Our mission is to reduce food poverty and prevent food waste while supporting our local community.
Each day, our volunteers collect good food and other items from various places (local supermarkets, bakeries etc) that would otherwise be thrown away.
There are six collections offered to the community per week and we also redistribute food to other groups when we can.
We have rescued on average 2000kgs of surplus food per week that would otherwise go to landfill since 2020.
Alongside food sharing, we organise regular community meals, a free Christmas dinner, a Free for All event and have a weekly skill-sharing group; Kevranna Social Club bringing people together to learn, connect and care for one another.
‘Kevranna’ means to share in Cornish, and sharing is at the heart of everything we do; from food and meals to skills and volunteer time.
Free Food Collections
You can find St Ives Community Foodshare in these different locations:
- Monday 5.30pm – St Johns in the Fields Church, TR262FB (In a shed behind the Church Hall)
- Tues 12.30pm – The CORE, St Ives Community Orchard, TR262HS
- Wed 11.30am – St Johns in the Fields Church
- Thurs 5.30pm – Deep Moor Close, TR262FS
- Friday 5.30pm – St Johns in the Fields Church
- Sunday 1pm – St Johns in the Fields Church
Anybody is welcome to collect free food, if not for yourself, then for someone else who might need it
We don’t have a traditional queuing system. Just rock up and everyone who arrives on time picks a spoon with a number to determine their space in the queue. This means there is no need to queue or come early. Those who arrive after the set time queue as normal. We are usually finished in 15 to 20 minutes.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
This project can only run due to our volunteers who help pick up the food every night and help with collections, deliveries, cleaning, cooking etc. We really appreciate any help you can offer so please get in touch or complete our online application form if you are interested in volunteering with us.
DONATE / SUPPORT
We welcome donations to help us continue work on our projects and appreciate support in many different ways. Please also keep us in mind whenever you may have food that is about to expire. We could put your waste or surplus food to good use!
FEEDBACK
We appreciated feedback so please share your experience of how any of our projects, events, clubs, foodshare and volunteering with us have affected or benefited you and how we can improve our services.
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Check out some of our YouTube videos
Watch our Cuisine Queen Vikki show us how to cook a variety of different meals.
Vikki is passionate about cooking using affordable ingredients & you can see plenty more of her videos on our youtube channel.
Other Services
There are a lot of amazing projects here in Cornwall, offering support in many different ways.
When people need help we try and signpost them to the right places to receive help.
Here is a collection of ones we have collected offering help for things like mental health concerns, housing benefit,
emergency funds, assistance for homeless, access to emergency accomodation,
supporting those suffering domestic violence etc.