Community Fridge: Frome

Community Fridge: Frome The UK's first Community Fridge in Frome! We're all about fighting food waste and the fridge is free and open to all.

Community Fridge: Frome
- enabling you to share your abundance, minimise waste and source free food. Launched on 30th April 2016 at the Loop de Loop, near Frome Library. Help yourself to what's on the shelf

Edventure: Frome with support from Frome Town Council have launched the UK’s first community fridge on Saturday 30th April. The fridge, stationed at the colourful Loop de Loop block, near Fro

me library, is open every day to enable residents and businesses to share surplus food and for anyone to help themselves to quality food that would otherwise be wasted. The stats around food waste in the UK are shocking. The average household throws away £470 worth of food every year. Every day we throw away 220,000 loaves of bread, 5 million potatoes, and 660,000 eggs. And at the same time it is estimated that 4 million people live in food poverty in the UK. Esther Deeks, project co-ordinator said “Most of the food waste in the UK is avoidable and could have been eaten had it been better managed. The fridge is a simple solution to enable anyone in Frome to share some of this surplus food – cutting costs and emissions. Let’s utilise our food and fight against waste. Recovering the time and energy that went into producing our food, and enjoying it!”

Donate to the fridge whether you are going away for the weekend, just bought too much food or It's the end of the business day and you have excess. Anyone can take food from the fridge, it’s free and accessible to everyone. The fridge will accept any kind of vegetables, bread, sandwiches and alike all within their use by date. To avoid any issues with food hygiene the fridge will not home raw meat, fish or eggs. And can only accepted prepared and cooked foods from certified businesses, NOT home cooked meals. We commit to providing a chilled clean and safe space monitored daily by trained volunteers. Would you like to volunteer as part of our team? contact us [email protected]

Community fridges have been successfully implemented across Europe and is the first of it's kind in the UK! email [email protected]
or call 01373 475574

29/05/2026

Video description [ Terri at the loop de loop fridge standing in front of the very full fridge]
Edventure frome.org/fridge to keep up to date and to donate towards our project

“It makes you wonder home much used to go to landfill before the Community Fridge was here”Kevin is one of our dedicated...
26/05/2026

“It makes you wonder home much used to go to landfill before the Community Fridge was here”

Kevin is one of our dedicated Community Fridge volunteers. After retiring, he started helping out at the fridge, making sure it’s open, stocked, and ready for the community. From busy Christmas surplus to everyday essentials, he sees first-hand how much food is shared and how quickly it’s used by the community.

This post was adapted for social media from our printed Community Fridge zine. Read more stories, with illustrations and artwork, in the full zine on our website: edventurefrome.org/fridge [Link in bio]

[Image description: A photo of Kevin standing outdoors beside the community fridge, followed by a series of illustrated quote slides sharing his experience volunteering. The background is soft blue, with hand-drawn fruit and vegetable illustrations throughout.]

“I had sourdough bread from the fridge every single morning with my eggs”Adam shared how the for him, using the Communit...
18/05/2026

“I had sourdough bread from the fridge every single morning with my eggs”

Adam shared how the for him, using the Community Fridge started as picking up the odd item and then became a daily routine.

This post was adapted for social media from our printed Community Fridge zine. Read more stories, with illustrations and artwork, in the full zine on our website: edventurefrome.org/fridge [Link in bio]

[Image description: A photo of Adam standing outdoors by the river Frome, followed by a series of illustrated quote slides sharing his experience with the community fridge. The background is soft purple, with hand-drawn food illustrations]

“It’s all walks of life”Emma is one of our fantastic Community Fridge volunteers. Since retiring as a headteacher, she’s...
12/05/2026

“It’s all walks of life”

Emma is one of our fantastic Community Fridge volunteers. Since retiring as a headteacher, she’s been giving her time to help us reduce food waste, with Acorn by her side!

This post was adapted for social media from our printed Community Fridge zine. Read more stories, with illustrations and artwork, in the full Zine on our website: edventurefrome.org/fridge [Link in bio]

[Image description: A photo of Emma Wilkes standing outdoors with her dog, Acorn, followed by a series of illustrated quote slides sharing her experience with the community fridge. The background is soft green, with hand-drawn vegetables and playful illustrations throughout.]

11/05/2026

[video description: Terri at the town center fridge. Showing our new donation from the Corn Store. We have lovely bread, milk and cream.]

We have lots of lovely loaves in the Loop de Loop : Frome Fridge. Pop along and help yourself to a loaf or two.
08/05/2026

We have lots of lovely loaves in the Loop de Loop : Frome Fridge.
Pop along and help yourself to a loaf or two.

06/05/2026

[video description: Terri is at the loop de loop fridge, in the market place carpark. The fridge is full to bursting with Pastries, fruit, vegetables and sandwiches. It’s a food waste project and is free to use]

“‘I feel a bit like the modern day Santa Claus.”Terri is our Community Fridge Coordinator, and this is her story.Read mo...
05/05/2026

“‘I feel a bit like the modern day Santa Claus.”

Terri is our Community Fridge Coordinator, and this is her story.

Read more stories with lovely illustrations and artwork in our Community Fridge zine, from which this was adapted:
edventurefrome.org/fridge [Link in bio]

[Image description: A series of illustrated quote slides about Community Fridge coordinator, Terri Pitts. The background is soft yellow with hand-drawn fruit and vegetables scattered throughout.]

05/05/2026

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Community Fridge: Frome, Frome Town Hall Outbuilding, Park Road, Frome
Frome
BA111EB

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 6pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm
Saturday 11am - 4pm
Sunday 12pm - 4pm

Telephone

01373 475574

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