Food Fairness Illawarra hosts bi-monthly meetings to bring together stakeholders from the food relief and rescue sector.
These meetings foster collaboration, share knowledge, and coordinate efforts to address food insecurity. Meetings are mostly held online so are easy to join, with two in-person sessions throughout the year to bring the sector together.
To join the group, email foodfairness@healthycities.org.au
To support your vital work, we’ve created the Illawarra Food Donations WhatsApp group, a simple tool to strengthen the connection between hospitality/food retail businesses and you, our local food relief sector.
Here’s how the group works:
See you in there!
The Illawarra has two of Australia’s national food rescuers operating in the area, OzHarvest and SecondBite. If you work with or operate a food relief service and are not already receiving rescued food from either, you can apply for rescued food drop-offs and collections with both at the same time!
OzHarvest — fill out this form ozharvest.org/food/receive-food-charities
SecondBite — send an enquiry email: hannah.olsen@secondbite.org.au
Our Illawarra Food Rescue & Relief project works to reduce food waste and redivert it to food relief across our region.
Funded by the NSW Environment Protection Authority until May 2027, the project brings together local food rescue and food relief organisations to strengthen collaboration, connect food businesses with donation pathways, and increase the amount of surplus edible food redirected to people in need instead of landfill.
We work alongside our official project partners and the wider sector to support a more coordinated and effective food relief system for the Illawarra.
