Christmas:

Vision Church

1 Lithgow StreetFyshwick, ACT, 2609
Thursday, 14 December 2023, 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

St John’s Hall

45 Constitution Av, Reid ACT
Christmas Day Lunch

Regular Services Running:

Australian Red Cross – Canberra Roadhouse

20 Genge Street, Canberra ACT 2601
Open 6 days a week. No service on Friday
Monday and Wednesday -3.00 – 5.45 pm
Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday 4.30 pm – 5.45 pm
Early Morning Centre

Pilgrim House, 69 Northbourne Avenue, Canberra ACT 2601

Free breakfast 7.30 am – 8.30 am (Monday to Friday)
Free lunch 12 pm – 1 pm (Monday to Friday)

Blue Door

23 Quick Street, Campbell ACT 2612
Take away lunch 11.00 am – 1.30 pm (Monday-Friday)

Vision Church

1 Lithgow Street, Fyshwick ACT 2609
Free community Meal (Thursdays only)
5.30 pm – 7.00 pm

Lifestream Christian Fellowship

152 Langdon Av, Wanniassa ACT 2903
Free meal Wednesdays 6 – 7 pm

ACT Foodbank Voucher System

Where to get Foodbank vouchers: St Vincent de Paul, UnitingCare Kippax, Companion House (Cook),
St John’s Care (Reid), Red Cross Migration Support Programs, Throughcare.

Where vouchers can be used: Communities@Work Community Pantries, Community Services #1 Food
Pantry (Narrabundah), Holy Cross Tuckerbox (Hackett), The Food Pantry (Watson), Helping Hand Pantry
(St Paul’s Spence), HandUp Food Care (Canberra City Care Charnwood), the FoodHut Co-op (Belconnen),
Lyons Food Corner, Anglicare Food Fair (Queanbeyan).

St John’s Care (Anglicare Partner)

Address: 45 Constitution Ave, Reid (located within the St John’s Church Precinct)
Contact: 6248 7771 or community@stjohnscare.org.au
Type of Resource: Community Pantry
Opening Hours: Monday – Friday 9:30 am – 2 pm
Price: No fees – bring a form of ID

Additional Services:

Orange Sky Laundry

Available every Friday onsite between 11 am and 1 pm for washing and drying
The Junction (for 12 – 25 year olds only)
Address: 30 Scott’s Crossing, Canberra City
Contact: 6232 2423
Type of Resource: Community Pantry
Opening Hours: Monday – Friday 9:30 am – 5 pm

Holy Cross Tuckerbox

Address: Holy Cross Anglican Church, Corner of Phillip Ave & Anthill St, Hackett.
Contact: 0413 751 502 or email tuckerbox@holycrosshackett.org.au
Type of Resource: Food Co-op
Opening Hours: Every Saturday 1 pm – 4 pm
Price: $2 per year membership – food vouchers accepted
Additional Services: Orange Sky is available onsite between 1 pm and 3 pm for washing and drying.

The Pantry at Watson

Address: Youth with a Mission, 76 Federal Highway, Corner Zelling Street, Watson.
Contact: 6241 5500 or email info@ywamcanberra.org
Type of Resource: Community Pantry
Opening Hours: Every Thursday 10 am – 3 pm
Price: $2 per year membership – food vouchers accepted

HandUp Food Care

Address: Canberra City Care, 20 Cartwright St, Charnwood.
Contact: 6196 8630
Type of Resource: Community Pantry
Opening Hours: Monday – Friday 10 am – 3 pm
Price: $4 per year membership

Helping Hand Food Pantry

Address: St Paul’s Ginninderra Anglican Church Spence, Mt Rogers Community Centre, Curly St, Spence.
Contact: 6259 2931
Type of Resource: Community Pantry
Opening Hours: Thursday 9am – 12:30pm
Price: Register with concession card

FoodHut Co-op

Address: NationsHeart Christian Community, 27 Rae St, Belconnen
Contact: 6253 1672 or office@nationsheart.com.au
Type of Resource: Food Co-op
Opening Hours: Place your order and then collect at a set time

Communities@Work – Gungahlin Community Pantry

Address: Gungahlin Community Centre, 47 Ernest Cavanagh Street, Gungahlin
Contact: 6293 6500 or admin@commsatwork.org
Type of Resource: Food Co-op
Opening Hours: Mon 12:30 pm – 3 pm, Tues – Fri 9:30 am – 11:30 am and 12:30 pm – 3 pm

