Join FareShare Yorkshire's Board of Trustees – Make a Difference in the Fight Against Food Insecurity. FareShare Yorkshire is seeking passionate professionals to join our board of trustees. We are looking for individuals with experience in the following sectors: - Charity - Food Industry - Legal Services - Health and Safety As a trustee, you will play a vital role in guiding and supporting FareShare Yorkshire’s mission to tackle food insecurity across the region. This is a rewarding opportunity to use your expertise to drive positive change and make a real, lasting impact on local communities. Board Member Commitments: - Quarterly board meetings, with the option to join sub-committees that also meet quarterly. - A collaborative and dynamic environment where your input will directly shape the organisation’s strategy and direction. How to Apply: Please send your CV and a cover letter outlining your experience and why you're interested in the role to Rachel Morgan at [email protected]. Applications are open to professionals from all backgrounds, including our incredible volunteers. Join us in making a real difference across Yorkshire! Together, we can tackle food insecurity and create stronger, more resilient communities. #TrusteeOpportunity #FareShareYorkshire #FightFoodInsecurity #VolunteerLeadership #MakeADifference
FareShare Yorkshire
Non-profit Organizations
To improve the wellbeing of people in Yorkshire and see an end to Food Insecurity in our region.
About us
FareShare Yorkshire works in partnership with the UK’s largest food charity, FareShare. We are part of a network of 25 regional centres located across the UK, of which we operate two (Barnsley and Leeds). We are a community, all fighting the same issues: hunger, food insecurity and food waste. Over 270,000 tonnes of perfectly edible surplus food is thrown away each year. We want to see that food put to good use. FareShare Yorkshire was formed in 1998 to help tackle the food poverty issues accross the county by redistributing surplus food across the region. FareShare Yorkshire source and redistribute quality, in date surplus food which would otherwise have go to waste, we turn an environmental problem into a social solution. Home of The FullCrumb Kitchen and provider of bespoke Employability programmes, supporting individuals on a path to long term employment.
- Website
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http://www.fareshareyorkshire.org
External link for FareShare Yorkshire
- Industry
- Non-profit Organizations
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- Barnsley
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 1998
- Specialties
- Food Redistribution, Employability, and Teaching Kitchen
Locations
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Primary
Unit 14 Aldham Industrial Estate
Barnsley, S73 8HA, GB
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Unit 7 Lenton Drive
Leeds, England LS11 5JW, GB
Employees at FareShare Yorkshire
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Steve Stothart
Experienced ACA & SME Finance Director, strong track record at board level
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Rachel McElroy
Marketing Director, Axiologik | FareShare Yorkshire Board Trustee | Boycott Your Bed Board Member
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Sara Atkinson
Regional Centre Administrator at FareShare Yorkshire
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Sue Lowham AMIMI
Logistics Volunteer at FareShare Yorkshire
Updates
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Currently we're on the hunt for more delivery drivers to volunteer at our local depots and deliver great quality food to our community groups. This is a fantastic way to use your volunteering time through work and make a real difference to people in your communities. We currently support over 350 charities and community organisations with regular deliveries of food. If this sounds like you, or you know someone who would greatly enjoy and benefit from such an opportunity, then please get in contact with us to discuss further! E: [email protected]
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Stop! Want to make a real difference? In the UK we waste enough 🍎 🥩 🥧 to feed every citizen 3 meals a day for 11 weeks a year. At the same time 1 in 8 people face food insecurity. From farm gate to factory, there are hundreds of millions of meals worth of food which are wasted that needn’t be. Overproduction, over-ordering, minor quality rejections and shelf life are major causes. We currently contribute to 94,000 meals each week but our waiting list of charitable organisations is long and the opportunity to scale up is vast. We need your help to increase this to 100,000 meals a week. It's the last day you can make a difference via the Big Give. More details here 👉 https://lnkd.in/ezD_anhY Axiologik Bettys & Taylors of Harrogate Minster Law Asseal Nathaniel Bee Rachel Morgan (Assoc CIPD) Rachel McElroy Jonathan Williams FRSA Steve Stothart Sarah Hobbs Sarah Sunderland
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Calling all friends of FareShare Yorkshire! 📢 Did you know.... your donation will be matched £ for £ by Minster Law, Axiologik and AESSEAL plc for 4 more days if you support our Christmas Campaign. We really value any support provided as we strive to redistribute much more surplus food for people in need. To donate please click: https://lnkd.in/ewVR9XZr
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🌟 Unique and exciting opportunity! 🌟 We’re hiring a FullCrumb Community Outreach Manager for a 12-month maternity cover role! If you’re passionate about supporting others and improving wellbeing in Yorkshire, this is your chance to make a real impact. 💚 🗓 Anticipated Start Date: February 2025 📍 Location: Leeds and Barnsley ⏰ Hours: Full-time (37.5 hours per week) – Flexible working available! 💼 Contract: Fixed-term (12 months maternity cover) ✨ What You’ll Do: Deliver wellbeing and employability workshops to empower communities. Build strong relationships with partners to support beneficiaries. Collaborate with local councils, food aid networks, and community groups. Help grow our FullCrumb Community initiatives and make a lasting difference. Perks include: ✅ 25 days annual leave + 8 bank holidays ✅ Company-contributed pension scheme 📣 If you’re organised, driven, and committed to helping others, we’d love to hear from you! Apply now and be part of something meaningful. Together, we can see an end to food insecurity in Yorkshire. 🌍💚 👉 Email your CV and a cover letter to [email protected] #JobOpportunity #YorkshireJobs #FareShareYorkshire #CommunityOutreach #FoodInsecurity #HiringNow
