Marcus Godinho in FareShare’s first kitchen In Thompson St, 2008 Our CEO Marcus Godinho recently notched up a significant number of his own – 10 years at the helm of FareShare. When he took up the role after three years’ Read more…
They don’t have ovens at home. Some families have even come from cars. Michelle McDonald Losing your home, changing schools and living in crisis accommodation can put a huge strain on young children. A new collaboration with Launch Housing makes Read more…
Jane Edmanson inspects our home grown carrots FareShare Kitchen Garden, Abbotsford made its television debut on March 11 on ABC TV’s Gardening Australia. Presenter Jane Edmanson visited our first garden back in September last year as we were pulling up Read more…
Tania in the FareShare kitchen: “I can’t wait to work with you again.” When single mum Tania was given a community-based order, she didn’t imagine any good would come of it. But after undertaking her service in the FareShare kitchen Read more…
A community effort led by the Father Bob Maguire Foundation and FareShare ensured some of Melbourne’s most disadvantaged people got their fair share this Christmas. Father Bob’s traditional Christmas lunch was threatened after previous catering arrangements fell through. FareShare stepped in Read more…
Melbourne City FC’s Christmas Volunteer Week brought the players to the FareShare kitchen to cook meals for people in need. Together with their ambassador Melbourne chef Shane Delia, the players donned FareShare aprons, rolled up their sleeves and got stuck Read more…
Harry and food centre manager Tammy Not everyone in our liveable city is looking forward to Christmas. For those living below the poverty line it means extra anxiety around food. Just up the road from FareShare, the Richmond Churches Food Read more…
Here’s a cool food rescue from another rescue organisation with a very different mission – saving marine life. FareShare has just collected a donation of ship’s dry stores from the Steve Irwin, Sea Shepherd’s flagship 59 metre vessel, while docked Read more…
It’s going to be a long night in the FareShare warehouse sorting six vans of rescued food from the Fine Food Australia expo. Well done to Pat for leading the massive mission & our crew of volunteers for picking up Read more…
https://youtu.be/mejwA4E9Bs8 On the eve of National Volunteer Week, FareShare has paid tribute to the thousands of people who volunteer each year with a video (see above). FareShare rescues surplus food and cooks 5000 free, nutritious meals a day for charities Read more…