Welcome to the first episode of Food Stories, a podcast from FareShare Greater Manchester. In this episode we are sharing our story – who we are and what we do.

Last year, FareShare Greater Manchester rescued almost 2,000 tonnes of good-to-eat surplus food from going to waste. That food was redistributed to more than 300 charities and community groups across Greater Manchester and in real terms equated to 4.6 million meals.

We would not be able to do the work we do without our fantastic volunteers who last year donated over 21,000 hours of their time to our operation.

In this episode we share a bit about what we do at our warehouse on New Smithfield Market in Openshaw and give a little insight into how we get that much needed food out into the community.

You can find out more about FareShare Greater Manchester on our website, you can also find us on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Bluesky & X.

The theme music for Food Stories from FareShare Greater Manchester is ‘Skyward Bound’ which is used under licence from GreenBird.