Midlands food charity warns of volunteer driver shortage

A charity that redistributes surplus food to those in need has warned it may have to cancel deliveries as it does not have enough volunteer drivers.

Fareshare Midlands helps feed about 80,000 people each week by collecting good-to-eat food from supermarkets and warehouses that would otherwise go to waste, passing the food on to charities and community groups.

Since a number of drivers had retired, it needed to recruit at least 15 more to maintain the service, staff said.

Fareshare’s commercial lead, Laura Spencer, added: “Without that driver support, that may mean that we’re not able to deliver the food that we get in everyday.”