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Food & drink saved at Knaphill Community Fridge 2025 is 80,223 kilos! Thank you for supporting us throughout the year. A Community Fridge is a fridge into which anyone can put food, and from which anyone can take food. It will aim to utilise the redundant source of food in Knaphill, Brookwood and surrounding area whilst raising awareness of food waste issues and the impact on the environment. It will enable us to share our abundance, minimise waste and source free food that would otherwise be thrown away. It helps us support local businesses by collecting their surplus food and making available to the community. The average UK family wastes £470 a year by throwing away food and drink which could have been eaten, and £3 billion is wasted by food sectors. Despite growing awareness of food waste, there are few easy ways for people or businesses to get food near its 'sell by' date to others. (Source:Hubbub)

Zero Carbon Guildford is a Charity based in Guildford set up in 2022. Originally run entirely by volunteers, we now employ some members of staff as the project has grown. We have set up a Community hub, offering a physical space for all local environmental and social groups and projects to come together to tackle the climate and ecological crisis, and the social issues which share the same root causes as climate breakdown. Zero has set up a Community Fridge at its premises in Guildford - the first Community Fridge in the town. Our primary focus is to stop food waste. Food is freely available to all members of the local community, no referral necessary, but we make sure that those in need are aware of the Fridge and work closely with other groups and refuges. Other projects run by Zero include Rosamund Community Garden, Library of Things, River Testing, Baby Clothes Library, Home Energy Surveys, The Sustainable Business Network, Terracycle, Urban Greening. We work closely with the University of Surrey and other environmental groups.

Cyrenian House is a supported living programme, providing housing and support for homeless men with complex needs. Our residents receive very little financial support, therefore often cannot afford food and basic necessities for themselves. Our project is focused upon supporting these clients to stabilise themselves and their lives, to a point they feel ready to move on from our properties. We provide support to these vulnerable men in all aspects of their lives, including recovery, mental health and searching for jobs. Any food donations would be gratefully appreciated, as people often come to us with very little.