FareShare delivers weekly box of fresh food for struggling families FareShare has teamed up with fruit and milk delivery company The Fruit Box Group to distribute 25,000 boxes of fresh fruit, vegetables, milk and bread to families in need. The One Box initiative targets 1,000 families who are struggling to […]
Volunteer Kit shows sweet potatoes can thrive in Melbourne The first harvest of Melbourne’s largest planting of sweet potato commenced today at our Abbotsford kitchen garden. The cultivation of a global staple, rarely seen in Melbourne gardens, is part of an innovative partnership between FareShare and the Burnley Campus of […]
They don’t have ovens at home. Some families have even come from cars. Michelle McDonald Losing your home, changing schools and living in crisis accommodation can put a huge strain on young children. A new collaboration with Launch Housing makes the journey a little easier by providing primary school children […]
Marcus Godinho in FareShare’s first kitchen In Thompson St, 2008 Our CEO Marcus Godinho recently notched up a significant number of his own – 10 years at the helm of FareShare. When he took up the role after three years’ volunteering, we were known as One Umbrella, our kitchen was […]
Volunteers Linda and Russell prepare the beds for our winter veg The exciting program to grow our own veggies is delivering in spades. Less than a year after we sowed the first seeds, our three kitchen gardens are making a meaningful contribution to our meals. “So far this year we […]
Jane Edmanson inspects our home grown carrots FareShare Kitchen Garden, Abbotsford made its television debut on March 11 on ABC TV’s Gardening Australia. Presenter Jane Edmanson visited our first garden back in September last year as we were pulling up carrots. Garden manager Susie showed Jane around the 70 beds […]
Tania in the FareShare kitchen: “I can’t wait to work with you again.” When single mum Tania was given a community-based order, she didn’t imagine any good would come of it. But after undertaking her service in the FareShare kitchen things changed. Now Tania has signed up as a regular […]
A community effort led by the Father Bob Maguire Foundation and FareShare ensured some of Melbourne’s most disadvantaged people got their fair share this Christmas. Father Bob’s traditional Christmas lunch was threatened after previous catering arrangements fell through. FareShare stepped in to cook the feast with all the trimmings at Collingwood […]
Melbourne City FC’s Christmas Volunteer Week brought the players to the FareShare kitchen to cook meals for people in need. Together with their ambassador Melbourne chef Shane Delia, the players donned FareShare aprons, rolled up their sleeves and got stuck into chopping vegetables, cracking eggs and beating quiche mix. Socceroo […]
Harry and food centre manager Tammy Not everyone in our liveable city is looking forward to Christmas. For those living below the poverty line it means extra anxiety around food. Just up the road from FareShare, the Richmond Churches Food Centre hands out food parcels to around 370 people facing […]