Every night across Melbourne St Vincent de Paul Society’s Soup Vans serve FareShare soup to marginalised people struggling to access nutritious food. As the Vinnies Soup Vans tour boarding and rooming houses, commission homes and public sites where rough sleepers gather, people hold out pots, bowls, mugs and paper cups Read more…
Horrific bushfires have ravaged farming communities in South East Queensland in one of the worst starts to the bushfire season. We were able to assist the recovery effort by sending 3,000 meals to the hard-hit country towns of Canungra and Stanthorpe. FareShare Queensland director Kellie Watson accompanied the first truckload of food Read more…
He may have just turned 99 but that doesn’t stop WW2 veteran Alec from nipping out on his scooter to pick up FareShare meals from his local veterans’ association every week. “It’s a fantastic service and the meals are so tasty,” says the ex-Royal Air Force serviceman. “My favourite meal Read more…
Just one year after we opened our Queensland kitchen, FareShare has cooked our millionth meal. But numbers don’t tell the real story. FareShare’s nutritious meals have proved life affirming for vulnerable Queenslanders from people sleeping rough in the city to regional communities devastated by bushfire. “We’re so proud of our Read more…
FareShare’s cool rooms, freezers and cookers are our best friends in fighting food waste. Without them we could never store or cook the huge volumes of rescued and donated food we need to achieve our mission. Now you can help us power them. Funds raised through the a2 Upstream Challenge Read more…
FareShare’s Brisbane kitchen has partnered with Heart Futures, an Indigenous charity and social enterprise based on the Gold Coast, to provide Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders with free, nutritious meals. “Joining forces with FareShare has exponentially increased our ability to get food to our people who suffer from Read more…
FareShare has enjoyed a record-breaking year in our Melbourne kitchen gardens producing 48 tonnes of vegetables this year – a 28 per cent increase on our entire crop for 2018. With a total of 1.5 acres under production at our Abbotsford, Moorabbin Airport and Clayton South sites, FareShare’s 152 garden Read more…
The impact of FareShare meals can be very humbling. After presenting to St Martin Community Services in Collingwood for a free meal, Ray gained not only 10 kilos but the appetite he had completely lost. Three years ago, Ray, who is 43, was assaulted in an unprovoked attack. His face Read more…
Since September 2018, St Martin Community Services have been holding a community BBQ twice a week for 40-50 people in a courtyard directly opposite the 20-storey Collingwood public housing tower. Almost all the food including roasts, sausages, burgers, vegetables, salad and fruit is provided by FareShare. The safe, positive vibe Read more…
For an isolated, elderly person, a FareShare meal can mean much more than a full belly. When David, a lonely pensioner, asked for a meal, he gained a new ‘family’ and the human connection that was missing in his life. David never married and worked all his life on the Read more…