Foodbank Australia

Over 700 hampers for families in need! The team at ALDI Stores Australia got together to pack hampers full of delicious and nutritious staples for Foodbank. These hampers – all 710 packed on the day – will reach more than 70 charities and support more than 700 families in need. Just as the Foodbank Hunger Report 2025 reveals 3.5 million households are struggling to put food on the table, we couldn’t be more grateful for ALDI’s support. #FoodHamper #Foodrelief #EndHunger #Volunteering

One million meals thanks to the AMP Foundation 💜   As the Foodbank Hunger Report 2025 revealed one in three households experienced food insecurity in the past 12 months, our generous supporters have never been more important.   Our new CEO Kylea (Pronounced Kylie) Tink and General Manager of Partnerships Brendon Smyth met with AMP Foundation CEO Nicola Stokes and AMP Foundation Board Chair Alexis George to discuss the importance of the AMP Foundation's $500,000 donation.   Heading into a season that typically sees higher demand, this funding will help Foodbanks across the country prepare, respond and support individuals, families and communities doing it tough.   Thank you, AMP Foundation, for your commitment to helping change lives in Australia. #EndHunger #Creatingchange #FoodRelief #Foodbank

Our CEO, Kylea Tink has been in Canberra today, highlighting the concerning findings of the Foodbank Hunger Report 2025 to the Federal Government. Foodbank is calling on support for a Food Donation Tax Incentive and increased funding to help feed the 3.5 million households in Australia struggling to put a meal on the table. Read the report: https://lnkd.in/gYZacKmG #FoodbankHungerReport2025 #EndHunger #Advocacy

Hunger doesn’t discriminate. The Foodbank Hunger Report 2025, released today, reveals a growing food insecurity crisis across Australia and challenges the misconception that hunger only affects the unemployed or homeless. “Australians are doing everything right: working, budgeting, seeking help - yet still going hungry. This is a failure of policy, not people. We need coordinated, national action now.” said Foodbank Australia CEO, Kylea (Pronounced Kylie) Tink Among the report’s most alarming findings: » One in two (48%) of all renting households have experienced food insecurity in the past year. » Seven in ten (67%) of households that include someone with a disability or health issue have experienced food insecurity in the past 12 months, with three quarters of them in the severe category. » Nearly 7 in 10 (68%) single-parent households are now food insecure » One in five households earning $91,000 or more experienced food insecurity in the past 12 months. We’re calling on the Federal Government to act now to stop Australians from going hungry. 👉Read the Foodbank Hunger Report 2025: https://lnkd.in/gfQjPnie #HungerInAustralia #HungerCrisis #EndHunger #ZeroHunger

It's only been three days, but we have loved having our new CEO Kylea (Pronounced Kylie) Tink in the office this week after she officially started in her role on Monday. Already, Kylea has brought her incredible experience to the team and has hit the ground running to help fix what she believes is a “wholly fixable issue: hunger”. We’re so excited for this new chapter under Kylea’s leadership, as we continue working to ensure no one in Australia has to worry about where their next meal will come from. 💜 Join us in welcoming Kylea to the team! 👏 #FoodbankAustralia #WelcomeKylea #EndHunger #FoodRelief #TogetherWeCan

Another successful Woolworths Trade Show in the books! Every year, it is fantastic to meet up with so many of our generous partners at the event in Sydney. Having the opportunity to thank them for their contribution to Foodbank and look ahead to new ways to support Australians in need is priceless. To everyone who came over to our stall for a chat, or that we ran into while making the rounds, thank you for making this event such a great experience once again! Woolworths Group Costa PepsiCo Bega Group Fonterra Goodman Fielder George Weston Foods Inghams Group Limited Kimberly-Clark Kraft Heinz Lactalis Group Mars McCain Foods Nestlé Openway Food Co. Patties Food Group Perfection Fresh Australia Premier Fresh Australia Primo Brands Sanitarium Simplot Company SunRice Group Unilever Asahi Beverages General Mills Henkel Procter & Gamble

Over 11,000 meals for those in need! The annual Great Dolmio Cook Off has surpassed its target of cooking 10,000 meals of Dolmio Bolognese, with the final tally of 11,108 made possible thanks to the help of volunteers from Mars, Sodexo, Foodbank NSW & ACT and Foodbank Australia. Over the past week, these aspiring chefs have been hard at work in the kitchen creating delicious meals for thousands of families and individuals across the Central Coast. The meals will be distributed by Coast Shelter and will make a meaningful difference in the lives of those in need. Thank you to everyone involved, and bring on next year... can we beat our record?! #GreatDolmioCookOff #EndHunger #Foodbank #Foodcharity Andrew Borg Bill Heague Elliot Langley Erica Goldfinch

It’s Anti-Poverty Week, and the truth is hard to ignore. New research from ACOSS Australian Council of Social Service and UNSW has revealed that 1 in 7 people in Australia are living in poverty. That’s 3.7 million people struggling to get by, including 757,000 children. The report found that children are especially affected, with 1 in 6 now living in poverty. Behind every number is a person, a family, a community feeling the impact. At Foodbank, we see the faces behind these statistics every day. We work with our partners to make sure no one has to face hunger alone, but it’s clear there’s still so much more to do. This Anti-Poverty Week, let’s keep the conversation going and work together to create a future where everyone can thrive. 👉To read the report: https://lnkd.in/ggBCEjmd #AntiPovertyWeek #EndPoverty #FoodbankAustralia #FoodInsecurity #TogetherWeCan

We’re so excited to welcome Kylea (Pronounced Kylie) Tink as the new Chief Executive Officer at Foodbank Australia, joining the team on Monday 27th October. Kylea has an impressive professional track record spanning federal politics, commercial operations and the not-for-profit space. As the former Independent Member for North Sydney, Kylea was the first woman elected to represent the seat which, in March 2025, was abolished by the AEC as part of their boundary redistribution. At the time Kylea announced that, rather than contest another seat, she would retire from politics along with her community.   The former Managing Director for Edelman Australia, Kylea comes to Foodbank equipped with a deep knowledge of the not-for-profit sector having served as the in augural CEO of the McGrath Foundation where she played a pivotal role in conceiving and successfully establishing one of the most iconic sporting events in the world – the Sydney Pink Test. From there as the CEO for Camp Quality she turned her attention to working with those seeking to allow kids facing cancer to just be kids again.   “Over the years I have been fortunate to work with incredibly smart, committed and passionate people and organisations who have pulled together to address fundamentally and completely untenable systemic inequities in our society. The opportunity for me to join Foodbank Australia is a natural extension of that experience as it provides the opportunity to again work with dedicated and brave people to fix what is a wholly fixable issue - hunger.   “No one in Australia should ever have to worry about what they are going to either feed their families or eat themselves and its time we worked to bring that truth to reality.”   We’re all looking forward to Kylea’s vision, energy and leadership which will be crucial in building Foodbank’s continued success as Australia’s most trusted food relief organisation, driving systemic change and overseeing the growth of our flagship programs: Feeding Australian Kids, Supporting First Nations People, Foodbank in the Regions, Ensuring Emergency Preparedness and Response, Fuelling Healthy Eating and Fighting Food Loss and Waste.  

Food has the power to change lives when we come together. We’re proud to share this episode of the Food For Change podcast from The Global FoodBanking Network, featuring conversations with leading voices in hunger relief, food recovery, climate action and food policy.