Christmas Hampers – Goulburn Salvos

Apply by booking an appointment or phoning 0448 022 526 Mon – Fri between 9 am and 12 pm
Address: 6 Hovel Street, Goulburn
The last day to apply is Friday 10th Dec
WEBSITE

Anglicare – support with gifts and food over Christmas

Phone to request assistance and other support
Address: 10 Mary Martin Drive, Goulburn
Contact: 0447 618 789
WEBSITE

Regular Services Running:

Our Community Pantry Goulburn

Address: AWH Goulburn Car Park – 53 Finlay Road, Goulburn
Contact: Our Community Pantry Goulburn Facebook Page
Type of Resource: Community Pantry
Opening Hours: Every Second Saturday 4 pm – 5 pm
Price: Varies

Meals on Wheels Goulburn

Address: 113 Auburn Street, GOULBURN
Contact: 02 4821 0997 or gdmow@ceinternet.com.au
Type of Resource: Food Relief Service
Opening Hours: Monday – Friday 9 am – 1 pm
Price: Payment Options

Christmas:

Salvation Army – Griffith Combined Churches Christmas Meal

11:30 am – 2:30pm 25 December 2023
This year the Griffith Combined churches Christmas Day meal is at the Salvos. Everyone is welcome to attend free of charge. Please contact the Salvation Army by Monday 18th December if you want to come. If you want to help or donate to the meal, please contact the Salvation Army by Monday the 4th of December. Contact by phone 0408469223, or 69643388. Call into the Office at 103 Binya St (opposite North Woolies)

Hampers of Hope(regular food hampers as per throughout the year)

Referrals need to come through a support service and the support service then collects the food hamper and delivers it to the client.

Regular Services Running:

Carevan Griffith

Address: Alternate between 2 locations Kubank Park – Parkinson Crescent and Dave Taylor Park – Thomas Place
Contact: 02 – 6962 4144
Type of Resource: Food Van
Opening Hours: Wednesdays Only 6pm – 8pm
Price: No cost

LifeSource Church Community Food Cupboard

Address: LifeSource Church 2786 Stafford Road Griffith
Contact: 02 – 6964 9953
Type of Resource: Community Pantry
Opening Hours: Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays 9am – 3pm
Price: No cost

Linking Communities Network

Address: 177 Yambil Street Griffith
Contact: 02 – 6964 4804
Type of Resource: Community Pantry
Opening Hours: Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri 9am – 5pm and Wed 1pm – 5pm
Price: No cost

St Vincent De Paul Emergency Food Relief

Address: 67 Yambil Street Griffith
Contact: 02 – 6964 3388
Type of Resource: Community Pantry
Opening Hours: Mon, Wed, Thurs, Fri 1pm – 4pm – appointment preferred
Price: No cost

Wingcarribee

Christmas:
Southern Highlands Christian School – Community Christmas Dinner & Gifts
Saturday 23rd Dec 2023
5pm – 8pm
Southern Highlands Christian School Campus (22 Boardman Road South, Bowral)
BOOK ON THE WEBSITE

C3 Destiny Church – Santa’s Grotto

16th – 24th Dec 2023
Corbett Gardens, Bowral
Apply for your local Salvation Army – Food Hamper & Gift Assistance

The Salvation Army – Hampers

Please call them on (02) 4861 3912

Regular services running:

Anglicare Mobile Community Pantry, St John’s Anglican Church

Address: Moss Vale Anglican Church, Corner Waite and Browley Sts, Moss Vale
Contact: 4868 1299
Type of Resource: Mobile Community Pantry & afternoon tea provided
Opening Hours: Every second and fourth Friday 1:30pm – 2:30pm
Price: $12 for groceries (EFTPOS available) and/or $3 for fresh food (bring along your Pension, Health Care or Immigration Card)

Anglicare Mobile Community Pantry, St Stephen’s Anglican Church

Address: Mittagong Anglican Church, Corner of Main & Station Streets, Mittagong
Contact: 4871 1947
Type of resource: Mobile Community Pantry & morning tea provided
Opening hours: Every first and third Friday 10.30am – 11.30am
Price: $12 for groceries (EFTPOS available) and/or $3 for fresh food (bring along your Pension, Health Care or Immigration Card)

Bowral Uniting Church Pantry

Address: 28 Bendooley Street Bowral, NSW
Contact: (02) 4862 1350
Type of Resource: Community Pantry
Opening hours: Tuesday 10am -1pm & Wednesday 10am – 1pm, 12:30 free sit-down lunch (bathroom and laundry facilities available).
Price: Free

