An update from the FareShare kitchens and kitchen gardens – December 2024 Our Brisbane and Melbourne kitchens are finishing the year strong. Collectively, the two kitchens have cooked more than 2.2 million free, nutritious meals for people in need across our communities in 2024! This is an even more astonishing
How FareShare meals make Rosetta feel less alone “I want my story to be passed on to help,” says Rosetta, one of FareShare’s biggest fans. “Even though it hurts, the more I speak about it, the more it becomes a bit lighter. And if I can make a small difference
Your support is giving veterans a fresh start: FareShare meals at the V Centre “I have a friend whose sister threw his microwave out, so he was eating sandwiches for breakfast, lunch and dinner. I asked what his blood sugar level was, he said 14.5! That day, I bought him
How FareShare meals support Steve and so many other people in his community Like a lot of people currently experiencing hardship, Steve never expected to need food relief. But in recent years, FareShare meals and other food have provided him with nutrition, comfort and a valuable sense of community. After
How FareShare meals help people from homelessness to housing at The Salvation Army homelessness centres and beyond FareShare meals now support residents at The Salvation Army homelessness accommodation centres in Flagstaff and North Melbourne, as well as former residents settling into more long-term housing. This partnership was only established in
FareShare Brisbane latest: 7 million meals, ‘infinity out of 10’ taste testing, RAP update This year is just flying by, isn’t it? It certainly seems that way in the bustling FareShare Brisbane kitchen, where our chefs and volunteers have cooked more than 680,000 tasty, homestyle meals (between Jan-Aug). This productivity
FareShare Melbourne: cooking more meals, Meals for the Mob continues, Dingley farm gathers pace Cooking more meals for people who need them most Our Abbotsford chefs and volunteers are well and truly back into the swing of things in our revamped kitchen… July was an incredible month, with 110,345 meals
The FareShare Library Feeds Initiative takes off at the Kathleen Syme Library Free, nutritious FareShare meals can now be picked up at the Kathleen Syme Library and Community Centre in Carlton, as part of an exciting pilot with the City of Melbourne called the FareShare Library Feeds Initiative. As of
New era, new kitchens, new names The legacy of Sandy Dudakov OAM’s legendary support of FareShare is literally now a permanent feature at FareShare’s newly refurbished Abbotsford kitchen. At a delightfully elegant lunch, a gathering of Sandy’s family and friends, The Sandy Dudakov Hive was named in her honour. In
Meals for the Mob update: experiencing meals first hand FareShare’s Meals for the Mob program aims to offer First Nations community groups and services access to free, healthy, culturally appropriate meals. The program continues to expand, with its most recent initiative resulting in the commencement of essential food supplies and