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Felix (Formerly FareShare)

Felix (Formerly FareShare)

The Mears Foundation & Felix

The Mears Foundation is honoured to partner with with Felix (formerly FareShare and The Felix Project) the UK’s leading food redistribution network. 

Our partnership with Felix helps us achieve our goal of improving the well-being and quality of life for individuals and communities.

The difference we have made with Felix

Since 2022, the Mears Foundation has supported FareShare through five consecutive annual grants, as well as contributing valuable volunteering hours, and is continuing its partnership with Felix following the merger.

With the Foundation’s support, Felix expanded its fleet of heavy freight vehicles, allowing for the redistribution of surplus food to communities in need across the UK.

Our partnership with Felix equates to…

  • Over 305 tonnes of food redistributed last year
  • The equivalent of 728,000 meals provided for people facing hardship
  • Volunteer driver support in Kent totalling over 160 hours
  • Direct support through volunteering to 392 charities in Kent
  • 46,000 meals redistributed across Kent through volunteer support
  • More than 100 million litres of water preserved
  • An estimated 610 tonnes of CO₂e emissions prevented
  • Around 30% more meals provided than in the previous year

Tesco Winter Food Collection

Felix is a key partner in the Tesco Winter Food Collection, an annual event inviting Tesco customers to donate long-life food items. These donations are distributed to Felix’s network of over 8,000 charities, supporting people in need across the UK.

Mears employees use their volunteering hours to support this event in-store and help Felix to collect more food for the people they support. Sign up for a shift at your nearest Tesco store by entering your postcode on the volunteer map.

Direct Impact

Felix brings people together to rescue, repurpose and share surplus food that would otherwise go to waste, turning an environmental problem into a social opportunity. Through collaboration with partners like the Mears Foundation, Felix shares great food with communities across all four nations of the UK.

With the assistance of the Mears Foundation, Felix has already been able to increase its transport capacity, ensuring more surplus food can be collected and redistributed across the UK.

This includes high-value, short-life products like fruit, vegetables, dairy, and meat.

Benefits of our fleet

The Mears Foundation’s support has not only raised food volumes but also provided other benefits to Felix’s operations:

  • Support for Felix’s transport capacity means the team have greater flexibility to respond to time-sensitive offers of food, getting it to where it’s needed more efficiently.
  • Felix can keep food types and volumes balanced across its nationwide network, ensuring that resources are allocated efficiently.
  • Felix's improved fleet enables operations to run at a quicker pace, which strengthens ties with food partners by providing a convenient alternative for surplus food collection.

Making a difference

Felix’s nationwide network supports more than 8,000 charities and community organisations with more than just meals. From breakfast clubs and community kitchens to homeless shelters and local food pantries, each group offers connection, dignity and hope for those who are struggling.

Food from Felix fuels places where 1.5 million people a year can eat, connect and access vital support services. It sustains charities and local groups that are at the heart of communities. These groups in turn support people to tackle challenges in their lives and take up new opportunities, helping them to thrive.

Felix Thanks Mears Foundation

Paul Amadi, Director of Income Generation at Felix says: “We are so grateful to the Mears Foundation for their continued support for Felix. Their generous support will help us get good-to-eat food to the people who need it rather than going to waste. Every day, food from Felix is redistributed to over 8,000 charities across the UK, including homelessness shelters, after school clubs, refuges, and older people’s lunch clubs. The Mears Foundation’s support for Felix powers the redistribution of surplus food, helping strengthen communities and change lives while reducing waste. Together, we’re creating lasting change, one meal at a time. Thank you.”

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