FareShare Appeal

Hunger and malnutrition are usually associated with developing countries, but in Victoria 200,000 people do not have enough food to lead an active healthy life.

FareShare, formerly known as One Umbrella, is a non profit organisation working to fight hunger by providing free, healthy meals for the homeless and hungry. We use surplus food, donated by Melbourne businesses, that would have otherwise ended up in landfill. Committed volunteers then turn good fresh ingredients into nutritious emergency relief meals. These are then distributed by 50 welfare agencies operating food banks, homeless shelters and soup kitchens. We run a very lean operation and all of our meals are given free to charities, so we need to raise funds to employ chefs to oversee our volunteer cooks, and drivers to collect food and distribute meals.

How will the funds be used?

We run a very lean organisation. Each meal costs us 40 cents to prepare, which allows us to give all of our food to charities for free. So every $100 donated makes 250 meals.

We have just moved into a larger kitchen in Abbotsford and aim to give away one million meals each year. However, this significant growth means we need to raise more funds each year to run our kitchen, collect donated food and deliver free meals to charities.

• Give a one-off donation online
• Give a regular donation online
• Donate by phone
To donate by phone, call 03 9428 0044. Please have your credit card details on hand when you call.
• Donate by mail
To donate by mail, please download a printable donation form and send through the post to:
1 Thompson Street
ABBOTTSFORD VIC 3067
• Leave a bequest
To leave a bequest in your will, please read the wills and bequests page for FareShare.