Time away from the workplace at FareShare’s Derrimut food processing kitchen is a great way to build teamwork!

Book a corporate volunteering session at our Derrimut food processing kitchen
Email rosemary.kelly@fareshare.net.au with any enquiries.
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Help us cook free, nutritious meals with your colleagues or clients

Teams of up to 8 volunteers are involved in sorting and processing vegetables that have been rescued or harvested from our three kitchen gardens. Our vegetables add important nutrition to FareShare’s delicious meals which improve the lives of Australians in hardship. It is amazing how many tubs of vegetables can be prepared and how knife skills can be developed in the space of a single morning.

Shifts are available on Monday, Thursday and Friday mornings from 9:30am to 12:30pm.

Corporate shifts are available at FareShare’s food processing kitchen inside our modern logistics hub at Derrimut. Our board /meeting room is also available to groups to hold team meetings after your shift.

Frequently Asked Questions

The FareShare Derrimut food processing kitchen provides the opportunity for small groups of employees (up to 8) to interact and build team relationships while undertaking very necessary food preparation tasks for our chefs. No special skills are required, and everyone participates on an equal basis.

Supervised by our friendly staff, groups of up to 8 volunteers spend 3 hours together sorting and processing vegetables for our chefs to add extra nutrition to our meals destined for people who are doing it tough.

Shifts are available on Monday, Thursday and Friday mornings from 9:30am to 12:30pm, including a 15 minute tea break.

Groups can be as small as 4 but no more than 8 volunteers.

The shifts are at our modern logistics hub at 64 East Derrimut Cres, Derrimut. Parking is available onsite.

Volunteers are provided with aprons and hairnets to wear. 

Currently there is no financial contribution required. As a charity, donations to FareShare are appreciated. 

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 at FareShare's Derrimut kitchen

NAB
NAB
NAB
Woolworths
Woolworths
Woolworths
Toyota
Toyota
Toyota

The feedback for our FareShare Derrimut experience has been glowing...

I had a fabulous time volunteering with FareShare. It was great to see that the small amount of work I did would directly impact those in need. While it is always a good idea to donate money, it was incredibly rewarding to give of my time, it is such a scarce commodity these days! To feel productive and hands-on knowing people were going to eat the food I helped prepare was a terrific feeling. Being able to do this with teammates made the experience so much richer. We chatted, sang and danced our way through chopping onions and cauliflowers. Tania from FareShare was a great instructor and DJ! A brilliant way to bond and grow as an Individual and Team. Highly recommend this experience.
Meagan
MeaganNAB
Thank you FARESHARE for allowing our team members from NAB to take part in the volunteer program, giving us an opportunity to make a small difference to many people who are doing it tough for a variety of reasons. It was a fun day led by Tania, who is a credit to your organisation. In between the singing, we managed to chop vegetables. I was impressed by FareShare's growing of their own, and therefore organic, vegetables as well as the use of foodstuffs donated by other organisations, all of which make a huge impact. To be a small part of this is very satisfying and a great way to give back to the community.
Caterina
CaterinaNAB
It was such a rich and rewarding experience, and everyone in the team truly felt the importance of FareShare’s purpose to the community. The team was also very impressed by the Derrimut site’s operation, as well as the large variety of delicious looking meal packs! We also wanted to say a big thank you to Tania, who was an absolute pleasure to work with. Her fun and bubbly personality, coupled with her knowledge and ability to guide, made her very easy for everyone in the team to get along with. We will definitely be sharing this experience with the rest of our Toyota teammates, and also encouraging them to volunteer with FareShare.
Nigel
NigelToyota
FareShare provided a wonderful way to give back to the community, whilst also giving us a great team building day. Tania was wonderful with us all, providing clear guidelines and was very encouraging….even for those of us who perhaps had never peeled an onion! The tour of the facility was quite eye-opening and a bit emotional. Not only was I amazed at the amount of food donated to FareShare, but also the large number of charities that require assistance with food donations. I do hope that our contribution has helped many people in the community with a wholesome meal where they may have otherwise been hungry. Not everyone is fortunate enough to be able to afford a meal every day, but we are fortunate enough for organisations like FareShare to care and help our community. Thanks so much for organising the day. I was quite emotional about it all, and I thought quite a bit whilst we were chopping up vegies as to how people get into the position that they can’t afford a meal. I’m glad we could contribute.
Melanie
MelanieToyota
The Ford Sustainability, Environment and Safety Engineering team thanks FareShare for making our corporate volunteering event a successful and wonderful experience at their new Derrimut facility. We were impressed by how well the program was organised, from initial planning to onsite induction and supervision. We found FareShare’s sustainability mindset to be very much aligned with our values at Ford. FareShare’s main objective – to support the basic human right to access nutritious food - was reinforced by an ethos to reduce waste, use renewable energy and minimise their environmental footprint. We look forward to future corporate volunteering events at FareShare.
SophiaFord
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