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…
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 hope 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…
There is still time to get fit for the a2Milk Upstream Challenge in Melbourne on 10 November and walk for FareShare. The Challenge involves a 20km or 50km walk from Gosch’s Paddock or Heidelberg to Donvale following scenic paths along Read more…
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk fired up our Brisbane kitchen today to cook surplus food into nutritious meals for Queenslanders in need. The massive new kitchen, the size of a basketball court, is powered by local volunteers supervised by experienced chefs. “FareShare Read more…
FareShare has been supporting Mullum Mullum Indigenous Gathering place in Ringwood for more than a decade with rescued food and pastries. The community-controlled and managed foodbank exists for Indigenous community members, and non-Indigenous partners and carers living in Melbourne’s eastern Read more…
FareShare has launched our biggest ever food drive in a bid to collect 20,000kg of rice and pasta before Christmas. “Rice and pasta are universally loved foods which help make a great meal go a little bit further,” says FareShare Read more…
Anne fills quiches at night, after a day shift building the FareShare website The title Volunteer of the Month hardly does justice to Anne who has rebuilt our website as well as acting as an evening kitchen volunteer. Anne offered Read more…