About the guide
The guide provides information about food access programs, services and resources within the City of Melbourne and surrounding suburbs across the following categories:
The community food map has been created to support service providers and community members to access interactive online information about free and low-cost community food programs, food relief services and resources within the City of Melbourne and surrounding suburbs.
You can submit a request to have it listed in the guide.
Or, you can request to update or remove an existing listing in the guide.
Visit grants and sponsorships to find information about our community grants, social enterprise grants and the community meal subsidy program.
Ask Izzy
Ask Izzy connects people in need with housing, a meal, money help, health and wellbeing services, family violence support, counselling and much more.
If you are experiencing hardship directly due to the COVID-19 pandemic, you may be eligible for support from the Victorian Government.
Call the Victorian Government 24-hour COVID-19 hotline on 1800 675 398.
For more Victorian Government information visit the Department of Families, Fairness and Housing website.
Lifeline
24-hour Australia wide telephone counselling service.
Phone: 13 11 14 or visit Lifeline Australia.
Community Food Relief Plan 2021 -2025
This plan outlines our role in providing food relief to vulnerable members of our community and improving local food production by supporting communities to grow their own food.
Food Policy
The Food Policy provides an overarching vision and framework that will guide coordinated action and decision-making to improve our food system.
Council Plan 2021-2025
Municipal Health and Wellbeing Plan 2021-2025
Health and Wellbeing Profile 2020
Victorian Government Food Relief Taskforce
Victorian Government Health and Wellbeing Plan 2019-2023
The City of Melbourne respectfully acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land we govern, the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung and Bunurong / Boon Wurrung peoples of the Kulin and pays respect to their Elders past and present. We acknowledge and honour the unbroken spiritual, cultural and political connection they have maintained to this unique place for more than 2000 generations.
We accept the invitation in the Uluru Statement from the Heart and are committed to walking together to build a better future.