Who We Are

The Bread and Butter Thing operates mobile food clubs that bring nutritious, affordable food directly into communities facing sustained financial pressure and limited access to healthy produce. Each week, members can access low cost shopping includin

The Bread and Butter Thing operates mobile food clubs that bring nutritious, affordable food directly into communities facing sustained financial pressure and limited access to healthy produce. Each week, members can access low cost shopping including fresh fruit and veg, chilled essentials and cupboard staples, helping households stretch budgets further while eating well. Working through more than 150 community hubs across England, the organisation redistributes the equivalent of over 400,000 meals every week, helping to build stronger, healthier and more connected communities.

City Harvest is London's leading food rescue charity. We rescue nutritious, surplus food from businesses and redistributes over 1.2 million meals per month to over 375 charity partners who feed those unable to afford or access meals. By providing a r

City Harvest is London's leading food rescue charity. We rescue nutritious, surplus food from businesses and redistributes over 1.2 million meals per month to over 375 charity partners who feed those unable to afford or access meals. By providing a reliable lifeline and eliminating the cost of food for its charity partners, City Harvest enables them to stretch their budgets to offer other vital services. Our network stretches across the UK, through Xcess we ensure that no food goes to waste, sharing with our partners large donations, we believe it is our responsibility to help and support charities with similar objectives to ourselves.

HIS Church: HIS Church is an emergency goods redistribution charity, focused on providing food and supplies to those who need it most. Before the pandemic, it distributed on average just over 50,000 meals a week. It is currently distributing 200,000

HIS Church: HIS Church is an emergency goods redistribution charity, focused on providing food and supplies to those who need it most. Before the pandemic, it distributed on average just over 50,000 meals a week. It is currently distributing 200,000 across a network of 15,000 charities and the demand is growing.

Food Works, Sheffield: Food Works repurposes surplus food into meals and grocery boxes to make sustainable food accessible to all in Sheffield.

Food Works, Sheffield: Food Works repurposes surplus food into meals and grocery boxes to make sustainable food accessible to all in Sheffield.

Oxford Food Hub is at the centre of surplus food redistribution in Oxfordshire, providing food to more than 250 charities and community groups. In 2025, the organisation redistributed 641 tonnes of produce to local charities and community projects. I

Oxford Food Hub is at the centre of surplus food redistribution in Oxfordshire, providing food to more than 250 charities and community groups. In 2025, the organisation redistributed 641 tonnes of produce to local charities and community projects. Its vision is to be the surplus food partner of choice for Oxfordshire food producers, distributors, retailers and community organisations, sharing surplus and reducing waste. Its mission is to minimise food waste by rescuing surplus food from producers and retailers, reducing carbon emissions and protecting the environment, while supporting communities through the redistribution of free food to charities and local projects across Oxfordshire.

The BIG FOOD Project, formerly known as Blackpool Food Bank, is a surplus food redistribution organisation serving more than 100 community organisations across Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre. The project rescues and repurposes surplus food, helping provid

The BIG FOOD Project, formerly known as Blackpool Food Bank, is a surplus food redistribution organisation serving more than 100 community organisations across Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre. The project rescues and repurposes surplus food, helping provide more than 75,000 meals each month to families struggling to make ends meet.

Food Cycle: Works to reduce food poverty and loneliness by turning surplus food in to nutritious community meals, all over the country.

Food Cycle: Works to reduce food poverty and loneliness by turning surplus food in to nutritious community meals, all over the country.

Open Kitchen MCR: Manchester’s leading conscious caterer using its profits to create nutritious healthy meals for individuals and families in crisis, currently delivering over 1,300 meals a week.

Open Kitchen MCR: Manchester’s leading conscious caterer using its profits to create nutritious healthy meals for individuals and families in crisis, currently delivering over 1,300 meals a week.

UK Harvest: UK Harvest delivers education programmes alongside its food redistribution operations across the south coast of England and London.

UK Harvest: UK Harvest delivers education programmes alongside its food redistribution operations across the south coast of England and London.

Social Enterprise Kent has worked alongside people, businesses, charities and public sector partners for 40 years, creating practical support shaped by real local need. Its work spans skills, education, employability, wellbeing, community engagement,

Social Enterprise Kent has worked alongside people, businesses, charities and public sector partners for 40 years, creating practical support shaped by real local need. Its work spans skills, education, employability, wellbeing, community engagement, VCSE sector support, social value and community food projects. For Social Enterprise Kent, food is part of a much bigger picture, connecting to health, confidence, household finances, environmental impact and community resilience. Through its social supermarkets, it provides welcoming, practical support and opportunities for wider conversations and positive change.

