FareShare’s mission is simple. We rescue food that would otherwise go to waste and cook it into free, nutritious meals for people in hardship. Our vision is for a society where food is not wasted, and no one goes hungry.

Volunteering with us is a great way to create new friendships, add structure to your week and give back as part of something bigger.

FareShare operates Australia’s largest charity kitchen turning 10 tons of rescued food into ~20,000 meals a week and over 1 million meals a year.

Our meals are given away for free to marginalised and disadvantaged individuals and families to help make a real and tangible difference to food insecurity in Queensland.

As a kitchen volunteer, you will join one of our nine shifts and under the supervision of our professional chefs will chop, prep, cook and package nutritious meals which will be given away to those in need. On a given shift, your efforts will go directly to feeding thousands of people doing it tough.

Our shifts operate Monday to Friday, mornings, afternoons, and evenings. Our rosters are weekly or fortnightly with the flexibility to fit around your work, holidays, and life.

While you are welcome to join any shift, we would love people extra to help out with:

• Afternoons (Thursdays in particular)
• Monday and Thursday Evenings

We distribute meals through our partnership with FoodBank Queensland to hundreds of frontline charities, including homeless shelters, women’s refuges, crisis centres and community pantries. Through our partnerships, we deliver to rural, regional and remote communities across the state, making a tangible difference to people's lives.