C3 Cares Southern Highlands

Address: 1/347 Bong Bong Street, Bowral
Contact: (02) 4862 1350
Type of Resource: Fruit Veg and Community Pantry (also serves coffee and light lunch)
Opening hours: Tuesday – Friday, 10 am – 2 pm
Price: Free (but donations are appreciated)

Dhungung Food Share at Wingecarribee Aboriginal Community Cultural Centre

Address: 1A Rainbow Road, Mittagong
Contact: 0447 384 277 (please register with Mel Wiya before Thursdays each week)
Type of Resource: Free Food Box provided by Oz Harvest for Aboriginal People and their families
Opening hours: Thursdays 10:30 am – 12:30 pm (morning tea provided)
Price: Free
Also on site: Aboriginal Community Worker, Centrelink, NDIS, Primary & Community Health

Salvation Army Food Market

Address: 418 – 420 Bong Bong Street, Bowral
Contact: (02) 4861 3912
Type of Resource: Food Market
Opening Hours: Mondays and Wednesdays 9:30 am – 1:30 pm
Price: Varies – Low-cost groceries. Café open.

PCYC Southern Highlands

Address: 6 Hawkins Drive, Mittagong
Contact: (02) 4868 5200
Type of Resource: Free Frozen Meals
Opening Hours: Monday – Friday 10 am – 8 pm
Price: Free

Soul Warmers Café

Highlands Christian Church, 37 Regent Street Mittagong, 0422 675 584
9.15 to 12 pm, food pantry ($10 to join, $25 for pantry items. Anglicare or Homestart can provide assistance with the cost for those is a crisis).
Coffee is available for shoppers.
Other Help (Emergency Relief)

Anglicare

8624 8600, Email: ffasouthernhighlands@anglicare.org.au, call or email for an appointment
• Food vouchers
• Rent arrears
• Bond
• Removalist costs
• EAPA

Salvation Army

418 – 420 Bong Bong Street, Bowral, 4861 3912
• Grocery vouchers
• Telstra bills
• Rental Arrears
• Bond assistance
• Replacement furniture items (where available)
• Specialist fees

Vinnies

244 Bong Bong Street, Bowral, 4861 3270, Tuesday and Thursday 1 – 3.30 pm
22 Bowral Road, Mittagong, 4871 1922, Monday to Friday 10 – 2 pm
502 Argyle Street, Moss Vale, 4868 2704, Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday 10 – 2 pm (food pantry only)
• Food Pantry
• Grocery vouchers
• Prescriptions
• Fuel Vouchers
• Clothing, furniture and household goods
• Assistance with removal costs

We Are Community (Christmas)

Christmas Food Hampers
Breakfast Christmas Eve
Regular services running (Wednesday night dinner and night patrol)

Anglicare Campbelltown

Address: 16-26 Dumaresq St, Campbelltown
Contact: 02 8624 8600
Type of Resource: Food Parcels
Opening Hours: Monday – Friday 9am – 5pm (appointment required)
Price: Free
Transport – Bus routes 870, 872

We Are Community

Address: We Are Community Hub – 42 Riverside Drive, Airds
Contact: 0430 391 971
Type of Resource: Meals, Hampers, Night Patrol Dinner Service
Opening Hours: Mon – Fri, Sat Breakfast and Sunday Roast 1st Sun of the Month
Price: Free

Anglicare Eagle Vale

Address: 1 Emerald Drive, Eagle Vale 2558
Contact: (02) 9820 2680
Type of Resource: Mobile pantry
Opening Hours: Every second Wednesday, 1:30am – 2:30am
Price: $12 for a bag of pantry items
Transport – Bus routes 870, 880

Nagle Centre Family Care & Support Service St Vincent de Paul Society

Address: 22 Lolanthe Street, Campbelltown
Contact: (02) 4628 2928
Type of Resource: Takeaway Meals and Centre Based Meal
Opening Hours: Mon – Fri 9:30am – 10am & Mon – Fri 12.30pm – 1:30pm
Price: free
Transport: Bus routes – 870, 871, 872, 877, 880 Campbelltown station 5 min

Break the Cycle Glenquarie Inc.

