Podcasts about foodcloud

In collaboration with FoodCloud, Clare Local Development Company is hosting two workshops to inspire and support communities to come together to identify local opportunities for food sharing projects that take action on food waste. CLDC's two workshop events will take place next month. To find out more, Alan Morrissey was joined by Communications Officer Clare Local Development Company Anna Swisher, Leader Coordinator at CLDC, Agnes O Shaughnessy and Angela Kenny, Advocacy and Stakeholder Manager at Food Cloud.

As the excessive waste that comes with Christmas comes to an end. Angela Ruttledge, Head of Public Engagement at FoodCloud tells us about four easy climate resolutions for every household to adopt to reduce excess waste.

As the excessive waste that comes with Christmas comes to an end. Angela Ruttledge, Head of Public Engagement at FoodCloud tells us about four easy climate resolutions for every household to adopt to reduce excess waste.

Research conducted among 1,000 people by Coyne Research on behalf of ALDI and FoodCloud found that, on average, Irish consumers waste €832 worth of food annually. We discuss these findings with Jo Linehan, Editor of the Climate Supplement at the Sunday Times Ireland .

Foodcloud uses the internet to collect unsold food from supermarkets and distribute it to charities who in turn pass it on to those who need the food the most. Foodcloud does this with the help of volunteers including 2000 staff members from AIB, which has renewed its financial and volunteer support scheme. But why are we still throwing out so much food? Joe spoke to Aoibheann O'Brien the Co Founder of Food Cloud.

Director of Partnerships for FoodCloud, Sheenagh Ford speaks on how food waste is damaging the planet and how her company FoodCloud is combatting it by trying to stop sufficient and perfectly good food from going in the bin!

FoodCloud is a social enterprise with a vision for a world where no good food goes to waste. Bobby took a trip out to Tallaght to the 'FoodCloud Kitchen' to find out more about the business.

Marks and Spencer have said they're getting rid of use-by dates from its fresh milk. They're replacing them with best-before dates. And we're being told to use the ‘sniff test' on milk from now on, to see if it's still good. Milk is apparently the third most wasted food and drink product, after potatoes and bread. Should we be getting rid of best before dates everywhere? Should we be sniffing rashers and yoghurts? Andrea was joined by Angela Ruttledge from Foodcloud and other listeners to discuss..

Shamit Khemka is the Founder and CEO of SynapseIndia, a software development outsourcing company. SynapseIndia has been in business for over two decades, offering e-commerce solutions, website and mobile app development, CMS solutions, and more. Over the last 23-plus years, the company has delivered over 10,000 projects for clients such as the Entrepreneurs' Organization (EO), Steve Madden, IBM, 3M, and Johnson & Johnson. Additionally, Shamit is a member of YPO and the Entrepreneurs' Organization and is a Partner at FoodCloud. Hailing from a business family, Shamit has always been passionate about launching his own company and building expertise in executive management, business ownership, and project management. In this episode… In today's competitive job market, finding the right employees can be a challenge. But even with a pool of applicants, how do you choose the right candidate? Are you relying on an instinct or gut feeling to hire employees?  Shamit Khemka was in this same position, using his interview questions to try and sift through potential employees. But ever since he discovered the Topgrading system 15 years ago, Shamit and his team can hire better candidates who fit the company culture. Instead of simply hoping to hire an A player, the Topgrading system helps ensure you hire the best of the best. In this episode of Talent Wins, Chris Mursau is joined by Shamit Khemka, Founder and CEO of SynapseIndia, to talk about how the Topgrading methodology helped him scale his company. Shamit discusses the benefits of Topgrading, including transparency, clarity, and feedback, how Topgrading has transformed over time, and his advice for building a company of A players.  Resources Mentioned in this episode Chris Mursau on LinkedIn Topgrading on LinkedIn Topgrading Shamit Khemka on LinkedIn SynapseIndia Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport

It won't surprise you how much food we all eat over Christmas but it should shock you how much food we waste and simply throw out. One Irish company hopes to minimise how much food is thrown out - doing companies, the environment, and especially the less well-off a favour. Aoibheann O'Brien - founder of FoodCloud

