Excerpt from iwradio.co.uk
The Isle of Wight Council, FareShare UK, Red Funnel and Southern Housing are working together to boost a lifeline scheme helping Islanders struggling against the rising cost of living.
Food charity, FareShare UK, is supporting the council’s connect4communities programme by delivering a weekly supply of fresh fruit and vegetables, canned and dried food as well as other essentials to the Island’s community pantries.
The charity works across the food industry to get good quality, nutritious surplus food — that would otherwise go to waste — to nearly 9,500 charities and community groups across the UK.
The new partnership extends to ferry operator, Red Funnel, which has kindly agreed to transport the vital supplies across the Solent free of charge for the next 12 months.
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