We are Felix

We rescue great food and get it to people who need it – supporting 1.5 million people across the UK, alongside 16 other independent charities, 18,000 volunteers, and thousands of partners.

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What we do

A billion good meals go to waste every year. We work with supermarkets, restaurants, wholesalers, manufacturers, farmers and charities to get surplus food where it’s needed most across all four nations of the UK.

The 8,000 charities and community groups we support provide more than just a meal. They provide connection, dignity and hope.
We turn an environmental problem into a social opportunity.

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Our work in numbers

18,000: volunteers working together across the UK
8,000: charities and community groups supported
5: meals delivered every second to 1.5 million people across the country

Rescuing food for fuller lives

Felix is about more than just meals. We’re about what food makes possible. We support over 8000 charities and community groups who provide connection, dignity and hope. Felix food helps fuel places where 1.5 million people a year can eat, connect and access vital support.

We’re about:

Fuller plates Millions of people in the UK are in food insecurity. We support them with good food that would otherwise go to waste.
Fuller communities Food brings people together. The food we rescue sustains charities and local groups at the heart of their communities.
Fuller lives The charities and groups we support help people tackle difficult challenges and take up new opportunities. Our food helps people thrive.

Our heritage

Felix is a new charity, with a long history.

We were founded in 2026 following the merger of FareShare and The Felix Project.

FareShare was founded in 1994 by Sainsbury’s and Crisis to serve homeless shelters with food. It grew into the leading national redistribution charity by forming partnerships with major supermarkets such as Tesco and Asda.

The Felix Project was started in 2016 by Justin and Jane Byam Shaw in memory of their son Felix, who died suddenly from meningitis, aged just 14. It grew rapidly to become London’s largest food redistribution charity.

Inspired by Felix

“This is my son Felix, who died suddenly from Meningitis in 2014. Felix was full of compassion for those without his advantages and, in early 2015, I was searching for a way to commemorate him. What stuck in my mind was a boys’ football tournament, he’d played in. Felix told me he’d been upset to learn that many of the 10-year-old boys on the opposing team hadn’t had anything to eat that day.”

- Justin Byam Shaw