Time out of the office in our FareShare kitchen is a fantastic investment in culture, relationships and team-building.

Join our 2024 corporate volunteering waitlist
We have booked out for 2023. Please email rosemary.kelly@fareshare.net.au with any enquiries or to join our 2024 waitlist.
Contact Rosie to join our waitlist

Help us cook free, nutritious meals with your colleagues or clients

FareShare offers a unique, meaningful and popular corporate volunteering experience for organisations large and small.

While our Abbotsford kitchen undergoes a major redevelopment, we have moved our corporate volunteering to a temporary kitchen in Alphington. 

We can offer morning and afternoon shifts on Monday-Thursday for colleagues to build relationships and have fun while processing food and cooking and packing thousands of meals for people in need.

Shift times are:

– Monday to Wednesday afternoons 1:15pm to 5pm

– Thursday afternoon 1pm to 4:30pm

– Monday to Thursday mornings during school holidays 9am-12:30pm

Guided by our experienced supervisors, participants process and prepare freshly harvested and rescued vegetables, assemble and pack single-serve meals, and create nutritious meals for people in need. They will also learn about food waste, food rescue and food poverty in our city.

FareShare also offers corporate volunteering opportunities at our Derrimut food processing kitchen on weekday mornings and our Abbotsford Kitchen Garden on Friday mornings. 

Feedback has been glowing and some corporate volunteers have gone on to become regular volunteers. Importantly, everyone leaves feeling more connected and knowing they have made a direct social impact. 

Frequently Asked Questions

The FareShare kitchen provides the perfect setting for employees to interact with colleagues across departments and levels, while making a tangible difference. It can also be a great way to build relationships with clients. No special skills are required and everyone participates on an equal basis.

Supervised by our friendly chefs and kitchen supervisors, groups of up to 12 volunteers spend a 3-4 hour shift together undertaking a variety of kitchen tasks such as preparing and processing freshly harvested veggies and assembling and packing single-serve meals for people doing it tough.

Your group of volunteers will contribute to thousands of meals cooked and packed and destined to nourish people facing hardship across Victoria.

1) Morning shifts (only during school holidays): 9am-12:30pm (Mon-Thu)
2) Afternoon shifts: 1:15pm-5pm (Mon-Wed), 1pm-4:30pm (Thu)

As a charity, FareShare asks for a financial contribution to help us cover our costs.

The financial contribution is $95 per person (+GST) for a morning or afternoon experience.

Volunteers are provided with aprons and hairnets to wear on shift. Volunteers are also provided with a new FareShare apron to take home with them.

FareShare does on occasion accept in kind payment for corporate shifts, usually in the form of food, other goods or services, or the provision of skilled volunteers and general expertise. If you feel your organisation has something to offer in this respect, please let us know.

If you have to cancel your shift within 3 weeks of your booking date, we may apply a 50% cancellation fee. 

We will do our utmost to ensure your safety while you are on our premises by maintaining a clean and sanitary work environment. We continue to update our COVIDSafe plan in line with changes in conditions and government advice. 

Some corporate volunteering crews in action at our Abbotsford kitchen

Join our 2024 waitlist
Please email rosemary.kelly@fareshare.net.au with any enquiries or to join our waitlist for next year.
Contact Rosie to join our waitlist
Skip to content