Google Ireland has announced that its philanthropic arm, Google.org, is providing €500,000 in funding to Social Entrepreneurs Ireland (SEI) and INCO. The grants will support social entrepreneur-led organisations in Ireland to grow their impact and those interested in being considered can submit an expression of interest from today, 5 December. Leveraging the funds from Google.org, SEI and INCO will support underserved social entrepreneurs to scale their organisations. SEI will use the funding to run the Changing Ireland Accelerator Programme (CIAP), a twelve-month initiative for underserved social entrepreneurs needing support to accelerate their impact. Running in parallel to the CIAP, INCO will disperse the funding as cash sub-grants administered to the participants. Speaking at the announcement in Google's EMEA HQ, Dublin, Adaire Fox-Martin, President of Google Cloud International and Head of Google Ireland said: “Social enterprise is an increasingly crucial component of a resilient, equitable, and sustainable economy. By providing the sector better access to capital, talent, markets, and technology, businesses such as Google have the opportunity to meaningfully serve the communities they operate in and advance impactful humanitarian and environmental causes. These grants reflect Google's continued commitment to supporting social entrepreneurs around the world and to the principle that entrepreneurship can be the best way to tackle some of the world's greatest challenges. “We want to encourage ambitious change-makers to submit their expression of interest in the Changing Ireland Accelerator programme today.” Tim Griffiths, CEO of Social Entrepreneurs Ireland said: “Social Entrepreneurs Ireland is thrilled to work with INCO and believe that this catalytic funding will help brilliant, social entrepreneur-led organisations to scale up and accelerate the impact they are having across Ireland reaching the most underserved communities.” Mathieu Planchard, Global Head of Development at INCO said: “This initiative represents a concrete step towards building a more diverse and inclusive entrepreneurial ecosystem. The combination of capacity building support and strategic grant funding is the right recipe to break down the barriers faced by underserved founders in Ireland today. It's a real privilege for INCO to work alongside SEI and to receive support from Google.org.” Social Entrepreneurs Ireland is a not-for-profit organisation committed to the vision of accelerated social change through the power of people. Its mission is to harness the cumulative power of people through programmes, direct funding and an experienced community of alumni, funders, and sector leaders. Since its foundation in 2004, SEI has supported more than 550 social entrepreneurs across the country. Alumni of SEI programmes include Pieta House, AsIAm, Irish Community Air Ambulance, GIY, FoodCloud and the Irish Men's Sheds Association. INCO is a global nonprofit on a mission to create a more socially inclusive and environmentally sustainable economy. Across 40+ countries around the world, INCO accelerates the growth of impact-driven businesses, and offers free education programs to the workforce of tomorrow. Since 2021, INCO has been leading StartSocial, an initiative supported by Google.org, to provide funding and capacity-building to over 400 social enterprises across Europe. Today's announcement by Google is an integral part of its European-wide commitment to supporting Social Entrepreneurs building on a pledge of €20 million cash funding through the Google.org Social Innovation Fund to support underserved social innovators across Europe. Expressions of interest in the Changing Ireland Accelerator Programme are welcome via the dedicated page on the SEI website from 5 December 2022. The selection process will launch in February 2023 with successful applicants appointed to the programme from June 2023. Google.org will be fully funding the costs of this progra...

This week Ruth chats to Brian Curtin, Volunteer Manager with FoodCloud. FoodCloud is a social enterprise with a mission to tackle food waste by redistributing surplus food from manufacturers and retailers to local charities in the community.  It currently operates three main hubs located in Dublin, Cork and Galway and works with a network of over 600 Irish charities. FoodCloud Website https://food.cloudCurrent Volunteer Role https://bit.ly/3ywgFTnVolunteering in Galway Check out all our latest volunteering roles at http://www.volunteergalway.ie/volunteers/volunteer-vacancies.  You can click through on any of the roles and you can see more information and the ‘apply now' button to contact the specific organisation advertising the role.    If you are already registered with us, just put in the email address you used to register and confirm your interest.  What happens then is that the organisation gets an email with your contact details and you get an email with their contact details.  The next step is for the organisation to contact you.If you are not registered just go the volunteer registration page on the website and register with us,  once you have that done you can apply for any of the roles on the website using your email address.

