Through your 2015 Feed Geelong donations Barwon Child, Youth & Family was able to provide food assistance to some of those most vulnerable in our community, including young people ages 12-25 who were at risk of experiencing homelessness. Barwon Child...
Read moreThe 2016 Feed Geelong Appeal has officially kicked off. For the month of October, we’re raising valuable funds to assist Geelong’s emergency food relief system as well as drawing attention to the crisis on our doorstop. Please click here to...
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Through your 2015 Feed Geelong donations SecondBite made sure that high quality surplus fresh food was not wasted. A critical element of their ability to rescue and distribute this surplus fresh food is their two Geelong Vans. These vans both...
Read moreThrough your 2015 Feed Geelong donations, Volunteering Geelong in conjuction with the Geelong Food Relief Centre helped improve the capabilities and capacity of volunteers in the food assistance system. As highlighted in Food for Thought (2014) the system is highly...
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The ‘Food for Thought’ report (released in 2014) is the first of it’s kind to analyse what is really going on a daily basis within Geelong’s emergency food relief system.
Read moreDEMAND growing at 300 per cent during the past three weeks has magnified need and endorsed Geelong Food Relief Centre’s opening of a central city minimart. Operations manager Collin Peebles said people keep coming through the door at the new...
Read moreGEELONG Food Relief Centre clients are telling of the impact of job loss and unemployment as the ripple effect from closure of the Alcoa plant continues to be felt. Centre chairwoman Lillian van Laar said demand had risen since the...
Read moreANDY contemplated his understanding of real hunger, living out of a car in and around Geelong. “Three days without a meal. Um yeah, sometimes a fast is good for the soul some say,” he said with wry smile. Andy, who...
Read moreWe are thrilled to announce our 2015 Feed Geelong Grant Recipients.
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