Food donations keep this place running. Some donations also create half a day of work for somebody. The difference is worth explaining, and nobody minds you asking.
Genuinely useful
- Non-perishable staples: rice, pasta, tinned vegetables, tinned fish and meat, long-life milk, oil, flour.
- Things that make a meal rather than decorate one.
- Culturally appropriate staples. We serve a lot of communities and the food people actually cook with differs.
- Nappies, sanitary items and basic toiletries. They are not food and they are always short.
Creates work instead
- Anything past its date. We have to sort it out and dispose of it.
- Opened or part-used packets.
- Very large quantities of one unusual item.
- Anything needing refrigeration that arrives unannounced.
The one rule
Ring before you drop anything off. ring the centre on 02 9603 2500. It takes a minute and it means somebody is there, there is space for it, and it goes out this week instead of sitting in a corner.
If you would rather support the work another way, the contact page has the other options, and you can see who already backs us on the supporters page.
