Gayle invited people around to her kitchen table to take the excess surplus food she had collected.
As demand grew, she expanded into a shed on her driveway.
“If they wanted to leave a donation that was absolutely fine, but it wasn’t a must,” she explained.
The project soon outgrew the shed and so, six months later, they secured a unit and opened the Sutton Community Fridge, which is now run by a team of 50 volunteers.
”You could say we begged and borrowed,” she told the .
“We negotiated rent with the landlord, we fundraised for fridges, freezer and units.”