Unused food. Environmental damage. Changing behaviours. (Not for) profit. Social entrepreneurship. Purpose. Meet Iseult Ward and Aoibheann O'Brien, the driving forces behind FoodCloud.

In this series you will hear from six people from all over the world who've hit that million milestone before their 30th birthday. Our second guest is Iseult Ward from Ireland, who tells Sam Fenwick how she started building her social enterprise FoodCloud while still at university in Dublin. Iseult and her team make more than a million meals every month from food that would otherwise end up in the bin. Hear how she started out working with small market traders, scaled up to work with huge multi-nationals in multiple countries and how she deals with imposter syndrome. Presenter: Sam Fenwick Producer: Helen Thomas (Photo: Iseult Ward. Credit: Getty Images)

Ireland currently generates 1.27 million tonnes of food waste a year, with the average family throwing away €700 - €1,000 of food each year. Holly Dalton, Chef and Director of Conbini Condiments & Jess Murphy, Head Chef and Owner of Kai Restaurant in Galway, give Claire their top tips on reducing food waste.

Rachel Robinson catches up with Shane Reilly from Moyee Coffee to learn more about their FairChain initiatives. Changing the course of the coffee industry - Shane Reilly of Moyee Coffee talks FairChain and conditions along the coffee belt The coffee industry is one littered with unethical farming and trade – but some companies are trying to change the industry for the better. Moyee Coffee produces “radically good coffee with a radical impact” and utilises the model of FairChain. Rachel speaks to Shane Reilly, managing director and co-founder of Moyee Coffee in Ireland about the problems with the industry and how Moyee is paving a new way to farm and trade coffee ethically. Shane talks about how he set up Moyee Coffee in Ireland, how coffee is one of the most unethical drinks, with a model of “buy low, sell high” dominating the industry, and how conditions vary from country to country along the coffee belt. Moyee Coffee is based in Amsterdam, Addis Ababa, Nairobi and Dublin – it is the world's first FairChain coffee brand. Shane has a background in social enterprise with tech non-profit FoodCloud, as well as extensive experience working in political campaigning and communication roles. Rachel is a Journalism student at Coventry University, currently interning with Irish Tech News – which marks the start of a partnership between the two institutions. Rachel's main interests are politics and conflict, human rights, animal welfare and the environment.

100 Million. That is how many meals our entrepreneur today has redistributed since starting her business back in 2012. Iseult & her co-founder Aoibheann run FoodCloud. They connect businesses who have surplus food with charities and partners that need it.  A simple model that is incredibly powerful for both the environment and people at risk of otherwise going hungry. I learned so much from today's guest and you will too.  

