Exeter Food Action

You’ve seen the news—FareShare and The Felix Project are now Felix. We're in the process of changing social media handles but until we do, you can still follow our mission of rescuing food for fuller lives over at Felix.

But beyond the new name, what does this actually mean for the communities we serve?

It's simple really, greater efficiency means we can source more food and support more organisations resulting in fuller lives across The United Kingdom.

So what does that look like? To find out, follow us over at Felix to learn more about how and why we're able to rescue even more food for fuller lives.

By pooling our logistics, we can optimize our supply chains, identify more surplus, reach more suppliers, and ensure that perfectly good food doesn't end up in landfill. It also allows us to expand our network of community organisations and charities, now matched with our new unified and extended reach means, a more consistent and reliable supply of high-quality produce for the community kitchens, breakfast clubs, shelters, and pantries that rely on us.

And doing it all under one unified, national brand allows us to secure more support from a wider audience.

While our name is changing, our mission remains the same. Whether you're a volunteer, a donor, or a food partner, your support now powers a larger, more impactful operation.

Only together can we and will we end hunger in our communities and are excited to grow this mission with you. To learn how you can involved in your area and learn more about the ogranisation please visit our new website: https://felix.pulse.ly/zel7spa0ni

More people are being diagnosed with cancer every year, which means growing demand for the support provided by local cancer charity, FORCE. They don’t receive Government or NHS funding to sustain their vital role in helping people affected by cancer, so events like the Nello fundraising bike ride are vital. Last year’s Nello was their biggest ever and they were kind enough to donate surplus food from the event to us - and they’re about to do it again.

We’re hugely grateful for the work that FORCE do, and for giving us a helping hand too, so here’s to all the riders in this year’s Nello. Exeter Food Action wishes everyone an abundance of pedal power and a great ride. Thank you for all that you do!

https://forcecancercharity.co.uk/nello.

Times are hard for everyone at the moment, so we don't like to ask, but times are hard for us too because our costs are rising at the same time as demand for our service, so we urgently need help if we're to rise to the challenges presented by the impact of the US/Iran war.

Please help if you can via the link below, and share/repost so we can reach as many kind people as possible. Thank you.

https://exeterfoodaction.org.uk/donate/

Dig and Donate kindly provide food for EFA and next Saturday between 10.00am and 4.00pm it's their community volunteer day. They're inviting family or friends to come along (kids welcome too) for a couple of hours to help out. If people bring a packed lunch they'll be providing cakes and refreshments. Sounds like fun!

It’s Earth Day today, celebrated around the world in over 192 countries by over a billion people, all taking action to protect our planet through environmental change. There’s a lot going on - everything from conferences and street marches to art displays, beach clean-ups and action to prevent food waste, the latter being something that we do every day, and here’s an example of what we did yesterday, gleaning at Martinsfield Farm. With help from our volunteers and staff, and from our friends at Nando’s, Princesshay, we left with 22 crates of beautiful purple sprouting broccoli, weighing 168kg!

PART-TIME ADMINISTRATION ASSISTANT VACANCY
We’re keen to recruit an administration assistant to join our award-winning charity. We have a paid workforce of 1 full-time and 2 part-time members of staff, and a large team of 65 dedicated volunteers. The administrative assistant will work with our manager, Wendy Kearns, to support staff and volunteers in day-to-day operations at our warehouse on Marsh Barton in Exeter, although it will also be possible by arrangement to work some of the time from home. More information on our website here: https://exeterfoodaction.org.uk/administration-assistant-vacancy/

Fourteen years ago today, in 2012, Europe's oldest intact book, the 8th century St. Cuthbert Gospel, was bought by the British Library for 9 million pounds. Sadly, we missed that one, which would have covered our annual running costs for about 90 years.

So, we still need good condition ordnance survey maps, CDs and books (of a similar value if possible). Just drop them off at either of the locations below (preferably Rosebarn Lane) and Ellen, who’s already turned around 9,000 of them into an incredible £4550, will work her magic on them, every penny of which will go towards our work getting rescued food to the many people who need it.
Thank you.

The Spring 2026 issue of our newsletter, Food Matters, is now available to view or download via the link below. With the uncertainly of further increases in the cost of living due to the war in the Middle East, this issue features several pages of potentially useful information for people struggling with rising energy and food costs, and much else besides. Feel free to share it with anyone who might be interested in our work.

https://tinyurl.com/EFAnews

JOB OPPORTUNITY
We're currently looking for a part-time van driver and warehouse supervisor. If you'd like to join our friendly, award-winning team, we'd love to hear from you. We’re a small charity with a big heart, employing 1 full-time and 2 part-time staff, and a dedicated team of 65 volunteers, all of us committed to preventing food waste by ‘rescuing’ good, nutritious food, which we then provide to 70 food banks and community groups in Exeter and across Devon. If you'd like to find out more head over to our website to download a job description and person specification:

Driver/Warehouse Supervisor Vacancy Exeter Food Action rescues excess food from shops and suppliers, and redistributes it to charity organisations that feed people in Exeter.