Food waste-tackling community Fridge Network set for national expansion

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Initiative aims to serve 70 communities after securing lottery funding

The world's first Community Fridge Network is set to expand across the UK after securing £160,000 of National Lottery funding from the Big Lottery Fund. The fresh funding will allow the network to grow...

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