Free My Meal founder Hayley Steere talks about the work on The Complaining Cow
Hayley’s idea for Free My Meal was born whilst making a batch of Chilli for her family. She began thinking about how things may have been different had she still been a single parent family and struggling to survive, and feeling she wouldn’t have used a food bank or community fridge owing to feelings of pride and shame. Hayley acknowledges that these resources however, are invaluable to communities and hopes that Free My Meal can be utilised in conjunction with these exceptional organisations.
The Free My Meal service has proved invaluable for its users and within 18 months there are now 70+ groups with over 27’000 members with group and member numbers continuing to grow daily. Once a new geographic area is identified as having a need for a Free My Meal group, Hayley and the team create one and welcome community members to help grow that group to reach cooks and recipients.
Free My Meal does not provide meals, it simply forms connections enabling people to find one. Anyone can join with no fear of judgement or discrimination.
Hayley Steere on The Complaining Cow Consumer Show
Hayley Steere from Free My Meal
Related posts
How you can save money on your supermarket and food shop
Save on grocery shopping On The Complaining Cow Consumer Show
How you can save money on your supermarket and food shop
Loyalty cards, rewards and apps – which supermarket has the best?
10 Tips for saving money on food
Talking loyalty schemes on BBC Breakfast
Rewards, loyalty and saving money at supermarkets
About Helen Dewdney, The Complaining Cow
Helen Dewdney is a consumer rights expert, author and media commentator. She regularly appears on television, radio and in the press discussing money saving, consumer rights, customer service, scams and personal finance.
See more about Helen’s TV and radio appearances on the Media page.
If you’re looking for a keynote speaker on consumer rights, complaints, customer service or consumer behaviour, find out more about booking Helen for conferences, business events and training.
East London Radio The Complaining Cow Consumer Show
Explore more interviews with leading experts on consumer rights, personal finance, customer service, scams and consumer issues on the East London Radio The Complaining Cow Consumer Show.
Browse all The Complaining Cow Consumer Show podcasts.
Discounts from The Complaining Cow
Listeners to the show can get 15% on all the books with code ELR15
How to Complain: The Essential Consumer Guide to Getting Refunds, Redress and Results!
101 Habits of an Effective Complainer
How to Get free Pr and Be Paid for It 280 ways to raise your business profile
456 Ways to Save Money on Christmas Throughout the Year
More from The Complaining Cow
Do you have a consumer issue that you would like help with to get sorted?
Every day, consumers ask me a variety of questions across my social media platforms, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok and Threads. In my weekly The Complaining Cow Consumer Column, I share the issues that come up most frequently.
East London Radio The Complaining Cow Consumer Show
Do you have a consumer issue that you would like help with to get sorted? See Contact. Or do you have any ideas of subjects you would like covered? Then please email helen@eastlondonradio.org.uk
Listeners to the show can get 15% off How to Complain: The Essential Consumer Guide to Getting Refunds, Redress & Results! and 101 Habits of an Effective Complainer. Use the code ELRCOW.
