Partners and Funders

There are many organisations that have helped us through partnership and funding. We would like to say thank you so much for supporting us with our various projects, for investing in our community and in a circular economy. We wouldn’t be where we are without you.

Our Partners

Co-op: Our three St Ives Co-ops for allowing us to collect their surplus food every single evening and for giving us grants through their membership causes. See https://membership.coop.co.uk/causes/63553

Cornwall Gleaning Network: Brings us a huge amount of wonderful vegetables. Works to reduce farm waste, rescuing produce so it ends up on hungry peoples’ tables, instead of in a landfill or rotting in the field.

 Tretho Lounge St Ives : Supports us by providing food for our meals and events.

Cultivate Cornwall: Who delivered a HUGE amount of free food, mostly tinned to us for a couple months.

Fareshare and Neighbourly who connect us with free food through various other supermarkets like Tesco, Sainsbury’s and ASDA.

PengennaThe Cornish Bakery and Warrens Bakery in St Ives –  For giving us their surplus pasties and pastries.

Splattenridden Farm: Who have regularly donated vegetables.

St Ives Community Orchard:  Who initially set up our foodshare group in March 2020, often co-hosts events with our group and provides us with apples & composts our foodscraps.

St Ives Community Land Trust: For supporting us by paying volunteer’s petrol expenses and giving us printed material.

St Ives Community Fund: Who have donated funds to our project and support people who come to for help.

St Ives Rugby Club: Who allow us to use their premises for collections and supported us throughout lockdowns of 2020 and 21 by giving us full use of their kitchen, full hall and members bar.

St John-in-the-Fields: Who allow us to use their premises for Kevranna Social club and cooking meals and has also supported us with crisis funding and delicious soup and cake.

The Western Hotel: Who give us left over Sunday lunch to share with our community.

Times & Echo: Supporting us by regularly publishing articles about our activities.

St IVes Community Foodshare