What we do

Ever wondered how Foodbank Victoria gets food to folks who need it most?

To feed thousands of people every day, you need a lot of food – along with a whole team of talented people and partners who are dedicated to sourcing and distributing that food. We’d love to introduce you to the programs that make it all possible!

Foodbank Victoria acts as the fridge and pantry to Victoria’s charity sector, providing for the state’s most trusted charities – including the Salvation Army and Vinnies. Through our network of nearly 500 charity partners across Victoria, we can reach people who need us most, delivering millions of kilos of food and other essentials every year.
Brekkie’s on us thanks to our School Breakfast Clubs Program, delivered in partnership with the Victorian Government. With more than 1,200 local Victorian schools playing their part, our School Breakfast Clubs Program provides free, healthy meals and programs to school kids right across Victoria – offering healthy breakfasts, nutritious lunches, snacks and take-home packs for students in need, and cooking classes for families.
We’re proud to run food programs that help us reach our community directly with the fresh, nutritious food they really need. Our mobile supermarket buses are just like your local supermarket, only on wheels – visiting suburbs right across Melbourne with ingredients to suit the cultural and nutritional needs of our community members, so they can “shop” for the fresh food and groceries they enjoy, for free! Each trip creates an incredible 3,636 meals. Our Farms to Families markets pop up monthly across metro Melbourne and regional Victoria to deliver enough fresh veggies, fruit, bread and milk to last families an entire week after just one shop. All within a warm, welcoming space where our communities can come together and connect.
Our two purpose-build Community Food Centres in Ballarat and Morwell have community at their core. Created in partnership with Vic Government, these centres are designed to celebrate and support our local communities through free food programs, community food markets, veggie gardens, and cooking classes. Thanks to these centres, we can distribute even more fresh, chilled and frozen food to our charity partners throughout these regions, meaning healthy food is there for people who need it. Right where they live. Transforming lives through food.

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