Vanessa Bolton began volunteering in FareShare’s Melbourne kitchen in 2012 – the same year she started running ultra marathons. The two have gone together ever since. This year she has completed the 100km Oxfam Tailwalker and the 44km Rollercoaster in the Dandenongs. But an even bigger challenge awaits her in Read more…
Natalia has travelled a long way from her native Colombia to wind up as a FareShare volunteer. Her international journey started 10 years ago in the UK where she completed her Masters in industrial engineering and operational management at the University of Nottingham. After graduating, she headed Down Under with Read more…
It’s Parched March and we need your help to cook more warming soups in Melbourne. Will you support the FareShare Parched March team of chefs, staff and volunteers as they give up their favourite treats to raise funds for a vital piece of kitchen equipment? Last year five dedicated FareShare Read more…
Just three months after opening our super kitchen in Brisbane, FareShare achieved a milestone which took us 13 years in Melbourne. On January 24, we cooked more than 5,000 nutritious meals in a single day. A combination of skilled chefs, 320 willing volunteers, high-volume cooking equipment and a continuous supply Read more…
Disadvantaged Queenslanders who haven’t enjoyed a roast lunch in years are raving about the quality of FareShare meals cooked in our new Brisbane kitchen. “Wow”, “amazing”, “fantastic” was just some of the feedback from last Saturday’s free lunch served by Brisbane charity Dig In. The Spare Ribs I had Read more…
Every year FareShare chefs go the extra mile to bring Christmas to people doing it tough. 2018’s highlight was once again catering for Father Bob’s Maguire’s traditional Christmas lunch for 380 marginalised people at St Kilda Town Hall. Thanks to the generosity of our food donors and the skill of Read more…
Cooked, nutritious FareShare meals have been life-affirming for Amanda, a single woman on a disability pension “I cannot thank you enough for providing this service,” says Amanda, who lives in a social housing unit after developing a physical disability. “I hope with all my heart that you continue to do Read more…
People experiencing homelessness on the Mornington Peninsula can now enjoy a FareShare meal together with a hot shower and laundry service on the foreshore. With caravan parks closing down, women fleeing domestic violence, pockets of inter-generational poverty and many other prescient issues, more and more people are becoming homeless in Read more…
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk fired up our Brisbane kitchen today to cook surplus food into nutritious meals for Queenslanders in need. The massive new kitchen, the size of a basketball court, is powered by local volunteers supervised by experienced chefs. “FareShare aims to cook more than one million free, nutritious meals Read more…
FareShare has been supporting Mullum Mullum Indigenous Gathering place in Ringwood for more than a decade with rescued food and pastries. The community-controlled and managed foodbank exists for Indigenous community members, and non-Indigenous partners and carers living in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs. Every Wednesday people in need of support drop in Read more…