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…
FareShare has doubled production of cooked, nutritious meals in response to a spike in food insecurity brought on by COVID-19. We cooked 515,425 free meals in May – enough to feed a packed MCG five times over. “With millions of Read more…
As Australia celebrates National Volunteer Week, FareShare has novel plans to recognise our wonderful 1,500-strong unpaid work force in Victoria and Queensland. While social distancing measures have caused FareShare to suspend 800 of our regular kitchen volunteers in Melbourne and Read more…
Overseas students have joined millions of Australians struggling to put food on the table. Most have lost their jobs, are ineligible for government support and unable to return home during COVID-19. Without free food they risk homelessness. FareShare has been Read more…
Three weeks ago he was cooking brunch as head chef in a stylish Caulfield café. Now Arnel Quinoneza is pumping out as many free meals as possible in the FareShare kitchen. When COVID-19 slashed his shifts, Arnel joined the FareShare Read more…