SHARE IT SOLUTIONS

Introduction

Building directly on the findings of a key output from the ERC project SHARECITY - the SHARE IT platform - SIS will upgrade the user experience of the platform and widen its user base to include food retailers and local governments, by designing, testing, and validating the following solutions:

Consultancy Services for Food Systems Initiatives (FSIs)

• A consultancy service for FSIs that do not have the capacity or capability to use SHARE IT autonomously. Based on findings from earlier trials and testing, this service would include:
  1. One-to-one tutorials
  2. Group workshops
  3. Step-by-step reporting masterclasses
  4. Troubleshooting support
  5. Other tailored responses

Consultancy Services for Local Governments

• A consultancy service for local governments that makes individual and aggregate impact of FSIs accessible to them. This will include:
  • A mapping service to identify and quantify food sharing activity within a jurisdiction
  • A method for aggregating impacts relating to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
  • Formulae for predicting the aggregate sustainability impact of expanding FSIs, filling the data gap faced by policymakers today

Consultancy Services for Food Retailers

• A consultancy service for food retailers that details the impacts of the food donations they make to FSIs. This will include:
  • Bespoke consultancy reports on the community impacts of food donation at store level
  • Extrapolations of these impacts at national and international scales

Sustainable Funding Model

The PoC will also identify a sustainable funding model to support the rollout of SIS.