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In October 2022 the County Council launched a six month pilot project to encourage people to take advantage of surplus food rescue services and food waste prevention education sessions, which in turn works to reduce the amount of edible food that ends up in people’s household rubbish bins.

Due to the success of the pilot, working with UKHarvest and other partnerships and charities, in 2023 the programme was extended, running until April 2024. The programme prevented over 37 tonnes of food going to waste, provided food to over 11,000 people with over 70% of residents saying that they reduced food from going to waste at home.

The programme has been extended for a further 12 months, running once a month across every district and borough until April 2025:

• Adur: Southwick
• Arun: Bognor Regis
• Chichester: Petworth
• Crawley: Broadfield
• Horsham: Storrington
• Mid Sussex: Haywards Heath
• Worthing: Worthing

Each district and borough will host a UKHarvest community food hub once a month where, for a suggested small donation, people will be able to pick up a wide selection of surplus foods which would have otherwise ended up as waste from suppliers.

For further waste saving info, tips and recipes visit UKHarvest's Fed and Nourished page.

For more information on food waste prevention across West Sussex visit our Fight against food waste page.