An inspiring volunteer-run hub for food relief is helping people facing hardship across Naarm/Melbourne’s outer east put food on the table. The dedicated team of around 80 volunteers at Wantirna’s Outer East Foodshare (OEF) collect surplus food from local supermarkets, as well as receiving deliveries of ready-to-eat FareShare meals and Read more…
From the moment people seeking food relief come through the colourfully painted door at Thornbury Church of Christ they are treated with kindness and respect. When the SecondBite team visited the food relief program on a Wednesday, the comforting smell of baked goods wafted to the door as the friendly faces of volunteers greeted us. The church chapel was set up as a Community Hub with round tables and chairs, a tea and coffee station and a snack table for Read more…
Over the 2025 festive season, the Melbourne production of A Christmas Carol partnered with FareShare to help provide meals for people struggling to put food on the table. Across the season, audiences attending performances at Melbourne’s Comedy Theatre were invited to donate to support FareShare’s work, helping raise $182,747 – which will provide 52,213 nutritious meals for people facing hardship. The partnership reflected the Read more…
The Melbourne production of A Christmas Carol has joined forces with FareShare to help provide meals with heart for people going without this Christmas.
One year on from the landmark merger between SecondBite and FareShare, we are celebrating a 30% surge in meal production and a 8% increase in rescued food. Since joining forces on July 1, 2024, we’ve been able to supercharge our national food relief efforts – transforming surplus food into millions Read more…
FareShare expands its reach to complement SecondBite produce at NSW homelessness support charity Dignity Capitalising on SecondBite’s extensive infrastructure and networks, which includes dozens of trucks and more than 1,000 charity partners, FareShare meals have begun to travel farther and wider than ever before, to reach communities that really need
5 things FareShare is looking forward to in 2025 2025 is shaping up to be a big year for FareShare. Here are five things we are looking forward to: 1. Ramping up production in our Abbotsford kitchen The major redevelopment of our Abbotsford kitchen, which finished in April 2024, gave
FareShare cooks Christmas meals for 300 people doing it tough at the Fr. Bob Foundation Christmas lunch FareShare is proud to have once again catered the Father Bob Maguire Foundation Christmas lunch in December 2024, providing a delicious meal for around 300 of Melbourne’s most disadvantaged people. In a wonderful
An update from the FareShare kitchens and kitchen gardens – December 2024 Our Brisbane and Melbourne kitchens are finishing the year strong. Collectively, the two kitchens have cooked more than 2.2 million free, nutritious meals for people in need across our communities in 2024! This is an even more astonishing
How FareShare meals make Rosetta feel less alone “I want my story to be passed on to help,” says Rosetta, one of FareShare’s biggest fans. “Even though it hurts, the more I speak about it, the more it becomes a bit lighter. And if I can make a small difference