Need some food support?
Our amazing partners are here to help.
FOFA Food Relief Partners service areas around Knox and the Yarra Ranges. If you are located elsewhere, you can locate help near you via Foodbank >
Partners in Knox
Foothills Community Care - Ferntree Gully
Foothills run a Ferntree Gully Community Meal every Wednesday night. Doors open 4pm for a hot cuppa, chat and food parcels. Meals are available for dine-in and takeaway from around 5pm till 6pm.
Ferntree Gully Girl Guides Hall
156 Underwood Road, Ferntree Gully
(next to the train station).
03 8711 8677
contact@foothillscare.org.au
Foothills Community Casseroles
Foothills offer free home delivered frozen meals and care packages to people in need across the Dandenong Ranges and Knox areas.
Share Space
Share Space offer 24/7 access to food and personal hygiene items from tubs at the front of the property, and family food and essential item packs on Saturdays. Emergency food packs can be made on request. Fresh bread & rolls are available every Sunday, Wednesday and Friday from 7.45pm.
15 Goulburn Drive, Rowville VIC info@sharespace.org.au
CityLife Community Care
CityLife Community Care Support team runs a range of services for people in need in the Knox municipal area, especially those experiencing financial difficulties. They also collaborate with other emergency relief and community service agencies to provide the necessary support for individuals and families.
1248 High Street Road, Wantirna South info@citylife.care
Ben’s Place
The “Ben’s Place” pantry is a lifeline for individuals and families facing financial hardships, providing them with access to nutritious food and essential supplies. Over 400 households visit the pantry each week, including pensioners, people with disabilities, veterans, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, families with young children and people who are homeless.
Forest Road, The Basin
info.bensplace@gmail.com
Knox InfoLink
Knox Infolink supports the local community of Knox with free, confidential, practical and non judgemental support including emergency relief items including food parcels. Open on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays & Fridays from 10:00am to 3:00pm.
136 Boronia Road, Boronia 3155
(03) 9761 1325
info@knoxinfolink.org.au
Adventist Development and Relief Agency
ADRA operates community programs nationwide. From counselling to food pantries and emergency relief, these services are available to assist families and individuals who are experiencing hardship and who would otherwise fall through the cracks.
3-5 Railway Pde, Upper Ferntree Gully VIC
adraftg@adra.org.au
www.adra.org.au/get-help/
0490 404 110
Australia for Christ Community Care
Our SHARE Program runs on the first and third Thursday of each month, excluding January.
Doors open at 5:30pm and attendees are invited to access our pantry and join us for dinner.
1070 Stud Rd Rowville
australiaforchrist.church/about/
(03) 9764 8330
Partners in Yarra Ranges
Foothills Community Care - Upwey
Foothills run a Upwey Community Meal every Monday night. Doors open 4pm for a hot cuppa, chat and food parcels. Meals are available for dine-in and takeaway from around 5pm till 6pm.
Upwey Baptist Commuity Church Cnr Darling Ave & Burwood Hwy, Upwey (opposite train station).
03 8711 8677
contact@foothillscare.org.au
Open Door Community Care
61-63 Main Rd, Monbulk VIC 3793
(03) 9756 7800
care.net@bigpond.com
Open Door Community Care can help with Food, Vouchers and Shower if needed. Open 10am - 1pm on Saturday & Sunday.
Father’s House Church
11-13 Symons St, Healesville
0493 641 209
healesville@fathershouse.com.au
At some point we ALL need a little extra help? We notice you and we care. Our food relief packages have helped hundreds of families across the Manningham, Maroondah and Yarra Ranges Councils.
Discovery Community Care
Discovery Community Care offer the FoodStop program that provides meals every Thursday, 7pm to 9pm.
FoodStop is located at the entrance to the Lilydale Recreation Reserve in Main St Lilydale, (adjacent to Olinda Creek), or in the colder months (Early April to mid October) at The Mustard Tree Op Shop & Cafe at 3/28 John St, Lilydale.
DCC also provides emergency food parcels and other basic essential services to those in our community who have a temporary crisis OR hold a health care or similar card, living in Chirnside Park, Mooroolbark, Lilydale, Kilsyth, Coldstream, Silvan, Montrose, Mt Evelyn, Wandin, Wandin North, Seville, Seville East and Kalorama.
89 Monbulk Rd, Mt Evelyn VIC
(03) 9739 6801
community.care@discoverycc.org.au
Food is Free Tecoma
Part of the Food is Free program, a food pantry is located at Tecoma Uniting Church. You can also access the FLAME community garden beneath the cupboard and take fresh produce from there.
1566 Burwood Highway, Tecoma VIC 31600416 149 776
care@tecomauc.org.au
Partners in Maroondah City
Hope City Mission
Hope City Mission provides a food home delivery service for those who have no access to transportation or are unable to leave their home due to illness. If you live within a 10km radius of Hope City Mission, you may be eligible for this service.
51 Lusher Road, Croydon info@hopecitymission.com
TLC Support
For over 45 years, TLC has been supporting and serving the local community in the Maroondah & Knox Regions. We have had countless people enter our doors throughout the week looking for support in various ways. We have been able to assist people due to the network of volunteers and partnerships that have been formed locally.
265 Canterbury Road, Bayswater North 3153
Support@tlcsupport.org.au
Glen Park Community Centre
Glen Park Community Centre works to create a strong, connected community - free from poverty, isolation and injustice, where every person has access to food, housing, social and economic participation, lifelong learning and support.
30 Glen Park Road, Bayswater North office@glenparkkcc.com.au
The Freedom Initiative
We are The Freedom Initiative: a collection of people who believe in the value of caring for the one and the many in our local Maroondah community. We think big and dream large, yet no act of kindness is too small. We have plans to create holistic services that truly empower individuals to be all they can be, yet our first service is our Food Bank meeting the weekly needs of families and individuals doing it tough.
1/26 Lacey Street, Croydon
0481 774 117
admin@empowercc.com.au
Uniting Homelessness Services Ringwood
Uniting Vic.Tas is the community services organisation of the Uniting Church, delivering services and programs across Victoria and Tasmania. We strive to make a difference for individuals, families and communities.
291A Maroondah Hwy, Ringwood
03 8870 4020
Mullum Mullum Indigenous Gathering Place
Mullum Pantry is a community controlled and managed pantry available for all Indigenous community members, their partners, families and carers who reside in the Eastern Suburbs of Melbourne. It is open on Wednesdays between 11am-3pm.
3 Croydon Way, Croydon VIC
(03) 9725 2166
mmigp@mmigp.org.au
Ngwala Willumbong - Eastern Region
We exist to deliver quality services to meet the needs of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander People, their families and their communities. We drive positive change and healing for the people we help by focusing on a variety of services such as alcohol and drug treatment and recovery, housing, homelessness and a variety of other services.
16 Bond Street, Ringwood, Ringwood East 3134
03 9510 3233
Locate food support via our partner, Foodbank.
Visit the Foodbank website to locate food relief in your area.