The Community Fridge Project ensures that good food is not wasted and helps people stretch their budgets. The community Fridges, which are based in the Letham, Muirton, and Moncreiffe areas of Perth, are open to anyone, as often as they want to use them.
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Letham4All SCIO operates the Community Fridge Project in the Letham, Muirton, and Moncreiffe areas of Perth to prevent good food from going to waste and help people stretch their budgets. The Community Fridges operate as a universal service, meaning they are open to anyone in the community, with no referral being required and they can used as many times as people want to use them.
The Community Fridge Project collects surplus food every evening from local supermarkets, which is then sorted and distributed between the different sites. Some surplus food is blast-frozen and is available from freezers in each of the areas. All of this surplus food is freely given away, as well as frozen meals prepared by another local charity made from surplus food. In each of the Community Fridge, there is a range of tinned and dried goods which people can purchase at 20p an item, up to a maximum spend of £2.00 (10 items). The Letham Community Fridge is open 7 days a week, with Muirton and Moncrieffe Fridges being open 4 days throughout the week.
The Community Fridge Project is supported by around 60 volunteers who take on a variety of roles across the whole operation of the project. We know that around 400 people from over 1000 registered users, access the project every week and that throughout the ongoing cost-of-living crisis it has been an invaluable support to people, stretching their budget when they need it. The Project has saved 1000s of tonnes of good food going into landfill and is helping locally to tackle climate change. This funding will help pay for some of the operating costs of the 3 projects and help fill the shelves with the 20p items. The Community Fridges also provides a wide range of information about other support services available in the community including financial well-being guidance, health and wellbeing services, and other community groups and organisations.
Location: Perth City
Proposed on behalf of: Letham4All is a local Perth charity , developed by local people with an aim to ensure life across our communities is better and healthier, where everyone can reach their potential from cradle to grave. Established in 2018 it has supported the development of the first Community Fridge in Perth and Kinross to prevent good food going to waste and helping people save money. They operate 3 Community Fridges across Perth City which are open to everyone to use and benefit from, distributing free good surplus food and very low-cost cupboard staples. Letham4All also own and run The Hub , a multi-purpose community building in Letham, from which they run a host of services groups and activities Again, The Hub is available for everyone to use and to access services that support employability , financial wellbeing , youth work and mental wellbeing with many activities be free or at extremely low cost. Letham4All is led by local people and is supported by over 120 volunteers, it is a real living wage employer and has created 24 local jobs. Letham4All works with a range of partners to help alleviate the impact of poverty on local people, especially on children, acting as a Community Anchor organisation to lever in additional resources to support Perth communities.
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