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 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 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, 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 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 Read more…
Volunteering in the FareShare kitchen is a meaningful and tangible way of making a difference in our community, but for one corporate volunteer it was personal. Aleisha’s experience of losing her job and being threatened with homelessness came flooding back Read more…
Joan Datson joined FareShare as a kitchen volunteer in February 2012. She had recently reduced her work hours in hospitality and was looking to volunteer with a food rescue charity. She found FareShare on Dr Google and it ticked all 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 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 Read more…
Most of our volunteers love the social interaction in our kitchens and gardens but intrepid driver Linda doesn’t mind “going solo” on her regular Thursday run. Although a keen bushwalker, at FareShare Linda is very happy behind the wheel of Read more…