FareShare is the UK’s largest food redistribution charity, with more than 30 Regional Centres across the country. It takes food from the food industry that can’t be sold in shops, either because of packaging errors or a short shelf life. FareShare has worked with Tesco since 2012 to help alleviate poverty in the UK by ensuring surplus food within its supply chain is used to feed people and doesn’t end up as waste. Joining host Stefan Gates for a fascinating look into how charities, brands and retailers are working together to alleviate food waste by distributing surplus food to those who need it are Helen Davies, Retail Partners Senior Manager, FareShare, Claire de Silva, Head of Community and Local Media, Tesco, Nicola Mackay, Community Food Programme Manager, Tesco and Dr Mansukh Morjoria, Trustee, Shree Jalaram Mandi.About our panel Helen Davies, Retail Partners Senior Manager, FareShareHelen Davies is a Senior Commercial Manager at FareShare. She manages relationships with some our key retail partners, particularly Tesco, and is also responsible for business development and management of new partners joining the FareShare Go programme. Helen moved into the charity sector five years ago after a long career in mobile communications where she has run CSR for EE and Orange, communications and engagement for UK R&D and far too many projects in retail to mention!Claire de Silva, Head of Community and Local Media, TescoClaire de Silva is Head of Community and Local Media at Tesco where she leads a team delivering multi-million-pound programmes that support thousands of local communities across the UK and a number of core proactive media campaigns. She began her career as a journalist working for a number of weekly, daily and evening newspapers before moving into public and media relations leading communications at John Lewis, Merlin, Whitbread, Travis Perkins and Centrica and the Hospice of St Francis.Nicola Mackay, Community Food Programme Manager, TescoNicola (Nicki) Mackay is Community Food Programme Manager at Tesco where she plans and deliver Tesco's operational strategy on food redistribution and food poverty via the delivery of two key community programmes; Tesco Food Collection, the annual food collection in stores in support of the FareShare and The Trussell Trust, and Community Food Connection in partnership with FareShare and FoodCloud, which offers daily edible food surplus to charities to collect for free.Dr Mansukh Morjoria, Trustee, Shree Jalaram MandiMansukh Morjaria is a Trustee at Shree Jalaram Mandir, a temple situated in Greenford, London, supporting people with food in the local community. As a not for profit organisation, they collect food through Tesco via FareShare Go – the back of store programme where charities and community organisations can collect end of day surplus food. Shree Jalaram Mandir is linked with lots of Tesco stores in London and has been collecting food through the programme since 2017. Throughout the pandemic, they have been supporting a wide range of people in the area, as well as homeless people, through fresh cooked meals and food parcels. 

Three Irish NGOs that support small businesses, job seekers and skills training will receive a share of €500,000 funding from Google.org to help them respond to the repercussions of the pandemic. The funding from the philanthropic arm of Google is the second tranche of the €1 million grant funding announced in April. The funding was dedicated in two tranches, the first of which was provided to help NGOs and non-profits providing vital services to the most vulnerable in our communities during the initial Covid crisis, followed by a second tranche dedicated to economic recovery. This second tranche of grants will be shared among NGOs that focus on upskilling, mentoring and supporting job seekers to help them gain the skills, knowledge and qualifications they need for roles in the tech sector. The projects to be funded by each of the grantees are: Jobcare delivers virtual, 7-week training programmes to job seekers in Dublin. Its goal is to support 500 participants and to help with this, they’re building a new platform for participants to use which will help them engage with the course material, other participants, and the trainers. Ringsend Community Services Forum (RCSF) provides mentorship, job training, and train-the-trainer programmes to 50 community leaders in Ringsend and Pearse Street. This will provide an opportunity for each of the leaders to deliver training to their own target groups. In partnership with St. Andrew’s and The Anchorage Project key support in digital skills and employment opportunities will be provided to job seekers in the wider communities of Pearse street and Ringsend. INCO provides virtual job and skills training to young people (18-35) who have been economically impacted by COVID-19, primarily in Cork, Galway, and Waterford (achieved through working with local partners). INCO focuses on developing tech skills amongst this group with a view to young people gaining vital experience that will help them get full-time roles in the tech sector. Nick Leeder, Head of Google in Ireland said, “When we announced this funding back in April, we wanted to ensure that the second tranche would be dedicated to organisations that are providing support to job seekers and people needing to upskill from different backgrounds and locations around the country. Jobcare, INCO and RCSF provide these vital services that must not only continue amid the pandemic and public health guidelines but must also continue to adapt their services to meet evolving challenges. It’s also very important to us that we continue to support our neighbours in Ringsend and the surrounding areas as they navigate this extremely difficult time.” Paul Mooney, Founder of Jobcare, one of the grantees to receive funding from Google.org said, “We are working tirelessly to support jobseekers, now including those who have unfortunately been economically impacted by COVID-19. It’s crucial that we continue our services during this extraordinarily difficult time, and the Google.org grant will help us expand our reach and adapt our platforms so that we continue to provide vital support.” The first tranche of the €1 million euro funding was shared among NGOs that address different aspects of the crisis in communities across Ireland, including FoodCloud, ALONE, A Lust for Life and the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre, in addition to Google’s local community in Ringsend and Pearse Street. More about Irish Tech News and Business Showcase here. FYI the ROI for you is => Irish Tech News now gets over 1.5 million monthly views, and up to 900k monthly unique visitors, from over 160 countries. We have over 860,000 relevant followers on Twitter on our various accounts & were recently described as Ireland’s leading online tech news site and Ireland’s answer to TechCrunch, so we can offer you a good audience! Since introducing desktop notifications a short time ago, which notify readers directly in their browser of new articles being published, over 50,00...

