FoodCloud receives grant for farm-level food waste
FEBA Member FoodCloud Growers’ Project has received €165,000 from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine under the Rural Innovation and Development Fund. This funding will help them expand their efforts to reduce food waste and support communities across Ireland. The project will redistribute over 150 tonnes of surplus produce from growers to more […]
Matsentralen Norge: Giving food, people and the environment a new chance
FEBA has recently visited its member in Norway: Matsentralen Norge operates a network of eight food banks across the country, collaborating with over 500 charitable organizations. Last year, they redistributed 6,100 tonnes of food, aiding around 200,000 people in need. Beyond just distributing surplus food, they also prepare meals from these supplies, ensuring nutritious and […]
Preparatory visit for the Annual Convention to Prague
We are getting closer to the Annual Convention 2024! The FEBA Team went to Prague for the preparatory visit for the Annual Convention. They had a range of productive meetings with the Czech Federation of Food Banks, who is hosting the event this year. Apart from the Annual Convention planning, we learned a lot about […]
FEBA visited it’s member in Hungary: Magyar Élelmiszerbank Egyesület
To take a deep dive into the activities of Magyar Élelmiszerbank Egyesület, FEBA Member in Hungary, our Network Development Coordinator visited the Food Bank, which is located on the outskirts of Budapest. Part of the agenda was a warehouse tour and an explanation of the food items recovered and redistributed. Next to bakery products and fruits […]
30 years FareShare UK!
FareShare was founded in 1994, in partnership with Crisis and Sainsbury’s to stop food from going to waste and ensure it goes to people instead. During that time, they have redistributed the equivalent of more than 665 Million meals.
Food Waste and Food Donation – Charting Progress and Future Directions
On 12 April the FEBA team attended the event “Food Waste and Food Donation – Charting Progress and Future Directions” at the European Commission. During the event, Prof. Broad Leib, founder and director of the Harvard Food Law Policy Clinic (FLPC), highlighted key global themes crucial to addressing food waste and promoting food recovery. She […]
Eurostep fundraising challenge
On the weekend of 20 April 2024, Eurostep launched its annual hitchhiking- fundraising challenge for the benefit of FEBA. This year the students from Bordeaux hitchhiked to Lisbon, to raise funds for the benefit of FEBA Member in Portugal, Banco Alimentar, more specifically the Food Bank in Lisbon. The students managed to fundraise 14.323,18 EUR! […]
FEBA visits FareShare UK
From 17 to 18 April 2024 the FEBA Fundraising and Partnerships team had the opportunity to visit the London office of our UK member, FareShare UK to chat all things fundraising and partnerships. Highlights included 1:1 meetings with members of the Fareshare fundraising team, lunch at the Abbey Centre in Westminster, a social enterprise where […]
ESF+ CoP on Material Support meeting in Athens on the involvement of the ESF+ target groups
FEBA attended the latest meeting of the ESF+ Community of Practice (CoP) on Material Support that was held in Athens on 10 and 11 April 2024. Following the title Involving the target group: from decision-making to the provision of support, the agenda was designed to receive insights and spark discussion around that topic. In her opening […]
FEBA visited Food Bank Greece in the framework of its project on Data Collection & Digital Transformation
Food Bank Greece is conducting a pilot test that takes FEBA’s project on Data Collection & Digital Transformation to the next level: For the first time, the seven local/regional Food Banks belonging to their network used FEBA’s online Observatory on Food Donation to input their statistics, which are reviewed by the team of Food Bank […]
