Every day the UK food retail industry sends 1.6million tonnes of surplus food to landfill, which contributes to the increase in greenhouse gases. At the same time there are four million people in the UK who are living below the breadline.
Plan Zheroes' aim is to close this unnecessary gap by mapping businesses with excess food, and connecting them with organisations able to receive and convert it into meals for citizens on low income. Currently, Plan Zheroes has a team of 5 regular contributors, and is launching the new Platform developed by Keytree, entirely pro-bono with the value of £250K, which is a bespoke, mobile responsive and accessible from phones, tablets and laptops.
HOW FELLOWS CAN HELP
We are particularly looking to hear from Fellows with experience in:
- Web development
- PR: fundraising
- Social media
- Food and catering industry
- Community engagement
- Operations management
We also in the process to expand our Board and would invite expression of interest from Fellows.
Project Team
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Daniel Bryan
17th September 2015
Hi Maria
A subject very close to my heart! I'm in Wiltshire with 26 years catering & Food Standards Agency experience and I would be very interested in hearing more about this project. Please let me know how I can get involved,
Regards
Daniel Bryan
Clare Taylor
23rd June 2015
Hi Maria,
I just came across this, so thought I'd say hello on the forum since we've already met in reality as well. Looking forward to seeing Plan Zheroes again tomorrow night at the Sustainable Hackney AGM.
All the best,
Clare
Edward Haigh
21st February 2015
Hello Maria,
I absolutely love this project. I have personally thought a lot about this issue and would love to get involved somehow? I am based in London and have some experience with social media and community engagement, as well as being interested in getting some fundraising experience.
Kind regards,
Edward Haigh
Maria Ana Botelho Neves
26th February 2015
Hi Edward!
That's fantastic news, and very much looking forward to meet/discuss and see how we can have your help!! Would you like to set up a date? Please do get in touch maria.ana@planzheroes.org or 07825250944
Many thanks for getting in touch! And apologies for taking so long to reply, but I didn't receive the email.
all the best
Maria Ana