How a FareShare meal made Emma feel valued on Christmas Day Emma got in touch with FareShare early this year to thank us for the chicken curry she ate on Christmas Day. Although Emma spent the day alone, she said that our meal helped make her feel ‘valued and appreciated’. Read more…
Why volunteer at FareShare? FareShare completed another huge year in 2022 – our 21st. Together we cooked more than two million meals, grew 100 tonnes of vegetables, responded to natural disasters and shared our nutritious meals with the most remote communities we’ve ever reached. Undoubtedly, one of our biggest highlights Read more…
Reflections on a massive year for FareShare’s First Nations programs By Jason Mollenhauer, FareShare’s First Nations Officer Well, what a year! 2022 saw many firsts for FareShare. We celebrated our first accredited Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP), hosted NAIDOC week events in Meanjin and Narrm, expanded our Meals for the Mob program, Read more…
FareShare meals meet growing need for food relief in Melbourne’s northwest The queue of cars backed up to the street illustrates the current demand for emergency food relief at Helping Hands Airport West, one of the hundreds of charities that hand out FareShare meals to people doing it tough. When Read more…
Bringing the joy of Christmas to the bush Ros Bryan OAM JP shows us some of the volunteers who help out at the local Fish Creek RSL Christmas will be a little brighter for veterans sleeping rough and children with disabilities thanks to a very special FareShare delivery to South Read more…
Distance no barrier to urgent meal relief Six thousand FareShare meals are now being enjoyed by the First Nations community of Mornington Island in response to a request for urgent assistance. In a logistical feat supported by Woolworths and supply chain Primary Connect, FareShare was able to reach the remote Read more…
Flooded, far-flung but not forgotten Imagine being stuck in your home surrounded by stinking, stagnant floodwater for weeks on end. That is the reality of a tiny community in Barmah, Victoria, where half a dozen houses have been marooned on a sandhill next to the Barmah Forest. John Phillips, whose Read more…
FareShare meals nourish people struggling for a bed for the night A friendly centre behind a Fitzroy church hands out FareShare meals to the growing numbers of people trying to keep a roof over their heads. St Marks Community Centre, operated by Anglicare Victoria, sees the impact of unaffordable rent Read more…
FareShare meals prove popular at The Salvation Army in Camberwell Twice a week, the Salvation Army (Salvos) in Camberwell hands out FareShare meals, food pantry essentials and hot take away meals to locals doing it tough. The numbers vary but on most days a few dozen people pass through. Norman Read more…
Out of a job but not nutrition – why Simon loves our meals All it takes is a bit of bad luck to find yourself in a queue for food relief – just ask Simon. “It’s the first time in my situation,” says Simon, who moved to Melbourne from South Read more…