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Case study: Supporting Homeless Connect and reducing food waste in Belfast During 2023, our Belfast team was recognised for their extraordinary volunteering efforts when they were awarded the ‘Cultural Impact Award’ from the Institute of Couriers for their work with Homeless Connect. Homeless Connect is a not-for-profit organisation operating in Northern Ireland (NI) with the objective of preventing and alleviating homelessness. Homeless Connect NI operates the FareShare NI project, which aims to relieve food poverty and reduce food waste by redistributing surplus food from shops and restaurants to those in need. Our Belfast team completed over 250 hours of volunteering for these organisations, working within both the FareShare food warehouse and Homeless Connect. For the latter, our team built over 40 starter packs for people making the transition from homelessness to a new home. The packs included items such as cutlery and lightbulbs, with the intention of giving people a trouble-free start in their new accommodation. Our Belfast team has pledged to continue its relationship with the two organisations, having committed to offering a minimum of 250 volunteering hours each year to continue building starter packs and taking part in fundraising events. Efforts such as this do not go unnoticed at Whistl; we are incredibly proud of each of our teams’ approaches to supporting those less fortunate than themselves.
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Volunteering with Homeless Connect and FareShare resonates with me for many reasons. We wanted to find a local charity and discovered Homeless Connect and FareShare were operating just minutes from our depot. The environmental benefits of reducing food waste, alongside the ability to support those in need in our local community, made it a perfect fit. I know we do this to support our communities, but the positive impacts for our team are amazing. It’s a way to be hands-on and physically involved, and there is satisfaction with what we achieve each time. We have fun with it, too – getting competitive over who can make the most packs in a day! When you see the impact that the donations have on those who received them, it makes it all worth it. You never know what people are going through, and these little actions can make such a big difference to those in need.”
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