20 Jan 2025
Rampion Fund Supports FareShare Sussex and Surrey
FARESHARE SUSSEX & SURREY REDISTRIBUTED OVER 40 TONNES OF FOOD OVER CHRISTMAS THANKS TO RAMPION COMMUNITY FUND
Thanks to electric vehicles funded by the Rampion Community Benefit Fund, FareShare Sussex & Surrey was able to redistribute 41.9 tonnes of food over the Christmas fortnight, which was enough to make 99,750 meals and feed 14,720 people living in food poverty each week.
‘The e-vehicles, including an electric van and an electric cargo bike, have made an incredible difference to our operational ability, and soon we will be installing solar panels, also with a Rampion Fund grant, to help power them,’ said Mark Richardson, Fundraising Manager at FareShare Sussex & Surrey.
‘Driven by 172 volunteers - the lifeblood of our charity - we receive, sort and deliver good food from the food supply industries that would otherwise be wasted, to feed hungry, vulnerable people across Sussex and Surrey, and we are proud to be using sustainable vehicles to do it.’
Run by Sussex Community Foundation, over the past eight years the Rampion Community Benefit Fund has provided £2.1 million in grants and supported over 200 Sussex community projects. More than a million local people in Sussex have benefited from the fund which covers projects in the region from Littlehampton Harbour in the west to Beachy Head in the east and up to the A272 near Twineham in the north.
‘We are delighted to have supported such impactful and important projects in Sussex and that so many of them have been able to reduce their carbon footprint as a result,’ said Katie Scanlan, Rampion Stakeholder & Visitor Centre Manager.
‘And don’t forget that part of what we give back to the local community is our Rampion Visitor Centre, a free resource and attraction on Brighton Seafront, so we encourage people to drop in this year, if they haven’t visited us before.’
The Rampion Community Benefit Fund 2025 opens in March, inviting applications until early May, with around £160,000 available for charities, community groups and not-for-profit organisations to fund projects benefiting local communities and supporting the environment.
For more information about the fund and how to apply, visit:
The RWE-operated Rampion Offshore Wind Farm supplies enough green energy to power the equivalent of almost 409,000 homes - around half the homes in Sussex - and reduces CO2 emissions by up to 600,000 tonnes a year.