OUR TEAM
Holly Whitelaw
Founder Fundraiser & Manager
Gleaning makes sense, has taught me a great deal and is such fun. The team and volunteers are awesome and I will do all I can to keep us going.
Jeni Duncan
Mid Cornwall Gleaning Coordinator
I’ve come to gleaning from the colourful and diverse world of festivals, where flexibility & thinking on your feet are essential skills due to ever changing situations . Gleaning is much the same vibe, seeing an opportunity to rescue good quality waste food, actioning a team, and getting it out quickly to those in need. Simple and effective.
Karen Ross
Assistant volunteer gleaning coordinator
I joined the gleaning network team as a volunteer because I wanted to help, in a practical way, move produce from field to fork. My background is in education and working with young people.
Katie Smith
South East Cornwall Co-ordinator
I love gleaning as it’s such a great way of reducing food waste and delivering it to the people who need it most, whilst meeting new people and bringing communities together. I mean what’s not to love! When not gleaning I’m growing small scale organic vegetables for a local veg box scheme!
Sarah Carpenter
North Cornwall Co-ordinator
A good friend led me to find out more about gleaning as they thought it was right up my street. They were right. It’s an honour to be a part of the team. I run my own veg box scheme, in between homeschooling my children.
Jacqui Blake
Assistant SE Cornwall Co-ordinator
Having worked as a Community Nurse in Cornwall I had become acutely aware of food poverty and often arranged food vouchers or organised basic food shops for people. After retirement I found the opportunity to help glean fresh fruit and vegetables and have been enjoying the experience for the past 2 and a half years.
Vanetta & Ray Geach
Cornish delivery drivers
My role is driving a pick-up and trailer to collect produce from wherever it has been gleaned in the county and then distributing to various hubs where it is further distributed to individual Food banks, Food Larders, etc. I am assisted by my wife who is my onboard admin. HGV driving is my background so this puts my skills to good use volunteering for such a great initiative reducing food waste.
Mary Baulch
Trustee
I’m proud to be a trustee of such a great charity. The connection of a diverse group of proactive individuals to make a positive difference is what drives the group and inspires me to be involved. I also love being outdoors with a fun & friendly group learning more about growing food to feed everyone.
Charmian Larke
Trustee
Having worked on waste matter for ages I am delighted to do all I can to help reduce food waste through Gleaning, especially as it increases fresh food for people in food poverty.
Rebecca Morton Clarke
Trustee
I came across the Gleaning Network after moving back to Cornwall and searching for meaningful employment. Having just come from running a community cafe that was rescuing supermarket food waste, I was delighted with the idea of going into the fields rescuing veg at source. I’m really lucky to be part of such a wonderful network of kind, generous people
Hilda Dunn
Trustee
I was delighted to hear about and be able to join the gleaning group after being upset at constantly seeing the horrific amount of agricultural waste in the fields. I love being out in the fresh air/howling wind/torrential rain with a wonderful group of like-minded people’
Peter Linton
Trustee
Gleaning Cornwall is a fantastic organisation, full of energy & though most of the “workforce” is voluntary, it still needs cash to operate so in my role as treasurer I hope to also help with fundraising.
OUR PHOTOS
We appreciate your financial support
If you are able to give to Gleaning Cornwall at this time – thank you so much!
People give to Gleaning Cornwall in many ways and we are incredibly thankful for all the practical support, gifts of time, petrol, flapjacks, heart and energy given freely by all our volunteers. Their gifts are without numbers. We would not be able to run Gleaning Cornwall without them.
Last year we donated over 90 tonnes of produce to feed people in food poverty.
Our current needs
- One off donors, winter brings the heaviest expenses as we try to get veg out of wet, windy and muddy fields
- We are hoping to increase the number of regular monthly donors. This gives us some financial stability and helps us plan for the future
- The day-to-day costs of running Gleaning Cornwall have increased in line with rising costs of living and inflation.
Where does our funding come from?
- Funding applications – Donations from individuals – Donations from organisations who appreciate the work we do
How are donations used?
- Running cost & maintenance of our four 4×4 pickup trucks & two tailers we use to get veg out of the fields
- Salaries (currently, 5 part-time gleaning coordinators)
- Mileage expenses for volunteer drivers to distribute veg
- Training in First Aid, Manual Handling, Health and Hygiene, Safeguarding & trailer driving
Insurance – Equipment – Storage – Promotion
Gleaning Cornwall runs entirely on donations. Your donation ensures local surplus produce gets to those most in need. All food is given to organisations feeding people in food insecurity, we never make any charge
Ways to Donate to Gleaning Cornwall
Paypal
You can use the Paypal donate button on this page.
Gleaning Cornwall is run under the financial umbrella of Regenerative Food and Farming Community Interest Company and whilst 100% of you donation will go to Gleaning Cornwall, Regenerative Food and Farming CIC administer this on our behalf.
Through your Bank
You can email
gleaningcornwall@gmail.com and we can send you bank details of where to set up payments
ONE OFF OR MONTHLY DONATIONS
We appreciate any regular giving as it helps us plan ahead and cover general costs and salaries.
Thank you for your support
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