In response to the unprecedented demand for food from charities and community groups across the country, Ireland’s first ever national food appeal will take place in over 400 supermarkets nationwide this week from September 17th – 20th 2020. Research carried out among 121 of FoodCloud’s charity partners identified a 70% increase in demand for food as a result of Covid-19. The research found that there are three groups within society most affected by the gap in supply of food; those over 65 years of age (49%), single parents (36%) and people with mental health concerns (30%). Obair is based in Newmarket on Fergus, Co. Clare. They provide a meals on wheels service for the elderly and a support service for lone parents in rural areas. Before Covid-19 they were serving on average 60 hot meals or dinners a day. This increased to over 300 dinners a day during the height of the pandemic. Today they are serving over 200 dinners per day. They fear demand will increase again as the number of Covid cases continues to rise. On Tuesday's Morning Focus, Gavin Grace spoke to Siobhán O'Driscoll from Obair.

Iseult Ward, co-founder and chief executive officer of FoodCloud, discusses the launch of the first National Food Appeal to help communities affected by Covid-19.

What happens when a large quantity of food is made, packaged and ready to sell only for a typo to be spotted on the label? What happens when a thousand litres of orange juice doesn’t have enough bits in it or too many bits in it, and it’s too late to fix it? A lot of the time it gets written off, turfed out, put in the bin or destroyed. The cost of food wastage and its subsequent destruction is massive in terms of the environment. But the a pandemic the opportunity loss of having all this surplus - perfectly edible food - going to waste when so many people are going hungry is even greater. Well that’s where today’s guest Iseult Ward and her co-founder Aoibheann Mangan stepped in and stepped up to create FoodCloud. A game changing local solution to the global problem of food waste by redistributing the equivalent of 160,000 meals per week. This week on the emergency Coronapod series Jarlath sits down with Iseult to first understand how FoodCloud connects producers with charities, and then to find out how they are stepping up their game during the pandemic to provide even more to those who need it most. To hear each episode in its full length every week, become a patron of An Irishman Abroad for just the price of a pint on www.patreon.com/irishmanabroad. You will also gain access to the entire back-catalogue of over 250 Irishman Abroad episodes that are not available on iTunes. You can also gain access to the entire Irishman Abroad archive of episodes through our iPhone and Android Apps. Download the Irishman Abroad Android or iPhone apps for free using the links below. https://apps.apple.com/ie/app/an-irishman-abroad-by-jarlath-regan/id1101165812 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=irishman.jarlath.com.anirishmanabroad&hl=en_IEOur charity partner is jigsawonline.ie. In these tricky times, Jigsaw provides a range of resources, advice and care for your people to help them strengthen their mental health and the skills needed to navigate life. Please visit their website and consider making a donation. For updates on future episodes and live shows follow @jarlath on Twitter, visit www.jigser.com or email the show directly on irishmanabroadpodcast@gmail.com. Disclaimer: All materials contained within this podcast are copyright protected. Third party reuse and/or quotation in whole or in part is prohibited unless direct credit and/or hyperlink to the Irishman Abroad podcast is clearly and accurately provided.

