The Community Fridge, Frome
Setup by Edventure Frome, The Community Fridge fights food waste by making surplus food from local businesses accessible to everyone in our community, run by a fantastic team of volunteers. Frome's community fridge was the first in the UK.
Save the Community Fridge
The Community Fridge fights food waste by making surplus food from local businesses accessible to everyone in our community, run by a fantastic team of volunteers. Frome’s community fridge was the first in the UK
We need to raise £20,000 to:
– Keep the project alive and cover costs
– Fund training so we can increase our volunteer network
– Create a paid coordinator role to manage operations
– Return to the heart of Frome: Bring a fridge back to the town centre
– Open a new Community Fridge at Frome College
Impact so far
Since launching in 2016, the Community Fridge project has saved over eight Wembley stadiums worth of food.
The success of the fridge has helped to inspire more than 60 community fridges to open across the country – linked in with Hubbub’s Community Fridge network. It also featured on Jimmy and Jamie Oliver’s Saturday Night Food Feast in 2017, and Escape to the Country in 2021.
Frome Community Fridge enables around 90,000 items a year to be shared rather than thrown away, reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 140 tonnes. according to a report published in May 2019 (Frome Town Council)
Last year, fridge volunteers collected an average of 6612kg of surplus food each month from April to August 🥦
Your Role:
Help us raise £20,000 to keep this vital project thriving. Every contribution ensures the fridge remains a free, open, and accessible resource for all.
Stay Updated: Follow @communityfridgefrome on Instagram to see the difference you’re making.
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