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FareShare

 

Established in 2002, FareShare is the region’s leading food distribution charity, set up with the aim to fight hunger in the community by tackling food waste.

 

Serena Taylor, Associate at SHW says “We are delighted to have the opportunity to support FareShare as SHW’s new chosen charity.  We got to see first hand how much FareShare do for the communities to help those in need, so are excited to be involved.”

 

The food FareShare redistributes is nutritious and good to eat. It reaches charities across the UK, including school breakfast clubs, older people’s lunch clubs, homeless shelters, and community cafes. Every week they provide enough food to create almost a million meals for vulnerable people.

 

SHW has previously volunteered with FareShare, during 2024 participating in 6 sessions over a period of 3 days. And Duncan Marsh, Partner, Regional Head for SHW Sussex Coastal Offices finally added “It was a pleasure to help FareShare during 2024 and see what goes into such a large operation and great cause, I look forward to volunteering here over the next year and fundraising for this amazing charity.”

 

To find out more about FareShare and the work they do, please follow this link.

 

Nightwatch - Croydon

 

Carrying on from its work with the charity in 2024, SHW will again be supporting Nightwatch, a charity set up to support the homeless people in Croydon.

 

Nightwatch, founded in 1976, when a group of local people came together concerned after the death of a homeless man in Croydon, Nightwatch has since built facilities and hostels, with a strong volunteer base and expanded its street level work to confront the homelessness crisis.

 

Matt Morris, Surveyor for SHW says “It is great to be able to contribute to the magnificent work Nightwatch do for the most vulnerable in our local Croydon community, and we look forward to another year of fundraising and working with them.”

 

Nightwatch’s objectives are:

 

• To act as first line contact for homeless people, to sign-post them to other agencies.

 

• To provide urgent and necessary items of food, clothes, toiletries, pots, pans, household goods to people in need.

 

• The stabilisation of former homeless people in new accommodation.

 

• To assist in helping unemployed homeless people (both financially and emotionally) to take up vocational training and education.

 

• To befriend homeless people to encourage empowerment and increase in confidence.

 

• To educate the community at large in Croydon about the realities of homelessness.

 

To find out more about Nightwatch and the work they do, please follow this link.

 

Alex Gale, Senior Partner at SHW says: “We look forward to another busy year of sporting and social events alongside other initiatives as we continue our Charity Partnerships. The charities chosen this year by members of our team are well deserving and I am happy that SHW have chosen to be part of helping them achieve more of their goals during 2025.”