TOWN councillors in Dorchester have agreed to a £500 grant to help set up the town’s first community fridge project.
It will be based in the foyer of the Trinity Street Co-Op offering free surplus food, with a similar project also planned for Poundbury.
Most of the food for the fridge will come from the Co-Op with other food businesses also being encouraged to contribute.
Cllr Les Fry and Cllr Janet Hewitt both welcomed the project at Monday’s town council management committee but questioned some of the initial costs, which Cllr Fry pointed out amount to £7,500 for the first year.