HEG Community Larder

The HEG Community Larder is a simple idea with a big impact: good food should be eaten, not wasted.

Every Monday, SOFEA delivers a van-full of surplus food that would otherwise go to waste and we make it available to people across our community. What's available changes every week depending on what has been rescued — which is part of the Larder experience! You might find fresh fruit and vegetables, bakery items, store cupboard essentials, chilled and frozen food, and other surplus produce.

By using the Community Larder, you're not only taking home useful food — you're helping prevent perfectly edible food from becoming waste. You'll find yourself trying new things and adapting the way you shop and cook so that using up surplus food becomes part of your normal life.

Members pay a small subscription to SOFEA but by our calculations they can take four times that amount's worth of food from the Larder. There's no judgement and no stigma. Everyone is welcome.

Through rescuing and redistributing surplus food, thanks to Felix and SOFEA, we are preventing tonnes of good food from going to waste, helping household budgets go a little further, encouraging sharing and reuse, bringing people together, and showing how small, practical local action can make a very real difference.