How can your company successfully enter, grow, innovate and export sales in #Poland? Poland is a massive market of 40 million people and is in the top 3 fastest growing economies of Europe. I speak with Bartosz Siepracki, Senior Market Adviser ICT Enterprise Ireland (responsible for Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia; Digital Entertainment Global Lead). He shares his knowledge of: Helping Irish companies enter the Polish market. Talent in Poland. Overview of the cities and their industries. Challenges of doing business in Poland. Potential partners and agencies e.g. ARAW and Polish, Investment & Trade Agency. Some success stories e.g. Horan automation and Foodcloud. This is a MUST, for anyone thinking about, or already doing business in Poland. As always, please share your comments and give us a review. Thanks Ken

In this episode Iseult Ward, CEO and co-founder of Foodcloud and Mark Little, CEO and co-founder of Kinzen talk tackling global food waste issues, the next generation entrepreneurs and give us an insight into the entrepreneurial mindset. Plus, we meet Norman Crowley, the Cork-born serial entrepreneur taking the world's classic cars and building them from the ground up to make them more powerful, safer & zero carbon. All In is hosted by Yvonne Redmond.

Iseult Ward joins The North Avenue Show. Iseult is the Co-founder of Foodcloud, a mobile and web app that connects businesses with surplus food to local charities. In 2017, Iseult was nominated on the 'Forbes 30 under 30' in the social entrepreneur category. Due to Foodcloud's groundbreaking technology, charities have saved over €68.1 million in food costs since the company's launch over 5 years ago. Follow Andrew on Instagram: https://bit.ly/2ZWTE8i Follow Andrew on LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/31zGDSB Follow Andrew on Twitter: https://bit.ly/2NcrrHk

Women in Tech is a four-part series presented by Samantha McCaughren, Business Editor of the Sunday Independent. Samantha speaks to Irish women involved in tech who are dispelling myths and breaking down barriers. On this week's episode, she meets Iseult Ward, co-founder of Foodcloud, the food waste distribution platform, that in just seven years has already distributed 22,000 tonnes of food, moving meals every 28 minutes and helping over 9,100 charitable groups in Ireland and UK. Samantha spoke to Iseult about the original idea, getting it off the ground, scaling in Ireland and internationally, as well as the growing issue of food poverty and waste. For more from the series go to: www.independent.ie/podcasts/women-in-tech/ The Women in Tech podcast series is in association with 100% Electric Nissan Leaf.

Pantisocracy - Season 3 (2018) Episode 3 ‘Be the Change’ In this episode of Pantisocracy host Panti Bliss shares her own experience of being HIV Positive and her work as a change advocate with Irish Aid in Asia and Africa. Her guests in the parlour are all change-makers making a positive difference in the world. On the story of HIV AIDS in Ireland there's Dr Fiona Mulcahy and young playwright Shaun Dunne. With them is asylum seeker Ellie Kisyombe of Our Table and Iseult Ward cofounder of the food charity Foodcloud. Then there's musical cousins Grainne and David Hope the force behind KidsClassics bringing music to sick children and finally Northern Irish actor/singer Conleth Kane who performs his song 'Proud'. www.pantisocracy.ie

The VOOM Podcast returns for series 3 with a food industry special. Nikki Bedi is joined by Craig Sams - the fair trade pioneer behind Green & Black's chocolate - as well as social entrepreneur and previous VOOM competition finalist Iseult Ward, whose company FoodCloud is on a mission to tackle food waste and end food poverty. The pair discuss the balance between profit and purpose, sharing stories of successes and failures along the way. Plus we hear about the futuristic concept of vertical farming from Kate Hofman, co-founder of GrowUp - whilst roving VOOM reporter Chris Reed shares the latest from the all-new VOOM Tour. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

For the last few years, we’ve been hugely impressed as the Foodcloud social enterprise has made great strides in helping supermarkets, producers and famers redistribute surplus food to charities. It was a great pleasure then to welcome Foodcloud co-founder Aoibheann O’Brien to the Shore Shots surf festival in The Model in Sligo the other month to hear more about this project and what their future plans are.

Today we are spotlighting Iseult Ward of FoodCloud. FoodCloud is a social enterprise matching businesses with surplus food to local charities and community groups in Ireland and the UK. This episode is powered by UpGuard.com, UpGuard's discovery engine brings visibility to complex IT environments, enabling teams to quickly identify risk, confirm compliance and make business safer, and Hack Reactor, the leading coding bootcamp in program quality & student outcomes. Connect with us at womenintechshow.com. Tweet @womenintechshow and @EspreeDevora