press@fareshare.org.uk
FareShare is the UK’s largest charity fighting hunger and food waste.
FareShare is the only charity operating on a national scale, in partnership with our network, to redistribute edible surplus food to over a million people across the UK.
In addition to providing food, these charities and community groups help tackle the root causes of poverty and provide vital services such as domestic violence shelters, breakfast and after school clubs and older people’s lunch clubs.
Thanks to the surplus food from FareShare, our network is supporting people to have better access to food, form stronger connections and reduce isolation to improve mental health.
Please get in touch with a member of our team if you would like to interview:
Our media team is able to help with media and marketing enquiries only. If you are an individual in need of food, please see our food support for individuals page and/or if you are a family or care for children in need of food please visit the End Child Food Poverty website.
As a small team with limited resource we are unable to help students with essays, journalism or research projects. You can find more information about our work here. Alternatively, if you’d like to see the difference we make first-hand, you can volunteer.
CEO
Kris is the CEO and helps redistribute the food. Supports FareShare’s Network of Regional Centres, FareShare Go operations, food and people safety, logistics and coordination and the amazing community of charities. Also responsible for strategic external relationships with other charities and food redistributors.
Before working at FareShare, Kris lived and worked in France, India, Croatia and Romania on a range of engineering projects after finishing a PhD in Environmental Chemistry and Engineering. Kris is also the co-founder and Chair of an international, epidemiological society.
Head of External Affairs
Ben manages FareShare’s marketing and communications activity. He is responsible for the activity to promote FareShare’s vital work to strengthen communities through food across a multitude of channels from press to political engagement. Ben has spent his career working in the not-for-profit and public sector and is experienced in developing national campaigns and strengthening communications functions. He previously led communications at the Chartered College of Teaching and held senior roles at the National Lottery Community Fund and other charities.
Ben is also a huge David Bowie fan and thinks Paul McCartney is the best Beatle.
Public Affairs, Policy and Campaigns Consultant
Ali leads on government relations, ensuring the environmental impact and social value of food are on the political agenda. He recently led FareShare and The Felix Project’s successful three-year campaign to secure a government announcement for £15 million in funding for farm level surplus redistribution. With a background in political communications and campaigns, Ali has worked in the West Country, Westminster, and Brussels, where he served as Head of Communications for a European Parliament delegation. Always passionate about food, Ali worked as a chef before becoming entering the world of politics and policy.
