HelpingACT

Last Saturday was very busy at #helpingact food bank. Next Saturday will be even busier, as we have twenty families to pack for. 15 families requested food assistance during the week. So on Thursday our ‘Long Life Team’ gathered and made 15 long life food bags and labelled them. On Saturday, the Fresh Food team plus other helpers gathered and made another 15 bags of fruits, vegetables and breakfast items. We thank Ben, Frankie and Nick Fuller who came and helped with the fresh food packing. Each of these bags was matched with long life bags and tagged for delivery . Those families who asked for meat were given chicken as well. Three families turned up to collect food themselves; twelve hampers were home delivered on Saturday afternoon by our helpers Many thanks to all helpers. It is you who make a difference 🙏 Let us keep the flame alive, the flame of love and care for all. Mohammed Ali Manar Ahmad ABC Canberra The Canberra Times #helpingact #canberra #foodsecurity

What a great night at this month’s @helpingact community dinner. Warm curries and friendship hitting the spot as the weather cools. Get involved or help out if you can /donate

HelpingACT’s next weekly Community Dinner is served tomorrow Friday 8th May 2026 at 6 PM. Venue: Outside the Early Morning Centre, 69 Northbourne Ave Civic. All invited. It is a free event, aimed at meeting and greeting each other. Menu: Chicken Curry with Rice Lentils with rice (vegetarian) sponsored by dosahut_canberra Looking forward to seeing you. Mohammed Ali Manar Ahmad #canberradaily #earlymorningcentre

Saturday is our usual delivery day for food hampers but this week we were busy on Sunday as well. As the cost-of-living rises, we usually make two extra food hampers on Saturday for emergencies. Not only were these extra hampers delivered to two families in need, but a third hamper had to be made and delivered urgently. All this is possible because of your support. Thank you all. Monday was delivery day for Northside schools breakfast deliveries. We delivered to Franklin Pry, Taylor Pry and Secondary, Strathnairn Pry and Gungahlin College. We also added a ‘NEW School’ today to our list of schools in Canberra for providing breakfast to students. It was Turner Pry School. Thankful to Ruby, the Student Coordinator, who picked up food items from our Franklin Hub. With the addition of Turner Primary we now have 10 schools and 2colleges where we are giving free breakfast to those students who are members of Breakfast Clubs or contact Student Coordinators. Let us keep helping our own future as a community - Canberra Community. Mohammed Ali Manar Ahmad #canberradaily #canberra #helpingact #schoolbreakfast #costofliving

HelpingACT JuneroCity *Annual Fund Raising Dinner 2026* 6pm 16 June 2026 Taj Agra, Belconnen By ticket only: /junerocity2026 Sumptuous dinner at the reknowned Taj Agra Indian restaurant in Belconnen. Patrons will also be taken through HelpingACT's activities and achievements throughout the year and a chance to contribute to HelpingACT's ongoing efforts to help those in need throughout the ACT and beyond. Donations to HelpingACT $2 and above are tax deductible HelpingACT was established in 2018 with the objective of providing benevolent support and relief without fear or favour to members of our community who are suffering from poverty, sickness, distress, destitution, misfortune, disability, or helplessness. To learn more about HelpingACT visit _HelpingACT is incorporated in the ACT as a not-for-profit association, Association Number: A06012, it's ABN is 28338109260 and is a registered charity with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC), the national regulator of charities._

HelpingACT’s weekly community dinners have become increasingly popular events, providing an opportunity for all to meet and share food in a relaxed community setting. Last Friday we hosted dinner at Kippax Uniting Church where around 90 guests attended, including some 15 kids. All enjoyed Turkish Food from Lyneham Turkish Shop and Kingsleys chicken nuggets and awesome chips from Kingsleys Kippax. A crowd favourite was the delicious baklawa by Linda 🥰 A highlight for the kids was our helper Grace’s twisting balloons , which added to the festive atmosphere of the evening. Thanks to ACT’s Deputy Chief Minister Yvette Berry for attending the event and helping serve the dinners. HelpingACT is sincerely thankful to Commonwealth Bank Tuggeranong Branch for sponsoring the dinner. We know that the rising cost of living is making life difficult. Our sponsors are making life a little easier. Thank you . Special thanks to all volunteers who came along to help. Mohammed Ali Manar Ahmad Basil La Brooy Paulette Paterson #canberra #kippaxunitingchurch #communitymeals

HelpingACT Trudie Repair/Replace Fundraising HelpingACT's long-time Mitsubish Triton ute workhorse known as “Trudie” has suffered a significant mechanical setback and needs the engine as well as the injectors replaced. Trudie is key to HelpingACT's service, delivering goods to those who need it as well as towing HelpingACT's Food Trailer (known as Foodie) around the region to provide hot meals for those doing without. So HelpingACT is raising funds to either repair or replace Trudie (whichever provides the best value for the funds). Please give what you can so that we can continue our food services for those who need our help. Donations can be made at this link: /donate Thank you for your generosity. #trudi #foodtruck #foodsecurity #community

Join us for a free 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐃𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫 hosted by the Kippax Uniting Community Centre in partnership with Helping ACT on 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝟐𝟒𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔. 🗓 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞: Friday, 24 April ⏰𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞: From 6pm onwards 📍𝐋𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 130 Hardwick Crescent, Holt, ACT, 2615 There’s no cost to attend, just good food, great company, and a chance to connect. Donations are appreciated but completely optional! 🌟

More than a third of those seeking food relief in Australia are doing so for the first time, new survey reveals. Click on this link for more: .au/news/2026-04-23/more-than-a-third-are-seeking-food-relief-for-the-first-time/106592284?utm_campaign=abc_news_web&utm_content=link&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_source=abc_news_web The OzHarvest report can be found at: /frontline-report-2026/ #foodsecurity #costofliving

Great to join friends this morning at the launch of ‘Canberra’s Cost of Living Crisis: voices from the front line’ by Nick Fuller. An incredibly timely book given we know things are going to get even tougher over the next period. Please have a read and think about how you can help: /voices

This newly published booklet presents a birds-eye view from Canberra’s community sector of the pressures on those struggling to make ends meet in today’s cost-of-living crisis. Those charities profiled here -from large national organisations to grass-roots, home grown food pantries- report increased demand on their services with inadequate resourcing to meet those demands. Click on this link to read: /file/d/1mqi6LP3qOVwlb9zgvQ3BL-hQ-Cf5wyet/view #costoflivingcrisis #canberra #foodsecurity

#HelpingACT started another chapter of collaboration yesterday as we joined hands with Woden Community Service for a monthly community dinner at the Hub - a space that fosters community connection, collaboration, and the delivery of essential services to the local community. 22 guests enjoyed Chinese cuisine with baklava for dessert. This number is sure to grow! Senior WCS staff attended including Leonie and Leanne as well as HrlpingACT volunteers Manar, Nida, Nick, Cory, Jagmeet Singh, Abderahman, Grace and Mijica. Thanks to all for volunteers. Jill Strickland must be congratulated for conceiving the idea which is now a part of the HelpingACT and WCS calendar. Our community dinners offer an opportunity for meeting other community members in a very friendly environment and eating with them. Please consider coming along to future dinners. Mohammed Ali Manar Ahmad #canberradaily #canberradailynews #wodenhub