Consett Community Fridge


The ALT Group is proud to re-launch Consett Community Fridge in 2019 at Umbrella Community Centre.
Working in collaboration with Umbrella CIC, we collect edible food waste from local supermarkets & businesses or food can be donated directly to the fridge.
  • We believe food should be used, and we help to find potential food waste a happy mouth to feed instead.
  • The items we collect would otherwise go in the bin and ultimately to landfill causing a huge environmental impact.
We safely transport and store the food and make it available to everyone to use, three times a week to take home & enjoy.
  • When you eat better you feel better and access to nutritious food should be available to everyone.
  • The Community Fridge is open to everyone and food sharing at the core of the idea.

Where & When

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 Consett Community Fridge
is located at :
Umbrella Community Centre 
Derwent Shopping Centre, (Victoria Road)
Consett. DH8 5SD

Consett Community Fridge is open to everyone:
Monday 3pm-4pm
Wednesday 3pm-4pm
Saturday 1pm-2pm

Food Donations

The ALT Group Community Fridge relies upon Community values and everyone helping each other. Food can be donated by Individuals or local businesses, It is food which is still safe and suitable to eat but is at risk of being wasted.

We work with local business and charities like Maddisons, Sale Pepe & Co-op, local food bank Food 4U & PACT House Stanley as well as large orgaisations such as Tesco, Fareshare  & Food Cloud to collect and redistribute edible food waste, which for various reasons may be discarded while still good to eat.

Individuals can also donate food. Any food which is sealed and is likely to be wasted can be brought in. We accept items of food which can be stored chilled, frozen or on the shelf. All the food we supply has a short shelf life left and should be eaten within 24 hours.

Community Support

As we are working with food, all our Community Fridge Supporters are Food Safety Trained, and The ALT Group is a registered food business.
We are looking for Community Support for all aspects of this project, we have positions available offering assistance during the Community Fridge opening times and if we have more help we can open more days.
If you own a car we have positions for collection drivers, who collect donations from around the local area.
For more information about our Community Support opportunities Click Here.

Funding

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Our funding comes from individual donations, through our own fundraising efforts and start-up grant funding.
If you would like to financially support Consett Community Fridge or have a fundraising idea get in touch.

We are proud to announce in 2019 Consett Community Project will be funded by Karbon homes, another local non-profit organisation.
Consett Community Fridge was launched and financially supported in 2018 by:
To donate to our Community Fridge or Community Meal or to give your time to support us, Contact Us.