Address: 32 Edgar Street, Macquarie Fields 2564
Contact: (02) 9829 8898
Type of Resource: Food Parcel (Food vouchers if eligible)
Opening Hours: Tuesday-Thursday, 9am – 4pm (you can shop once a week)
Price: $20 to select for your basket
Transport: Bus routes – 870, 871, 876

Focus Connect

Address: 3 Cordeaux St, Campbelltown
Contact: (02) 4627 1188
Type of Resource: Electronic Food vouchers
Opening Hours: Mon – Fri, 8:30am – 4:30pm (appointment required)
Price: Free
Transport: Bus routes – 870, 883, 884, 885

The Hub Community – Church of Christ, Campbelltown

Address: 65 Woodhouse Drive, Ambarvale
Contact: (02) 4625 7981
Type of Resource: Dine in meal only
Opening Hours: Tuesdays 11:30am – 12:30am
Price: Free
Transport: Bus routes – 887, 888

Lomandra Community Project

Address: 4/5 Hollylea Road, Leumeah 2560
Contact: Lomandra Community Project Facebook page OR Audrey Nable – (02) 4627 2096
Type of Resource: Community pantry
Opening Hours: Tuesday-Friday, 9:30am – 2pm
Price: $5 or $10 for varying sizes of bags of pantry items (keep updated on their Facebook page for free items)

Macarthur Gateway

Address: 12 Browne Street, Campbelltown
Contact: (02) 4628 0008
Type of Resource: Food Vouchers (For aboriginal families with children and single women)
Opening Hours: Mon – Thurs 9am – 4pm (call for appt.)
Price: Free
Transport: Bus routes – 870, 871, 872, 877, 880, 881, 882

The Junction Works

Address: Claymore Community Centre – 6 Gould Road, Claymore
Contact: (02) 4626 2007
Type of Resource: Food Parcel (pick up only)
Opening Hours: Mon 8:30am – 1:30pm
Price: Free
Transport: Bus routes – 878, 880

South West Multicultural and Community Centre

Address: 4 Surrey Street, Minto
Contact: (02) 9603 2500
Type of Resource: Food Parcel
Opening Hours: Tues 10:30am – 12pm (order through Facebook for pickup)
Price: $10
Transport: Bus routes – 873, 874, 875

Vinnies Stores – Queanbeyan

Open Mon – Fri 9 am – 5 pm (food and gift assistance, enquire in store)
130 Monaro Street, Queanbeyan

Regular Services Running:

Anglicare Food Fair Community Pantry

Address: 170 Crawford St, Queanbeyan
Contact: 6232 9272 or food.fair@anglicare.com.au
Type of Resource: Community Pantry
Opening Hours: Mon – Fri 10:30am – 4:15pm

Anglicare / Ashmont Community Centre – Toy Drive

Address: 42 Tobruk Street, Ashmont
Contact: 6931 3456 or email RiverinaERCovid19@anglicare.com.au
Type of Resource: Food Relief
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday 9am – 1pm
Price: case by case services depending on circumstances

Regular Services Running:

Albury Wodonga Regional FoodShare

81 Wigg St, Wodonga
Contact: Phone 02 6059 5555 or email info@foodshare.org.au
Type of Resource: Food Shop or can request a hamper
Opening Hours: Monday – Friday 9:30am – 2pm
Price: voucher (Available at The Personnel Group, AB Planned Supports, Purple Chicken, St Vincent de Paul – Wodonga, VACCA, Mind Australia)

Carevan Wagga (enquire below for Christmas Food Drive)

Address: 2/159 Fernleigh Road Wagga Wagga
Contact: Lynne Graham 0444554588 or email carevanwagga@gmail.com
Type of Resource: Food Van
Opening Hours: Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 9:30am – 3:30pm
Price: No cost

Ngurra Hub Ashmont

Address: Ngurra Hub, Blakemore Street Ashmont
Contact: 0458 031 277 or email mnorton@redcross.org.au and follow for updates Ngurra Hub Ashmont | Facebook
Type of Resource: Food Rescue
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday 8:30am – 4pm (stay tuned for
Price: bring your own bags

Wagga Wagga Meals on Wheels

Address: 17 Rural Place Wagga Wagga
Contact: 6921 2205
Type of Resource: Food Relief for people 65 years and over
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday 9am – 2pm
Price: charges apply assessments conducted over the phone

Regular Services Running:

Yass Community Food Care

Address: Yass Vine Church Community, 66 Lead Street, Yass
Contact: 6226 1444 or generaloffice@yassvinechurch.com.au
Type of Resource: Community Pantry
Opening Hours: Thurs 9am – 5pm
Price: $2 per year membership

Hilltops Community Hub – Gifts

Young community please let us know if you need help this Christmas to provide gifts for your family and we can look to nominate you for some donated gifts from the hub.
Contact: cssouth@argylehousing.com.au

Young Food Hall

Address: 92 Main Street, Young
Contact: Young Food Hall | Facebook
Type of Resource: Community Pantry
Opening Hours: Wednesday 9am – 12pm
Price: $10 for a load (bring your own bags)