A team of Corporate Volunteers from Grant Thornton UK LLP says the time spent on a Coporate Volunteering team day at FareShare Greater Manchester was hugely rewarding. The seven colleagues spent the day working alongside our team of amazing volunteers and employees to ensure that charities supported by Fareshare received much needed food supplies.

The corporate visitors said; “We had no idea before yesterday exactly how much the work that Fareshare does supports local communities with their mission to both reduce food waste and ensure that those struggling with food poverty are able to eat.”

One of the team members; Sue Ledgard went on to say “If you are an individual or an organisation looking for volunteering opportunities – I really cannot recommend Fareshare highly enough… we learned so much and it has certainly made me think about my own shopping and food waste habits!! Thank you so much to everyone, particularly Ruth Downes and Madeleine Daly, for looking after us so well throughout the day!”

After spending the day with us, we were able to supply them with some statistics about the impact of their contribution. Sue said “it is really heartening to see how what we did yesterday has made such a difference to so many people”.

Here’s what happened on the day the Grant Thornton UK LLP team spent with us:

• On 6/11/23, FareShare Greater Manchester and FareShare+ distributed 8.02 tonnes of food across Greater Manchester, enough food to make 19,080 meals.
• This food went to 59 community and charity groups yesterday, feeding at least 6,785 people, in Manchester, Bolton, Wigan, Oldham, Warrington, and Stockport.
• 94% of this food was classed as surplus, and would have become waste without the help of our corporate volunteers.
• This food being eaten rather than going to waste saved an estimated 29.6 tonnes of CO²e from being released into the atmosphere – the same as taking 6.6 cars off the road for a year.”

We are really grateful to Grant Thornton UK LLP for their support. Sue had this to say about the opportunity to come and work with us “Thank you also to Grant Thornton UK LLP for enabling us to have these volunteer days to support such great causes and learn some valuable life lessons at the same time!”

If you would like to find out more about our corporate volunteering days, please get in touch with us.