Bendigo Archives | Bendigo Foodshare

15Feb

Specimen Hill Primary trials food pantry

SPECIMEN Hill Primary School is trialling a food pantry for the school community in an effort to tackle food insecurity.

With the help of Bendigo Foodshare, the school is making fresh foods and non-perishable essentials available to those in need.

The school previously provided food hampers to families it knew were struggling.

Assistant principal Jac Louttit said the COVID-19 pandemic had highlighted the need within the school community and prompted the school to think differently about how it made food available.

Instead of phoning to request a hamper, families are able to take what they need from the pantry when visiting the school.

27Jan

Congratulations Citizen of the Year, Cathie Steele!

Congratulations to the City of Greater Bendigo 2021 Citizen of the Year: Bendigo Foodshare’s own Cathie Steele!

14Jan

Exciting News for Bendigo Foodshare!

The Labor Government has announced that they are investing $3.5 million to build regional food hubs to increase the capacity of food relief storage and distribution services in regional Victoria. Yesterday we were very excited to hear that Bendigo Foodshare has been named as one of the five successful applicants.

Our greatest need is a larger warehouse facility as we have outgrown our current premises. This funding announcement means we will get $400K towards the fit out of our proposed new premises in Garsed St Bendigo.

The cost of the fitout required for our new premises has been estimated at $1.2M,

20Jul

Survey asks youth to share their food affordability stories

A new study from Bendigo Foodshare, the City of Greater Bendigo, and the Bendigo Student Association – YouFood Insights – is looking at the financial impact of COVID-19 and the ability to afford food and groceries on young Central Victorians.

13May

Cafes for COVID crowdfunding campaign to pay cafes to cook for people in need

Stephanie
Bendigo, Blog, Media

Cafes for COVID is an innovative new program that will pay local businesses, using money raised by the community, to cook meals that will go out to people struggling to afford food via Bendigo Foodshare’s network of food relief agencies.

07Apr

Volunteer roles filled as 200 locals answer a call for new recruits

More than 200 people have put up their hand to volunteer with Bendigo Foodshare after the organisation launched an urgent recruitment drive to cope with increased demand for emergency food relief due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

17Mar

Events postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic

With great sadness, we must announce that following the Declaration of a State of Emergency in Victoria and federal announcement about non-essential mass gatherings, the following Bendigo Foodshare events are postponed until the COVID-19 pandemic has passed.

Million Meals in May – May 2020
SoupFest 2020 – May 2020
Annual Tin Rattle – March 21, 2020
Annual Cinema Night – August 2020

The core purpose of Bendigo Foodshare is to work together as a community to fight food poverty by sourcing food to be distributed to people in need via local organisations and schools.

Bendigo Foodshare Manager Bridget Bentley

05Mar

Get to know our manager, Bridget Bentley

Many of you will be familiar with our new manager, Bridget Bentley, from her previous role as our Grow Cook Share Project Coordinator and Food Ambassador. However, you may not know much about Bridget’s previous work and life outside Bendigo Foodshare.

25Feb

Anyone can need food support: a personal account

A Bendigo mother shares her story of accessing food relief to help feed her young family after her partner was unexpectedly made redundant.

24Dec

Food drive provides enough food for 2,800 meals for locals in need

Central Victorians have rallied to support Bendigo Foodshare’s community food drive, donating 1,410 kilograms of non-perishable food, which roughly equates to 2,800 meals for local people in need.

Recent statistics show that more than 25,000 people in the Bendigo region are living close to or below the poverty line, putting them at serious risk of food insecurity and hunger.

In 2019, Bendigo Foodshare supported more than 12,400 people each week with donated, surplus and rescued food with the help of almost 100 local charities, community groups, early learning centres and schools.

Bendigo Foodshare is particularly grateful to the organisations below that collected food on its behalf in November and December,

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