Toolkits and resources

Your guide to sharing food in your community.

Gain an overview of FoodCloud and explore the comprehensive resources this toolkit offers to support your surplus food sharing projects.

Discover the essentials of starting a surplus food sharing project, including initial steps to kickstart your journey.

Learn effective strategies for managing and organising your project, ensuring it operates smoothly and adheres to best practices in governance.

Find valuable tips on how to engage, motivate, and retain your team and volunteers, fostering an inclusive and enthusiastic project environment.

Access practical insights on executing your project successfully, including design, strategies and preventing stigma.

Understand how to evaluate and convey the outcomes and benefits of your project, helping to demonstrate its value and effectiveness.

Get essential information on sourcing and securing funding for your project, including tips on finding and applying for financial support.

Understand how to collect, store and distribute food for charitable purposes while ensuring food safety.

Learn vital information on how to best project manage your food sharing project.

Five steps to help you comply with the law on declaring the use of food allergens.

Before you waste: The difference between best before and use by.

Foodcloud is an Irish non-profit delivering solutions to reduce food loss and waste.

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