Food in Community are surplus fruit and veg specialists, rescuing organic and regeneratively grown produce at scale from farms and redistributing it to charities, households and communities across the South West, ensuring nutritious, nature-friendly

Food in Community are surplus fruit and veg specialists, rescuing organic and regeneratively grown produce at scale from farms and redistributing it to charities, households and communities across the South West, ensuring nutritious, nature-friendly food reaches where it is most needed. In 2026, processing and storage capacity was expanded at scale to better manage gluts and extend shelf life. Alongside this, Food in Community pioneered the food hub concept in the UK, delivering “pay what you can” dining, social gleaning, food workshops and lectures, growing projects and food share groups. These initiatives bring people together, build skills and use food to create welcoming, inclusive spaces, strengthening communities while tackling food waste and food insecurity.

NotJUST Surplus Project is an independent community surplus redistribution organisation based in Telford, Shropshire. Formerly known as Food Share Project, it rescues and redistributes more than 500 tonnes of edible surplus food each year, reducing w

NotJUST Surplus Project is an independent community surplus redistribution organisation based in Telford, Shropshire. Formerly known as Food Share Project, it rescues and redistributes more than 500 tonnes of edible surplus food each year, reducing waste and supporting thousands of families every month. Through its surplus hub, community group network, mobile pantry services and Mary-Pop-Ups, NotJUST brings affordable food directly into communities across Telford and Shropshire, improving access for people facing barriers linked to transport, affordability or stigma. Its work is rooted in dignity, climate action and the belief that no good food should go to waste while people go without.

Incredible Surplus are based in Birmingham and intercept food and other usable materials that would otherwise go to waste from supermarkets, restaurants and other sources, and redistribute them to individuals and community organisations on a “Pay-Wha

Incredible Surplus are based in Birmingham and intercept food and other usable materials that would otherwise go to waste from supermarkets, restaurants and other sources, and redistribute them to individuals and community organisations on a “Pay-What-You-Can-Afford” basis. They also have a number of sites across Birmingham where they grow fruit and vegetables, compost food waste and lead a community composting project. This project is Compost Culture, aimed at transforming food waste into compost, fostering community engagement, and promoting sustainable practices. The project shares more than just food, many people are supported with advice and vital signposting.

The Active Wellbeing Society is based in Birmingham and works to knit social connections and systems, build resilience and improve wellbeing in communities where inequalities are the highest. Food plays an important part and they have set up a Surp

The Active Wellbeing Society is based in Birmingham and works to knit social connections and systems, build resilience and improve wellbeing in communities where inequalities are the highest. Food plays an important part and they have set up a Surplus Food Hub and high capacity kitchen situated in the heart of Birmingham's Wholesale Markets. Here, surplus food is collected and meals are cooked then redistributed across Birmingham's Food Justice Network, a network of over 250 organisations that help provide food and other wrap-around support across the city. The Surplus Food Hub itself is a large warehousing unit that also accepts surplus food external to the markets and is conveniently situated in the heart of the country just off the M6. This project helps to increase access to food to those who need it the most and strengthens the infrastructure in the city, thereby increasing resilience.

Eggcup, Lancaster: Eggcup runs an affordable food scheme for its membership through its Community Food Outlets. It also partners with a local HE college to create frozen ready meals for vulnerable people across the community.

Eggcup, Lancaster: Eggcup runs an affordable food scheme for its membership through its Community Food Outlets. It also partners with a local HE college to create frozen ready meals for vulnerable people across the community.

Dr Megan Blake is a geographer and leading expert on household food security and community resilience in economically wealthy contexts at the University of Sheffield. With more than 20 years of experience, her research works across households, commun

Dr Megan Blake is a geographer and leading expert on household food security and community resilience in economically wealthy contexts at the University of Sheffield. With more than 20 years of experience, her research works across households, community organisations, charities, industry, and government to understand and address the social determinants of food insecurity and poverty. She uses participatory, qualitative, and quantitative methods to generate stakeholder-informed research with real-world impact. Her Food Ladders framework is now used by local authorities, third-sector organisations, and policy makers in the UK and internationally to design and evaluate responses to food insecurity at the local scale. Her work has informed parliamentary inquiries, APPGs, and UN Rapporteur hearings, and has been featured widely across national and international media, including the BBC, Sky News, The Guardian, Bloomberg News, and NPR. Dr Blake is an academic advisor to Feeding Britain and to the XCess surplus food redistribution network.

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“Xcess is important because surplus redistribution cannot be solved by one organisation, one model or one route into communities. The strength of the sector is in its diversity: national and local organisations, different delivery models, strong supplier relationships and deep community connections. By bringing that experience together, Xcess helps the sector speak with a clearer voice, unlock more good food, protect the social value of redistribution, and build a system that is fair, practical and resilient for the long term.”

Vic Harper, CEO, The Bread and Butter Thing