About

My name is Danny Barnes. I am the CEO of a CIC company called Shop And Donate. When the lockdown on 23 rd March 2020 happened, I decided to quit my job and dedicate my time to helping those in need. Shop and Donate is a social supermarket existing to tackle the hunger crisis in the UK. It’s for people in deprived areas who are experiencing food poverty.  4.7 million of adults in the UK are suffering food insecurity (9% of households).  2.5 million adults are suffering food insecurity due to lack of money to buy food.  UK churns out 15 million tonnes of food waste a year while 8.4 million people struggle to afford food = entire population in London.  1/3 of food produced in the world goes to waste.  240,000 tonnes of food is wasted by UK supermarkets every year. During the pandemic, we offered our local community a Telephone Befriending project. Data gathered, 85% of our residents wanted a community kitchen, 87% cookery courses, and 91% community garden. We need funding to set up our social enterprise to meet that demand. This involves setting up a social supermarket, community kitchen and restaurant, and community garden. It light of this, we are looking to raise £50,000 to renovate an old building in London borough of Barnet which has been out of use for 10 years. With your support, we will be able to expand our services and provide affordable healthy food to those members of the community who need it the most. We ask that you consider supporting our cause by donating any amount of money. It would be extremely helpful to us.

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