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 Read more…
Victoria’s MasterChef contestants took time out to take on the ultimate pressure test – cooking more than 1,000 meals in our Melbourne kitchen. Eight contestants from the current season, including FareShare’s own Katrina Dunnett, were split into two teams and 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 Read more…
Recent storms have added to the misery of COVID restrictions for many Victorians. Dining Room Mission in Croydon Hills lost three months’ worth of food when power was cut. FareShare kitchen volunteer Jack Merx runs the meal service which feeds Read more…
FareShare congratulates our President, David Harris, on his Order of Australia for ‘service to the community through charitable organisations’. David has served on the FareShare board for 17 years bringing a wealth of business, logistics and mass production skills to Read more…
Our chefs know they’ve made a difference to someone’s life when they take the trouble to call and say they just eaten their BEST ever meal! Single dad Daniel picked up a food hamper at his local church in Adelaide Read more…
Volunteer power trumps COVID as FareShare welcomes back our full unpaid community at the start of National Volunteer Week. For the first time in 15 months, our regular, corporate and school volunteers will work hand in hand with chefs in 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 Read more…
Our new Melbourne warehouse was always predicted to be a gamechanger but it proved to be absolutely critical during FareShare’s response to COVID-19. Almost every ingredient rescued or donated, and every cooked meal, now passes through the Derrimut warehouse which Read more…
The Maori words Tautoko Whanau roughly translate to “extended family support” and that’s exactly what Melbourne’s Tautoko Whanau (MTW) provides to its community. The impact of the coronavirus pandemic has been particularly tough for Victoria’s New Zealand community with many Read more…