Arbourthorne Community Fridge

"A community fridge is a space where anyone who lives nearby can exchange surplus food, including businesses." - Hubbub (Community Fridge Network). 

We set up Arbourthorne Community Fridge in early 2019. HUBBUB, who run the Community Fridge Network helped us set it up and helped us to make some amazing connections across the UK! The Community Fridge is located at Arbourthorne Community Primary School and is housed in a large metal container near to the Nursery entrance. Check out the pictures and video below of what the Community Fridge looks like!

We wanted to set up a Community Fridge to combat food waste and play a big part in reducing the amount of surplus food in Sheffield! The Community Fridge takes in surplus food from local restaurants, supermarkets and shop and redistributes it to members. The food that is redistributed is always in a perfect condition and just means that there is less food going to waste which is brilliant! We also use food grown in the growing space and distribute fresh fruit, vegetables and herbs. We currently have connections with supermarkets across Sheffield and Fareshare Yorkshire.

The Community Fridge Membership is open to everyone in the Arbourthorne Community and you can join by filling in a membership form that you can access from the schools Main Reception, or emailing Georgie at georgiemitchell@arbourthorne.sheffield.sch.uk

Your opinions really matter to us and if you have any ideas on how we can develop what we offer to fridge members (e.g. workshops, courses, events) we would love to hear from you.