FareShare Australia meets FareShare UK Same mission, same name but no relation. Meet Gareth Batty from UK food rescue giant FareShare who has been spending time in our Brisbane kitchen to understand our model of cooking rescued and donated food into nutritious meals. “I’m mind blown,” says Gareth, CEO of Read more…
Frank visits his local Mission Australia centre in Queensland daily to heat up his FareShare meal, make a cuppa and have a yarn with the staff. He enters with a contagious smile, and tells them tales of his fishing days, his family, and what Edmonton used to be like ‘back Read more…
Pioneering device serves FareShare meals at the touch of a button As far as we know, it’s a first in food relief. Free, hot FareShare meals are now available from a vending machine in an innovative trial being conducted at a Brisbane school. Available to students who may otherwise miss Read more…
FareShare meals nourish people who have lost everything in floods FareShare is committed to standing by communities devastated by floods in Southeast Queensland and Northern New South Wales. When the floods first hit Queensland, FareShare was immediately on the ground supplying nutritious meals to West End Community House and Micah Read more…
A special FareShare meal drop assisted by the State Emergency Service has brought welcome relief to the embattled residents of Cherbourg Aboriginal Shire Council. The small community about 250 km northwest of Brisbane was hit by COVID infections soon after the Queensland Government opened the state borders at the end Read more…
Since the COVID outbreak last year, FareShare has delivered more than 100,000 cooked meals to Burringilly Aboriginal Corporation to nourish Elders and other community members struggling to access nutritious food. Every week FareShare delivers 1500 meals to Burringilly which provides community care services for Elders, people with a disability and Read more…
FareShare’s Brisbane kitchen has just finished playing host to four Masters Students in Nutrition and Dietetics. The University of Queensland students worked to develop ways to assist FareShare measure the nutritional content of our meals. Our unique operational model posed an added degree of difficulty and the students got on Read more…
FareShare’s Brisbane kitchen is committed to finding ways to address critical difficulties faced by First Nations peoples in accessing affordable, nutritious food. Heart Futures, one of our Indigenous charity partners, focuses on strengthening communities and closing the gap through the power of food and education. Heart Futures distributes FareShare meals Read more…
FareShare meals are travelling 550km west of Brisbane to the rural town of St George where Indigenous health service Goondir has opened a new food program to support its community. FareShare’s Kellie Watson and Madison Buik made the road trip for the unveiling of a new purpose-built kitchen, freezer and Read more…
This year FareShare has adopted a very special goal – to boost the impact of EVERY FareShare meal on the person who receives it. Our chefs and volunteers have been taking our meals to a new level. We are determined to cook not just enough meals to nourish people who Read more…