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British Army Veteran calls for help to fight food poverty

Fundraising for Food for Nought
£110
raised of £250 target
by 4 supporters
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Christmas, 25 December 2020
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Cocoa's Christmas Appeal: British Army Veteran battles back from the streets to declare war on hunger.

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Food For Nought was started in mid-2017 and has worked with various Peterborough based charities and organisations to quickly set up a regular operation collecting surplus food and delivering this to a community fridges and other selected locations for the surplus to then be passed out to people in need. In the almost 3 years we have been running, Food For Nought have redistributed over 1000 tonnes of surplus food to those who are in need. Please make a donation to Cocoa's Christmas Appeal today and share his story. Your generosity could help him keep his vans running and perhaps even find a home for the charity. Help him to continue his fight against hunger. Food for Nought is a registered charity number 1179699.

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Cocoa's Christmas Appeal: British Army Veteran battles back from the streets to declare war on hunger.

About the charity

Food for Nought

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RCN 1179699
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One man, one van, one year - One hundred tonnes of food diverted from landfill and delivered to the needy in Peterborough. For the last twelve months, Cocoa Fowler has been a man on a mission – Helping to divert tonnes of potential food waste from landfill, to those in need in Peterborough, with his company, Food For Nought. Cocoa is partially disabled himself, but his armed forces background has stood him in good stead, overcoming his own pain to help those less fortunate than himself. He started out with a battered old car and borrowed trailer, collecting surplus food from willing retailers and producers, before then delivering it to community food fridges and charities. With the help of local businesses and charities he has now secured a sign written van and is looking to expand his pick-ups and deliveries, open a shop and offer cookery courses. To do all this, Cocoa needs help, both financial and physical. “Due to my condition I can only spend three of four hours a week picking up potential waste food and delivering it to the charities that are feeding the needy, on any particular day. But I have only just scratched the surface – There is thousands of tonnes of surplus food out there that could be put to better use and there is certainly a need in the community.” Cocoa has been helped by a number of retailers and food producers in Peterborough who have gifted Food for Nought their excess produce
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Donation summary

Total raised
£110.00
Online donations
£110.00
Offline donations
£0.00

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