{"id":269979,"date":"2025-03-30T06:45:22","date_gmt":"2025-03-30T06:45:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/30\/kendal-food-waste-charity-expands-services\/"},"modified":"2025-03-30T06:45:22","modified_gmt":"2025-03-30T06:45:22","slug":"kendal-food-waste-charity-expands-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/30\/kendal-food-waste-charity-expands-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Kendal food waste charity expands services"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1024\/branded_news\/3539\/live\/5b479f30-0b13-11f0-8519-bf882d865bbd.png?ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Kendal food waste charity expands services\" title=\"Kendal food waste charity expands services\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fezwLZ\">A food waste charity is expanding its &#8220;pay-as-you-can basis&#8221; meal services to cover an extra day per week.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fezwLZ\">Waste into Wellbeing, which repurposes surplus food in Kendal, Cumbria, will now host a cafe session on Tuesdays alongside its community food larder on Thursdays and Saturdays.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fezwLZ\">Westmorland and Furness Council said every single item of food that was repurposed by the group, based at the Eddington CIC, would otherwise go to landfill.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fezwLZ\">Alison Quigley, from Waste into Wellbeing, said food poverty was &#8220;quite high in Kendal&#8221; so the larder was &#8220;open to everyone, supporting us to reduce food waste while ensuring access to a healthy diet&#8221;.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fezwLZ\">The new cafe session will open on Tuesdays between 12:00 and 13:30 BST, the same hours as its Saturday sessions. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fezwLZ\">Eddington CIC voluntary director Jo Haughton said it was &#8220;very important to have food at the heart of it, because that&#8217;s the one thing that brings people together&#8221;.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fezwLZ\">&#8220;The church is a really versatile space where currently we can seat up to 250 people. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fezwLZ\">&#8220;The aspiration is to have a wide range of activities and events going on in the venue, such as talks and creative performances.&#8221; <!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c337g2404y6o\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A food waste charity is expanding its &#8220;pay-as-you-can basis&#8221; meal services to cover an extra day per week. Waste into Wellbeing, which repurposes surplus food in Kendal, Cumbria, will now host a cafe session on Tuesdays alongside its community food larder on Thursdays and Saturdays. 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