UK Government Launches £15m Fund to Tackle Food Waste and Support Charities

The initiative aims to redistribute surplus farm food to food banks, homeless shelters, and other not-for-profits, addressing food insecurity and waste.

The £15m fund will provide grants starting at £20,000 to food redistribution charities across England to collect and distribute surplus farm food.
An estimated 330,000 tonnes of edible food are wasted or repurposed as animal feed annually before leaving farms, according to government figures.
Charities can use the grants for equipment, technology, and staff training to improve food collection and distribution processes.
The initiative, originally pledged by Rishi Sunak and delayed after the general election, has been welcomed by charities like FareShare and The Felix Project as a step toward a zero-waste Britain.
The government also aims to halve food waste by 2030 and will release more details about the fund's eligibility criteria in the new year.