The Livery Food Initiative funds the latest truck in City Harvest food charity’s food rescue fleet
The van will reduce food waste and feed the 1 in 4 people who can’t afford to eat. City Harvest rescues food, people and the planet by ensuring no good food is wasted.
Lord Mayor, Michael Mainelli, on City Harvest:
‘Everywhere I go, I hear about the great supportive work of City Harvest. In 2023 alone, that amounted to almost 13.2 million meals, worth a staggering £20 million in retail value.’
The Lord Mayor hands keys of newly funded 7.5-tonne food rescue truck to Stephen Winningham, City Harvest Co-founder and Chairman of the Board
City Harvest scales up to meet the demand of an increasingly hungry London
City Harvest 7.5-tonne food rescue trucks rescue food from across the UK food supply chain. These vehicles allow for the rescue of a greater capacity of food, from further afield.
The truck will rescue an additional 520 tonnes of surplus food a year from City Harvest’s farm, distributor and wholesale partners across the country.
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City Harvest x Livery Food Initiative Truck Launch, Mansion House, 5th March 2024
The Livery Food Initiative
- The Livery Food Initiative aims to reduce food poverty and address needless food waste which contributes to 1/3 of greenhouse gas production (GHG).
- The Livery Charity Chairs Group (LCCG) recognised that we could have more impact if we collaborated and so the Livery Food Initiative was formed.
- LCCG launched the Livery Food Initiative in December 2022, partnering with City Harvest and, to date, nearly 60 Livery companies have generously contributed. In the first year, £190,000 was raised to keep a City Harvest van on the road for 3 years.
- City Harvest rescues food that is going to waste and delivers to 375+ charities across London, each week feeding over 100,000 people in need. More City Harvest vehicles are needed to rescue and deliver food.
- We have asked all Livery Charities to give what they can over the next three years.
Find out more: www.liverycommittee.org/lfi-request-2024/
With thanks to the following Livery Companies for their support since we launched the truck appeal in June 2023 :
- Actuaries
- Air Pilots
- Arbitrators
- Arts Scholars
- Barbers
- Blacksmiths
- Bowyers
- Builders Merchants
- Carmen
- Chartered Accountants
- Cooks
- Coopers
- Cordwainers
- Drapers
- Engineers
- Environmental Cleaners
- Fishmongers
- Framework Knitters
- Fuellers
- Glovers
- Gold & Silver Wyre Drawers
- Hackney Carriage Drivers
- Innholders
- Investment Managers
- Joiners & Ceilers
- Leathersellers
- Makers of Playing Cards
- Management Consultants
- Marketors
- Mercers
- Needlemakers
- Plumbers
- Security Professionals
- Shipwrights
- Tax Advisers
- Tobacco Pipe Makers & Tobacco Blenders
- Water Conservators
- Woolmen
- World Traders
- Zoomers 2019-20 Past Masters
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