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                    Community Food Guide

                    A person handing a box full of groceries to another person
                    Our Community Food Guide is a resource for community agencies or anyone in the community who needs information about how to access affordable, fresh and healthy food.

                    ​​​​​​​​​​​​​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:

                    • community meals, including free and low cost meals
                    • food banks, parcels and vouchers
                    • fresh food and groceries, including markets, food delivery and shopping support
                    • community gardens
                    • food education, including nutrition, cooking and growing classes.

                    Community food map

                    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.

                    Do you run a community food program in inner Melbourne?

                    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.

                    Interested in establishing a Community Food Program in the City of Melbourne?

                    Visit grants and sponsorships to find information about our community grants, social enterprise grants and the community meal subsidy program.

                    Support 

                    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.

                    Useful links

                    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

                    Health Projects Team

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