Make A Difference Dingley Village is really living up to its name – making an impact by sharing FareShare meals and homegrown vegetables with people in need. The welcoming space in the outer southeastern suburbs of Melbourne has been providing support to people doing it tough for 40 years. Make Read more…
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…
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
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
Your support is giving veterans a fresh start: FareShare meals at the V Centre “I have a friend whose sister threw his microwave out, so he was eating sandwiches for breakfast, lunch and dinner. I asked what his blood sugar level was, he said 14.5! That day, I bought him
How FareShare meals support Steve and so many other people in his community Like a lot of people currently experiencing hardship, Steve never expected to need food relief. But in recent years, FareShare meals and other food have provided him with nutrition, comfort and a valuable sense of community. After
How FareShare meals help people from homelessness to housing at The Salvation Army homelessness centres and beyond FareShare meals now support residents at The Salvation Army homelessness accommodation centres in Flagstaff and North Melbourne, as well as former residents settling into more long-term housing. This partnership was only established in