The Felix Project and FareShare
Felix is the UK’s leading food rescue charity and new name for the merged organisations The Felix Project and FareShare.
Felix rescues good-to-eat surplus food that cannot be sold and would otherwise go to waste from across the food industry. That food is repurposed and shared to support more than 8,000 community organisations across the UK. The charity manages seven depots and works with 16 network partners to operate a total of 35 depots across the UK. In 2025, they collectively redistributed 148 million meals to those in need.
Food Insecurity in the UK
According to Food Foundation over 6 million adults and 2.1 million children are living in food insecurity in the UK and struggle to afford food. According to Wrap, the equivalent of over 1bn meals of good-to-eat surplus food is wasted every year. Felix aims to reduce this, working with their food partners to identify quality surplus food within the supply chain and redistribute it to their network of frontline charities, primary schools and community groups, who use this food to fill plates and fuel fuller lives. Their network of charities includes homeless shelters, refuges, community centres, pantries and more. These organisations not only provide food, they also offer care services that support people with other concerns, such as housing and benefits, employment or training support. They may offer other services like sports or recreational activities, wellbeing support, school breakfast clubs and after-school groups.
Last year, Felix and its network saved over 60,000 tonnes of surplus and redistributed it to frontline charities and community projects in some of the most deprived parts of the UK. This food supported over 1.5 million people. Your surplus food could offer a lifeline, both in terms of nutrition and freeing up charities' stretched budgets, enabling them to invest in other vital areas of their work. As costs in the UK continue to increase for families on the breadline, the need has never been higher.
Working with the Food Industry
Felix is working to triple the amount of food rescued and redistributed, it wants to make it as easy as possible to rescue surplus produce. Felix works with more than 700 companies across the supply chain – from farmers to hauliers, wholesalers to supermarkets, and brands big and small, including independent producers. They are set up to take both large volumes of surplus food as well as small quantities from across the food and drink industry. Felix accepts all kinds of fresh, frozen, ambient and chilled food and drink, including retailer-branded foods in all forms, from bulk ingredients to unfinished products to labelling errors and damages. Felix operates to exactly the same standards as the food and drink industry; their food management systems ensure full compliance and traceability, with their Regional Centres independently audited every year. As the UK’s leading food redistribution charity, their scale means they can flex to your requirements as well as help meet your CSR responsibilities, UK Food and Drink Pact objectives and WRAP/IGD Food Waste Reduction Roadmap commitments.
