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Extremely grateful for the ongoing support of Sharon Hodgson who yesterday shared first-hand with MPs the impact of our unique redistribution model in supporting communities and the planet🌎Watch here to see the benefits our Washington store generated last year alone 👇

There's never been a more critical time for surplus redistribution to be discussed in Parliament. Thanks to Jo Gideon for shining a light on the associated social, financial and environment opportunities, whilst praising our work to stop good food needlessly going to waste. 👏

.Community Shop Chairman, Gary Stott, joined Kevin Hollinrake MP MP, Minister for Enterprise, Markets & Small Business, and others on an Onward panel, to discuss the vital role of social enterprises in building a more resilient society. You can watch the session below 👇

Thanks to the Environment Minister, Robbie Moore by commending the work of Company Shop Group earlier this week. We're looking forward to continuing to work in close collaboration with Defra UK as we expand the impact and reach of our sustainable redistribution solutions.

At Community Shop we provide a hand up not just a hand out. In the last 10 years we’ve helped over 61,000 members with dignified access to affordable, healthy food 🍏 whilst also stopping food waste ✋ Find out more👉zurl.co/qw4J #stopfoodwasteday

📣 ANNOUNCEMENT! 📣 We're absolutely delighted to be shortlisted for The Grocer Gold Awards for Grocer of the Year 🏆. We're not your average grocer🏪but we're proud to support the FMCG industry to reduce waste & help our members buy quality surplus products at great prices.

📣We're delighted to announce that we're opening a new Community Shop this summer. The store in Hoyland (Barnsley) is opening thanks to the support of Barnsley Council & will provide access to deeply discounted food, life-changing development programmes and a Community Kitchen.

This week, Community Shop is hosting some sizzling ☀Summer Food Festivals bringing together partners and members for a feast of fun and flavour. The food has been inspired by our members and created by our chefs 👩‍🍳 which, as you’d expect, is all cooked from surplus!

.Community Shop Hoyland is now open! It's our 13th store, providing access to deeply discounted food and household products, and life-changing development programmes. Thanks to Coca-Cola Europacific Partners & Barnsley Council for their funding to help open our latest store.

Meet Stuart🧑, an amazing Community Shop member who shares his story about mental health. Suffering from poor mental health, he joined Community Shop where our Impact Leads helped him find ways to support positive mental health. Here's Stuart's story: zurl.co/VDVq

Nothing brings people 👨‍👨‍👦‍👦 together like food 🌮, and that’s why we’ve loved hosting Food Festivals at Community Shop over the summer. The events were part of Community Shop’s 10th Anniversary celebrations 🎉 and demonstrate the power food has to bring people together.

We were delighted to attend Defra UK's Summer Stakeholder Reception and hear Steve Reed MP's five priorities for the Dept., inc. strengthening Britain’s food security. We’re committed to supporting industry and government, by helping reduce food waste through redistribution.

Meet Hollie 👩 , one of our amazing Community Wellbeing Practitioners. We have wellbeing practitioners in all of our Community Shop helping and supporting our members with learning and development programmes. Find out more 👉 zurl.co/WuLB #thesurpluseffect

Nearly two thirds of surplus we handle needs some intervention before it's redistributed. We're committed to creating a world where no surplus products go to waste, so whatever your surplus, and whatever the challenge, get in touch zurl.co/yPeF #thesurpluseffect

Meet Michelle who was finding it hard to make ends meet so she joined Community Shop where she now saves money 💰 on her shopping, and can buy quality, healthy food 🥦 for her children. Here’s a snippet of her story 👇 #TheSurplusEffect #Community #Food

We see surplus not as a problem, but as an opportunity 💡. When you share your surplus problem with us, we can solve it ✅ and create positive impact for people 👨👨👦👦, planet 🌍 and our stock partners 🤝. Find out more 👉 zurl.co/uTH9 #ProblemSharedProblemSolved

📣Today Community Shop launches its whitepaper setting out a vision for the future of food aid in the UK. We're calling on Government to end reliance on emergency food parcels & tackle food insecurity at its root. Get your copy here: zurl.co/TY9P

Yesterday Community Shop launched its whitepaper at the House of Commons. The report sets out clear recommendations to: • Tackle food waste • Support hungry people • Stop missed potential Find out more and download your copy here: companyshopgroup.co.uk/wp-content/upl…

Thank you to Kim Johnson for attending our social enterprise Community Shop launch of our new pioneering whitepaper. It was a privilege to share our decade of experience and recommendations as to how to end the UK's reliance on food banks.