FareShare has delivered more than 100,000 free cooked meals into New South Wales for the first time to help the rising number of people going hungry during the coronavirus pandemic. The nutritious ready-to-eat meals such as casseroles, curries and braises Read more…
FareShare meals are boosting morale as well as energy for international students in crisis in Melbourne. Our latest meal drop to the Kindness Community Group included special treats to lift spirits. “We had so much feedback from the students saying Read more…
With Melbourne in the thick of its second lockdown, FareShare has teamed up with DoorDash to raise funds for people struggling to put food on the table, including the city’s redundant hospitality workers. To make life a little easier, delivery Read more…
When Emmanuel Meraveka lends a hand in our Brisbane kitchen, his employer converts his contribution into dollars. “I loved volunteering with FareShare even before I found out that my employer, Mastercard, had a volunteer incentive program that would donate $500 Read more…
New chef Tugce Bayrakdar Turgut is aiming to use her experience at FareShare to establish a kitchen for women and children who have been victims of domestic violence in her native Turkey. Back in May, FareShare ambassador and food writer Read more…
FareShare has set up three emergency cool rooms packed with thousands of nutritious, cooked meals outside North Melbourne and Flemington public housing towers to feed vulnerable tenants unable to leave their homes. Around 3,000 people have been affected by the Read more…
FareShare was turned upside down at the end of March when coronavirus restrictions prompted a dramatic change to our proud, volunteer-powered model. At a time of unprecedented community hardship and an upswell in demand for meals, we had no choice Read more…
Vulnerable visa workers from all over the world have gained work and the chance to give back in FareShare’s Melbourne kitchen during COVID-19. Thanks to Victorian Government support, we have offered meaningful employment to 80 skilled staff stood down Read more…
The plight of International students stranded by the pandemic has made headline news with many losing their jobs and unable to afford food, access financial help or return home. FareShare has nourished this vulnerable group with an incredible 292,000 meals Read more…
Indigenous communities often find it hard to access affordable, nutritious food and when COVID-19 caused many to close their borders, the situation became worse. FareShare’s Brisbane kitchen has made numerous “no contact” meal deliveries to aboriginal communities in South East Read more…