUBBUB.

A community fridge is a tried and tested way of stopping good food ending up in the bin. It is housed in Canolfan Dyffryn, a public, accessible place making surplus food freely available to anyone who wants it. Anyone can pick up the food for free, they are not policed and the operation is based on trust. We are helping to combat food waste which is inline with our plastic free title in Aberporth. It is a great way to share a chat and good food with your neighbours and local businesses

We are a community cafe that opens once a week to anyone who needs food. We believe that no one in our community should ever need to be hungry or alone. We rely on food donations from Fareshare and Tesco at the moment but would love to be able to expand so that we can reach out to more people within the community, We have many homeless people who access our services and also are able to take clothes, blankets etc with them. We have young families on low income and single people who are lonely. We ask for anonymous donations for the food if people can afford it if not we are happy to take unopened dry/tinned food for a swap. If they are unable to do either we ask for a little time to be donated and many of the homeless will stay and help tidy up wash up etc as this keeps them in the warm a little longer and also helps us out. Meet'n'Eat is manned totally by volunteers of all ages and we aim to make it a great Thetford project. In just a year we have grown from making approximately 20-30 meals on a Wednesday evening to 100-150.