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300,000 Meals delivered to Irish charities by Deliveroo and Foodcloud

Deliveroo Ireland has announced that it has donated more than 300,000 meals to people experiencing food insecurity across Ireland through a national charity partnership.

308,000 meals have been distributed to vulnerable people and families in Dublin, Cork, Limerick and Galway by local charities such as Feed Cork, Empower and Novas Limerick thanks to a partnership between Deliveroo Ireland and tech based food redistribution enterprise FoodCloud.

The partnership, which began in 2022, aims to provide half a million meals for FoodCloud’s network of 650 community and voluntary groups across Ireland by 2024. The partnership is part of Deliveroo Ireland’s global Full Life campaign. Full Life aims to use Deliveroo’s unique network of riders, grocers, restaurants, and customers for good and support the local communities in Ireland where it operates.

Deliveroo’s Ireland team has revealed that through support from Irish customers, a total of 308,732 meals have been donated to charities which help people that face food insecurity.

Irish Deliveroo customers have backed the campaign by making donations to FoodCloud when placing orders on the Deliveroo app. An in-app charity donation option allows customers to add a ’round-up’ donation to their orders. This rounds up an order total to the nearest euro, with all proceeds going to FoodCloud. For every €1 raised, 3.2 meals are provided to people facing food insecurity.

Giving locally 

Two of the charities that are supported by Deliveroo Ireland’s Full Life campaign are Feed Cork and Empower in Dublin.

Feed Cork is the humanitarian department of Cork Church. It partners with community organisations and businesses to help fight food insecurity locally by providing a three-day supply of nutritional food for individuals and families that need this support.

Empower aims to positively change disadvantaged communities in Dublin by supporting individuals to financial independence through jobs, training and education and helps local groups implement anti-poverty and social inclusion projects.

The Deliveroo Ireland and FoodCloud teams recently visited Empower’s headquarters to learn more about the work being done locally by its staff and volunteers.

Speaking at the visit, Helen Maher, Regional Director, Deliveroo Ireland, said:

“We’re pleased to have achieved the significant milestone of providing more than 308,000 meals for vulnerable people across Ireland. We couldn’t have achieved this without the incredible support of our customers, partners and riders. Deliveroo’s commitment to supporting Irish charities remains firm and we will continue to offer our support to local organisations by donating meals and raising funds for groups like Empower and Feed Cork.”

Angela Ruttledge, Head of Public Engagement at FoodCloud added:

“It’s been a pleasure to collaborate with Deliveroo Ireland on its Full Life Campaign, promoting awareness of food insecurity across the country. By mobilising its customers to donate, Deliveroo Ireland is helping to ensure vulnerable people have access to healthy and nutritious meals.”

Balsa Model Flight Simulator launches today. #Pilots #Gaming

Following a 4 week open beta which saw over nine thousand pilots shape their dream balsa models and take to the skies, Felipe “HarvesteR” Falanghe, creator and lead developer of the original Kerbal Space Program, is soaring into the troposphere as Balsa Model Flight Simulator from Floating Origin Interactive takes flight on Steam Early Access from today.

BMFS is designed to offer something truly unique in the flight sim category and takes the next step in player-built flight simulation games with its detailed, powerful editor where players can design, build, fly and battle their own model aircraft, delivering an entirely new, multi-genre experience for virtual pilots of all skill levels.

“I was really nervous about launching such an extended Beta test for Balsa but really wanted to get back to that feeling of creating a game with the community from the very beginning” commented Falanghe “It has been an amazing few weeks for us to finally have a version of the game in the hands of fans, and their feedback has been amazing! So much so we’ve decided to bring up our schedule a little and we’re so excited to officially launch the game for sale via Steam Early Access.”
Falanghe concluded “We really wanted to make sure we were launching a game with the absolute best foundation before we put it into Early Access, just like we did with Kerbal Space Program 10 years ago, and the players so far have really made it a joy to get the game to this stage. Can’t wait to see what happens over the coming weeks and months”

Key Features:

1. In-game Vehicle Editor – Build anything you can imagine using parts that snap together in a hands-on, intuitive way. Plus paint and apply decals to your vehicles to make them completely your own.
2. Advanced Physics-Based Flight Model – Every design decision counts, as Balsa’s aerodynamics account for even the tiniest changes to your model’s geometry.
3. Single Player Career mode – Tackle a range of challenges and build up your reputation as the greatest RC pilot ever!
4. Free-Flight Sandbox mode – Hone your skills, tweak your designs, or just enjoy the experience of flying.
5. Paintball Combat – Create and take your aerial combat machine up against other players and AI in model-scale paintball dogfights.
6. Moddable to Extremes – Designed from the ground up to support modding. Players are able to add custom content inc. everything from new planes and parts to maps and modes.
7. Steam Workshop Enabled – Share your designs, missions and mods in the Steam Workshop, and subscribe to an endlessly-expanding collection of player-made creations.
8. Fully supported multiplayer – Up to 16 virtual pilots.
9. A fully featured Scenario Editor – Create your own Missions and Game Modes using a powerful module-based gameplay logic system.

Buckle up and take flight with Balsa Model Flight Simulator HERE