FareShare

🍽️ Piloting Diabetic Friendly Meals🍽️ We're working on an Australian-first Diabetic Friendly Meals pilot. Currently, the food relief sector is not meeting recipients' nutritional and medical needs. By filling this important gap, we aim to improve health outcomes, relieve stress, and lower healthcare costs. Prepared to strict standards and in guidance with dietitians, our Diabetic Friendly Meal program will tailor FareShare’s homestyle, cooked meals to meet individuals nutritional needs along with nutrition counselling and home delivery. This program is about more than just meals—it's about empowering individuals to take control of their health and proving that change is possible. Together, we can build a future where everyone has the opportunity to thrive. Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/d5seFBvC

Get your team together and join us for an impactful Meals for the Mob corporate volunteering session for Reconciliation Australia Week (27th May – 3rd June) or NAIDOC Week (6th - 13th July). Your team will help prepare and pack hundreds of nutritious, culturally appropriate meals for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people facing food insecurity. What makes this corporate volunteering experience special? 🌟 Led by a First Nations Coordinator 🌟 All funds will contribute to Meals for the Mob production and distribution. 🌟 Take-home pack including a custom apron, certificate of completion, native spice mix & more! Learn more and book a Melbourne session: https://lnkd.in/etqdnsBx Learn more and book a Brisbane session: https://lnkd.in/efm42723

🎉 Congratulations to our long-time partner Ford Australia on 100 years! This week, we were honored to welcome Ford President of Philanthropy, Mary Culler, and her team to our revamped Melbourne Kitchen, now the largest charity kitchen in Australia! Ford has been an integral part of our journey since 2015, volunteering in both our Melbourne and Brisbane kitchens and providing generous donations to support our mission. Their latest contribution is helping us to source and grow food for our cooked meals. A heartfelt thank you to Ford for your ongoing support. Together, we’re making a real difference in the lives of people experiencing food insecurity. Here's to many more years of partnership!  

🚚Meals for the Mob (MftM) heads to far West QLD🚚 Our MftM meals are now reaching First Nations communities in Windorah and Jundah – the furthest west in QLD our meals have ever gone! It may only be a small number of meals at this point but we know the impact on the communities will be huge. A big thanks to our partner IGA Supermarkets and our team for making this happen. Our MftM program was developed in consultation with First Nations communities and services to provide culturally appropriate meals to First Nations communities experiencing food insecurity. Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/ggzfiFxy

It's official, the federal election is upon us. Sadly, on election day (and all the days prior), millions of Australians will continue to struggle to put food on the table. That’s why the food relief sector is UNITING to push for genuine solutions to food insecurity! Between us, SecondBite | FareShare and our sector partners Foodbank Australia and OzHarvest delivered over 160 million meals last year. But we need urgent government action to tackle hunger at its source, plus ongoing support to ensure that no one is left hungry. While we welcome the Coalition’s recent announcement of $50 million in funding, much more is desperately needed for the sector to increase its support to communities and address the demand we see every day. This federal election, we collectively call for stronger food governance, and greater support for the food rescue and relief sector to solve Australia's hunger crisis. Read our full election brief here: https://lnkd.in/di55utJ3

🥫Cyclone Alfred Food Relief 🍝 Together with SecondBite we're responding to Ex Tropical Cyclone Alfred by delivering emergency food hampers filled with essential, nutritious items and cooked meals to people in urgent need. So far, between Northern New South Wales and Southern Queensland, we have delivered the equivalent of 122,222 meals to people affected by this disaster – this includes SecondBite pantry staples, bottled water, and fresh fruit and veg, and FareShare ready-to-eat meals. These meals are often ideal for people struggling with a long recovery and/or who have lost access to their cooking facilities. These communities will need our support for some time to come, as they continue to clean up following this disaster. If you are able to help us continue to provide this support, please donate here: secondbite.org/emergency #CycloneAlfred #DisasterRelief #EmergencyRelief

Get your team together for something truly impactful this Reconciliation Australia Week or National NAIDOC week. In our Melbourne or Brisbane kitchen, you’ll prepare and pack nutritious, culturally appropriate meals for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, leaving with the knowledge you’ve made a real difference. What makes this corporate volunteering experience special? 🌟 Led by a First Nations Coordinator, gaining insight into the meaningful impact of your work. 🌟 All funds support Meal for the Mob’s mission to tackle food insecurity in First Nations communities. 🌟 Take-home pack including a custom apron, certificate of completion, native spice mix & more! 📍 Book Now for Brisbane: https://lnkd.in/efm42723 📍 Book Now for Melbourne: https://lnkd.in/etqdnsBx

We want to give a huge shout out to Lineage for offering us invaluable freezer space for SecondBite food and FareShare cooked meals in case of damage to our sites. We moved 50 pallets of food and meals over to them before Tropical Cyclone Alfred hit and this meant that we were still able to provide food and meals to people who need them most early last week. Fighting food insecurity is a team effort and we are really grateful to Lineage for their support 👏

The Great Australian Bite is on! We’ve got just 12 hours to raise funds for 60,000 free, nutritious meals for people doing it tough. Every meal you donate will be matched plate for plate, meaning your generosity will make twice the impact. Donate now at https://lnkd.in/dCsbEEKS #GreatAustralianBite2025 #FareShareGivingDay

We're reopening on Thursday! Our Queensland Kitchen experienced some damage from Cyclone Alfred, so our team is working as hard as possible to get it cleaned up and ready to go. This means our dedicated chefs and volunteers will be back in action, preparing cooked meals for people in need from Thursday. We are working with our charity partners to prioritise areas most in need. For our community partners, we appreciate your patience during this time. If you have any questions, please contact your Community Partnerships Officer.