A hot FareShare meal awaits families fleeing family violence at Emerge Women and Children’s Support Network. “When families arrive at our crisis accommodation, they have often fled their homes with nothing,” explains manager Jessica Woller. “They are traumatised, frightened, confused and unaware of their surroundings. “It’s great to be able Read more…
Pensioner Joe enjoys a hot meal One of the most rewarding aspects of working at FareShare is meeting the people who receive our meals and the charities which support them. “We see a lot of domestic violence, single mums, and retirees who don’t have the funds to feed themselves,” says Read more…
FareShare chefs Emily and Crickette with a chocolate cake and berry crumble for McAuley women Once a week FareShare chefs provide a special lunch for women at McAuley House, Victoria’s first purpose built accommodation for women who are homeless. The community meal for the women, many of whom have also Read more…
Khalik and Emily cook chili con carne for PCLC students As a large proportion of our students come from severely-disadvantaged households or currently have no regular home, the service provided by FareShare is for some the first time that they have had access to regular nutritious meals. A significant cohort Read more…
Innocent, Theresa and Koko visit the FareShare kitchen FareShare’s support means we can spend money on the children’s clinical care such as medical equipment, dressings and bandages. Pat Weldon Our Winter Appeal is focused on creating meals for children who now make up one third of the people seeking food Read more…
FareShare delivers weekly box of fresh food for struggling families FareShare has teamed up with fruit and milk delivery company The Fruit Box Group to distribute 25,000 boxes of fresh fruit, vegetables, milk and bread to families in need. The One Box initiative targets 1,000 families who are struggling to Read more…
They don’t have ovens at home. Some families have even come from cars. Michelle McDonald Losing your home, changing schools and living in crisis accommodation can put a huge strain on young children. A new collaboration with Launch Housing makes the journey a little easier by providing primary school children Read more…
A community effort led by the Father Bob Maguire Foundation and FareShare ensured some of Melbourne’s most disadvantaged people got their fair share this Christmas. Father Bob’s traditional Christmas lunch was threatened after previous catering arrangements fell through. FareShare stepped in to cook the feast with all the trimmings at Collingwood Read more…
Harry and food centre manager Tammy Not everyone in our liveable city is looking forward to Christmas. For those living below the poverty line it means extra anxiety around food. Just up the road from FareShare, the Richmond Churches Food Centre hands out food parcels to around 370 people facing Read more…