Swansea Community Fridge to hold pop-up event in West Cross

Swansea Community Fridge is going on the road, with their first event being held in West Cross.

The initiative will hold their first pop-up community event in West Cross on 18 February and yesterday reached out via social media for a venue.

"It's been an ambition of ours to take Swansea Community Fridge on the road for some time, in order that we can reach people who might not otherwise be able to get to us," said Patrick Fleming, Business Support Manager at Swansea Community Fridge.

"Our first event of 2021 is going to be in West Cross on 18 February, in West Cross Community Hub on Linden Avenue. This is part of a series of events we'll be doing around the Swansea area, to address food poverty and raise awareness of the issue of food waste."

Swansea Community Fridge is an open access community resource which works with local businesses to divert good quality, fresh food from landfill sites and redistribute it to the public, free of charge, helping to alleviate issues around food poverty and insecurity, while also preventing waste.

The team involved usually do this through a pack to order food parcel service at their site in Swansea Marina every Wednesday, where people can look at a list of what is available and choose what they need.

The scheme has been able to remain open during the pandemic but has adapted by distributing ready-made food parcels with produce from the Fridge.

They also set up a Community Pantry to distribute store-cupboard goods and hygiene products in the same way.

To find out more about Swansea Community Kitchen, click HERE.