Neighbourly

Neighbourly is a community investment and engagement platform that connects businesses with over 20,000 local charities and good causes across the UK and Ireland. It ensures the delivery of surplus products, volunteer time and funding is tailored and targeted to help build strong communities and deliver social value.

Website: neighbourly.com/ Contact: Steve Butterworth, CEO / [email protected] / 0117 422 0866

Impact in numbers (as at April 2022)

• The equivalent of 83 million meals redistributed and 1,103 tonnes of surplus products.

• 131,000 tonnes of CO2 saved

• Over 5,500 charities and community organisations supported with surplus products

Examples of industry partners

• M&S – full UK network back of store surplus redistribution

• Lidl – full UK network back of store surplus redistribution

• Aldi – full UK network back of store surplus redistribution

• Sainsbury's – full UK network back of store surplus redistribution

• Innocent Drinks – bulk manufacturer surplus redistribution

• Getir - full UK network surplus redistribution

What we do with the food

Neighbourly is a technology platform that connects food businesses with a network of over 20,000 charities, schools and community organisations across the UK and Ireland. These groups collect the surplus food and use it for social benefit including supporting those affected by food insecurity. The food is distributed in food parcels and as cooked meals, through foodbanks, community centres, homeless shelters, day care centres, youth projects, home deliveries and more.

Operations

Charities and community groups are verified by Neighbourly as being suitable food recipients with the necessary standards of food hygiene and are approved based on their ability to handle ambient, fresh and chilled food with a use by date, subject to having the required facilities and operations for the volumes they are handling. Surplus can be collected via the charity network direct from retailers at the store level, or in bulk from regional distribution centres and manufacturers, across the UK and Ireland.

Wider network

Neighbourly manage network of over 20,000 vetted charities and community causes.

Key programmes/capabilities

Neighbourly is in the unique position of having a network of thousands of front-line community organisations that are delivering essential programmes at a hyper-local level. By supporting these organisations with donations of surplus products, businesses are able to take positive environmental measures and deliver social value – thereby translating the enormity of the Sustainable Development Goals into meaningful local action.

Testimonial

Community Food Enterprise (CFE) is a London based redistribution group that uses surplus provided via Neighbourly to support 25 groups in South London, Docklands and Newham. This includes schools, homeless shelters, soup kitchens, refugee centres and food banks. CFE collect between 3 and 10 pallets of Innocent Drinks weekly and use this to help 132,000 people each month. The donations meeting a huge need locally for nutritious, high value products getting to those that would normally not have access to these items.

The quantity donated equates to over 400,000 meals, with a value of £760,000, using WRAP’s estimate of £1.90 as the value of a meal.

“Thank you so much for your support and collaboration over these extraordinary past couple of years. Your donations have helped to sustain many communities”

Eric Samuel MBE, CEO, Community Food Enterprise