Danone Ireland renews FoodCloud partnership to deepen community nutrition impact.
Danone Ireland has extended its partnership with food redistribution charity FoodCloud for a further two years.
The two organisations are committing to continuing their work on nutrition, surplus food redistribution and community support.
“Over the past three years, we’ve seen the tangible difference this collaboration has made to communities nationwide, with FoodCloud partners better able to provide healthier, more balanced meals”
Since 2023, the partnership has redistributed 174 tonnes of surplus food and supported 685 community partners with nutritional guidance, including tailored recipes and a series of educational webinars designed to help turn surplus food into healthy meals.
On a weekly basis this supports more than 71,000 people.
Nutrition education
The renewed partnership will see further development of the successful nutrition education programme and an expansion of volunteer support.
The partnership combines FoodCloud’s redistribution network with Danone’s nutrition expertise, helping community organisations provide more balanced, nutritious food to the people they support.
The benefits of the partnership are reflected through FoodCloud’s research with its community partners, with 85% reporting increased access to nutritious food and 77% saving money on food costs, enabling them to expand services.
More than four fifths of organisations also agreed that the provision of surplus food has helped them reach more people, seeing it as a ‘gateway’ to help people engage with other services.
“Danone supports several core elements of FoodCloud’s work, through food donation, volunteering, and specialist expertise through the nutrition education programme,” explained Aoibheann O’Brien, director of Development and Innovation at FoodCloud.
“This programme has been particularly impactful, helping us empower our community partners with the knowledge and tools to maximise the nutritional value of the surplus food they receive. We are excited to continue our collaboration with Danone, building on these successes and progressing our efforts to get good food to those who need it most”
The renewed partnership will see Danone continue to deliver its nutrition education programme alongside an expanded volunteering initiative in 2026, supporting FoodCloud’s kitchens, hubs and gleaning activities nationwide.
Building on the success of the partnership to date, the extension will focus on deepening impact at community level by enhancing the reach and accessibility of nutritional supports.
This includes evolving the education programme to address emerging needs identified by community partners, as well as supporting organisations to make the most of an increasingly diverse range of surplus food.
“Our mission at Danone is to bring health through food to as many people as possible, and our partnership with FoodCloud is a unique example of this in action locally,” said Killian Barry, Managing Director of Danone Ireland.
“Over the past three years, we’ve seen the tangible difference this collaboration has made to communities nationwide, with FoodCloud partners better able to provide healthier, more balanced meals. We are really proud to support the amazing work that FoodCloud does for communities nationwide and look forward to continuing our partnership with them over the coming two years.”
Top image: Killian Barry, Danone Ireland’s Country Director, Aoibheann O’Brien, Director of Development and Innovation at FoodCloud and Brendan Dowling of Whitefriar Community Centre, FoodCloud’s hub in Tallaght, Dublin
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