Turn surplus into measurable community impact
Rescue surplus food and goods and get it to the community partners who need it — with everything logged, scheduled, and reported alongside your volunteering programme.
- Log donations with quantity, retail value, and collection windows
- Schedule collections by charity partner or employee Community Champion
- Report weight, CO₂e saved, meals-equivalent, and social value
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Trusted by CSR managers running volunteer programmes across the UK
Surplus giving usually happens off the books.
Most organisations do genuinely good work redistributing surplus — but it lives in emails, spreadsheets, and goodwill, so none of it gets measured or reported.
The whole surplus workflow, in one place.
From logging a donation to confirming its collection and reporting the impact — no spreadsheets, no lost surplus.
Everything your surplus programme needs
Surplus programmes
Group surplus into named programmes — end-of-day food, seasonal stock, office equipment — each with its own surplus types, primary and secondary UN SDGs, and status.
Structure from day one.
Donation log
Log every donation with item, food or non-food category and subcategory, quantity and unit, estimated retail value, location, and a collection window. Filter by category or programme.
Every donation, on the record.
Collection scheduling
Schedule collections and assign them to a charity partner or an employee Community Champion, with dates, times, and status. Overdue collections are flagged so nothing gets missed.
Nothing slips through.
Vetted partner directory
Keep a directory of community partners with type, vetting status, who they help, accepted categories, collection days, and contact details — so surplus always goes somewhere trusted.
Trusted homes for every donation.
Employee Community Champions
Give employees a Community Champion role so they can confirm collections, flag donations, and see their completed collections — turning surplus into hands-on volunteering.
Your people, on the ground.
Impact reporting
Report donations by month, type, and partner — with total weight, CO₂e saved, meals-equivalent, and social value in pounds. Ready for your ESG and CSR reporting.
Prove the environmental and social value.
✦ How it works
Set up a programme and add partners
Create a surplus programme, tag it to the relevant SDGs, and build your vetted partner directory with accepted categories and collection days.
Log surplus and schedule collection
Record each donation with quantity and retail value, then schedule a collection with a partner or a Community Champion. Overdue collections are flagged automatically.
Report the impact
Every completed collection rolls into reporting — weight, CO₂e saved, meals-equivalent, and social value — ready to drop into your ESG and CSR reports.
We were already rescuing surplus from our sites, but none of it was measured. Now every donation is logged, every collection is scheduled, and the CO₂e and social value land straight in our sustainability report. It turned goodwill into evidence.
Priya N. — Sustainability Lead, National retail organisation
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Frequently asked questions
Everything CSR managers ask before they sign up.
What is surplus redistribution software?
It’s software that helps an organisation rescue surplus food and goods and get them to community partners — logging what’s donated, managing vetted partners, scheduling collections, and reporting the environmental and social impact. With Kind Folk runs it alongside your employee volunteering programme so giving and volunteering share one impact story.
Can it handle both food and non-food surplus?
Yes. Donations are categorised as food or non-food with subcategories, so you can redistribute anything from end-of-day bakery items to surplus office equipment, each with quantity, unit, and estimated retail value.
How does collection scheduling work?
Each donation has a collection window. You schedule a collection and assign it to either a vetted charity partner or an employee Community Champion, with date, time, and status. Overdue collections are flagged so nothing is missed.
What environmental and social impact does it measure?
Completed collections are aggregated into reports covering total weight, CO₂e saved, meals-equivalent, and social value in pounds — broken down by month, surplus type, and partner, ready for ESG and CSR reporting.
Can employees get involved?
Yes. Employees can be given a Community Champion role to confirm collections, flag donations, and track their completed collections — turning surplus redistribution into a hands-on form of volunteering.
Does it connect to the rest of the platform?
Yes. Surplus programmes are tagged to UN SDGs and feed the same impact and public reporting as your volunteering, so leadership sees one combined picture of your organisation’s community contribution.
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Every part of With Kind Folk is built to connect.
Stop letting good surplus — and good data — go to waste.
Log it, route it, and prove its impact, all in one place.
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