Fundraising is a challenge. Britons are the fourth most generous people on the planet according to the UN’s index of happiness, with 72% donating to charity each month. So it should be easy, but most donate to cancer, children and animals. If you are not a front line charity, that is where the challenge comes in. Emerge 3Rs turns an environmental problem – food waste, into a social solution – fighting food poverty. It runs FareShare Greater Manchester which helps over 200 charities, schools and community organisations feed 30000 disadvantaged people every week across the region. Food poverty is growing and FareShare needs to grow too. So my challenge is to get 10000 people to donate a pound so that we can buy more refrigerated storage which will allow our Vegilicious project to expand. We want to provide more fresh fruit and vegetables but these need storing in the cool as we approach summer.

So if you are reading this and want to donate to a charity where we recycle everything including the second hand desks and computers I use to fundraise, so that we ensure the money donated works for those in need. Then please have a look at us.

http://www.emerge3rs.co.uk

http://www.faresharegm