FoodCycle

Founded	2009
Type	Charity
VAT ID no.	1134423
Focus	Building Community, Food Poverty, Loneliness and Volunteering
Location	London, England, United Kingdom
Area served	United Kingdom
Key people	Sophie Tebbetts (Chief Executive Officer)
Volunteers	10,000
Website	foodcycle.org.uk

FoodCycle is a UK charity (no. 1134423) that combines surplus food, spare kitchen spaces and volunteers to create three-course meals for people at risk of food poverty and social isolation.^[1]

FoodCycle operates from London, England, but has operations throughout the United Kingdom.

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.

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.^[2]

Awards

• November 2022, named "Community Partner" by the Food and Drink Federation
• January 2021 Sophie Tebbetts named "Supporting Leader of the Year" at the Charity Times Awards
• March 2010, named "New Charity of the Year" in the Charity Times Awards^[3]
• November 2010, received an award from the Arthur Guinness Fund
• January 2011, received the Prime Minister's Big Society Award^[4]