This group aims to reduce the amount of food going to waste, both in terms of shop bought food as well as any surplus home grown or foraged food - through putting in contact those that want to trade with those that need food. Swops or offers of homemade goodies are also welcome!

I want to create a community that shares what we have. This isn't about undercutting local shops, it's about giving (free) to others what we have no use for ourselves.

There are a few rules in order to keep our community working well together:

- Please only post food items. No alcohol or tobacco items please.

- All food should be within its use-by date where possible

- If your food is home-made (i.e. jams) please make this clear by putting 'HOMEMADE' in the title, and please follow sensible food hygiene precautions: http://www.eatwell.gov.uk/keepingfoodsafe/

- If your food is homemade, please make clear if it has any allergens in it and list the ingredients if possible.

- All items must be free, no selling or trading

- no spam, or posts that are not offers or requests

- please clearly mark your location

Messages should include the following in the titles:

OFFERED, WANTED or TAKEN,
the first part of your postcode, and
a brief description of your item.

For example:

OFFERED: GREEN TOMATOES, SE5

Happy food swopping!