Sharing away from your home kitchen
Although OLIO is focused on growing local communities, we totally understand some FWHs will not want to share their home address.
I don’t want to share my home address, can I distribute items from somewhere else?
Don’t worry, you can share food from a convenient place near your home as long as it has all sufficient kitchen equipment including a fridge (covered in your training) or is transported in a chill/ cool bag. Remember that temperature-controlled (hot or cold) food that has been transported home, chilled and stored in your fridge, cannot be taken out of the chill-chain again. If no handwashing facilities are available at your chosen location, please use hand sanitiser and/ or tongs when handling unsealed items.
📍 Don't forget to change your Saved pick-up details in the OLIO menu bar, then change it back when you want to share from home again.
Can I share items immediately after collecting them?
After collecting items from a business, you have up to 1.5 hours to transport them home or to a fridge. During this time, you can try to distribute them through the app if you have permission at an indoor location such as a community centre, office etc. However, you cannot distribute items near to the business you collected from or from an outdoor public space like a train station.
Can I deliver/take surplus items to others with me the following day?
Only if food has not been requested and you are concerned that the food will go to waste. In this case, you could deliver/ take surplus items to a homeless shelter or to share at work within the time restraints explained above. You will need to make sure items are requested in the app and given directly to the requester - don’t leave items in a communal space. As above, if you’re sharing temperature-controlled food, this will be a second period outside of the fridge, therefore, a chill/cool bag is essential.