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🍏 Our Christmas Campaign is LIVE! ➡️ A donation to FareShare Yorkshire can now be match-funded via Big Give. Please help us to redistribute more surplus food for people in need - enough for 100,000 meals a week. Together our partners Axiologik, Minster Law and AESSEAL plc will match you £ for £ up to £20,000. To donate please click ➡️ https://lnkd.in/ewVR9XZr
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🌟 We're Hiring: Warehouse Supervisor! 🌟 Are you looking to make a real difference in your community? Do you have the skills and passion to help us fight food insecurity in Yorkshire? 💚 📍 Location: Leeds (flexibility across both Leeds sites) 💷 Salary: £23,400 per annum ⏰ Hours: 37.5 hours/week (Monday-Friday, 08:00–16:00, with one in four half-day Saturdays) Join us at FareShare Yorkshire, a charity that’s been transforming lives for 25 years through surplus food provision, employability programmes, and The FullCrumb Kitchen! As our Warehouse Supervisor, you'll play a vital role in ensuring food reaches those who need it most, while supporting and mentoring our amazing team of volunteers. What you’ll do: ✅ Handle and organise food stock using IT systems ✅ Supervise and mentor volunteer teams ✅ Operate lifting equipment or a forklift (training provided!) ✅ Keep stock records up to date and ensure smooth deliveries ✅ Drive delivery vehicles across Yorkshire when required What we’re looking for: 💪 A good level of physical fitness 🤝 Strong teamwork skills 🖥️ Basic computer skills 🚗 A full UK driving licence 🎓 FLT permits preferred (but training can be provided!) What we offer: ✨ 25 days’ annual leave (pro rata) ✨ Free Employee Assistance Programme (including 24/7 GP services for you and your family) ✨ Free training and qualifications to support your development ✨ The chance to work with a passionate, purpose-driven team Ready to make a difference? 💌 Send your CV and cover letter to [email protected]. Help us create a Yorkshire where no one faces food insecurity. 🌍 #FareShareYorkshire #WarehouseSupervisor #HiringNow #MakeADifference #JobsInYorkshire
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Calling all FareShare Yorkshire community food members and stakeholders. We will be having our 2024 AGM on Friday the 13th of December from 12.30pm to 1.30pm at our Barnsley office. More details and how to rsvp included in the attached. We would love to see you there to share some of the great work we've completed in the last 12 months.
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🥁 To get you in the Christmas spirit, we're delighted to announce our raffle, raising funds for FareShare Yorkshire is now live! With over 30 amazing prizes up for grabs, including theatre vouchers, afternoon tea for two, hampers and much more, what are you waiting for? Buy your ticket for £2 or buy 5, get 5 free using the link or QR code below: https://lnkd.in/eUT7y8xv
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There are some fantastic organisations, networks and people that come together across Yorkshire and the UK to try and tackle food insecurity, inequality, poverty and hunger. We support FixOurFood and North Yorkshire Council and will continue to help however we can to influence positive change in these areas. Jonathan Williams FRSA, our deputy chief executive was in attendance to offer his insights and share our voice in shaping future work and developments. Keep up the great work and thank you to all those who get involved. Together we can make change that lasts!
Last Thursday North Yorkshire Council launched their food strategy. FixOurFood have been supporting the development of the strategy and the launch was an opportunity to bring together the actors within the region to agree a way to take the initiatives forward and choose their priority areas across the North Yorkshire food system. Over 50 partners came together for a 'Partnership in Action' event. The partners were grouped into 7 action domain groups and each group developed action plans towards a transformation of the North Yorkshire food system. The 7 groups are: - Nutritious affordable food for all - Raising pride in Yorkshire food businesses - Welcoming innovation within the food industry - Shaping local spaces for healthy food communities - Producing food with nature - Creating an EatWell culture - Facilitating circular food economies Bob Doherty, Principal Investigator for FixOurFood spoke at the event: 'The food system in the UK needs to be transformed, Yorkshire is well placed to drive change due to its strong farming heritage and vast number of small to medium food and drinks enterprises. The FixOurFood research programme took a systems approach to explore how to create a more regenerative approach to food that supports people and planet. The research into action framework has enabled the programme to trial regenerative farming techniques using a co-created design inclusive of farmer insights, demonstrate the wide amount of benefits of auto-enrolment to free school meals, create a metrics database for Yorkshire and test innovative vertical farming methods. Running alongside this, there has also been an exploration of the role of policy and governance for food system change'. David Kerfoot, Chair of the FixOurFood Commission also spoke: 'Motivational day and great to be involved in action-planning for delivery and to see so many committed people in the room from right across the food system'. 'The FixOurFood Commission has been set up to provide both a legacy to the FixOurFood research programme and support an ongoing relationship between research and practice. Commissioners are committed to driving food system change in Yorkshire across key areas of: local procurement, environmentally beneficial farming and whole school approaches to food and nutrition' We look forward to seeing the action plans and supporting the council in realising their plans #NorthYorks #FoodStrategy #Nutrition #Yorkshire #Healthy #EatWell #CircularFoodEconomies Rebecca Newman, Ioan Fazey, Sam Buckton, Angela Crossland HonMFPH,