Addi Road

A small charity with a huge impact

Working with the community, we elevate human rights, arts & culture and sustainability.

We rescue food, fight hunger, and are leaders in the grassroots #RacismNotWelcome campaign with our Ambassador, Craig Foster.

We stand in solidarity with diverse communities in times of need.

Fighting hunger

Every week we divert over 8 tonnes of food from landfill and provide food to more than 8,000 people at our two Addi Road Food Pantries and Food Relief Hub. 

Hundreds of committed volunteers and generous donors make this possible.

The best way to help?

Donations are the lifeblood of our food relief efforts. We are not government funded.

All donations over $2 are tax-deductible. Addi Road Foundation (ABN 41 653 758 779) proudly supports Addi Road Community Organisation.

FOOD RELIEF

We believe access to safe, nutritious and culturally appropriate food is a human right. Our Addi Road Food Pantry helps anyone in need to stretch their budget, reduce food waste and put healthy food on their table.

WHAT’S ON

8-17 NOV: Public Schools Arts Festival

8-17 NOV: Public Schools Arts Festival

Addi Road Public Schools Arts Festival Opening night 5.30pm Friday 8 November Features collaborative student artworks in our Addi Road StirrUp Gallery + Performances by school rock bands, ensembles, drumming groups, choirs, dance groups, concert and jazz bands welcome...

21 NOV: Such A Resounding Silence – Sydney Screening

21 NOV: Such A Resounding Silence – Sydney Screening

Un Silence si Bruyant - Such a Resounding Silence With this documentary Emmanuelle Beart wishes to the lift the veil on incest Guest Speakers: Johanna Griggs AM Host of Better Homes and Gardens, Beyond Blue Director and No Laughing Matter podcast series Narrator...

23 NOV: Addi Road Writers’ Festival

23 NOV: Addi Road Writers’ Festival

Addi Road Writers' Festival 2024 Our theme is ‘Cost of Living’ for the 2024 Addi Road Writers’ Festival. Financial costs are just the start of what that phrase really means. To paraphrase Oscar Wilde, we increasingly know the price of everything and the value of...

Stories from the road

Love Is…

Love Is…

Each week Addi Road runs its Wednesday Night Lights to offer free sit-down meals with a host of wraparound services. We’re grateful to our partners and everyone who comes along to make the night what it is.

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Bringing the Community Together

Bringing the Community Together

Every month at Common Ground in Camperdown, Addi Road’s Food Pantry Cook-up brings the community together for a day filled with good food, warm company, and much-needed support.

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Home Spirit

Home Spirit

Each year on 17 September it is Australian Citizenship Day. Addi Road Community Organisation was honoured to welcome Tony Burke MP and over 200 people to take part in their citizenship ceremony in Sydney today – as well as celebrate the 75th anniversary of the ceremony as a vital part of Australian life.

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Programs & initiatives

SHOP

Ten Ordinary Men: The Anzacs of Addison Road

Ten Ordinary Men: The Anzacs of Addison Road

  $8 Shipping Australia-wide (up to 3 copies)This project is supported by the Australian Government’s Department of Veterans’ Affairs and Create NSW’s Cultural Grant Program, a devolved funding program administrated by the Royal Australian historical society on behalf...

FILM

Addi Road’s powerful film Die. Or Die Trying: Escaping the Taliban is the gripping and emotional experience of 15 young women from Kabul as the Taliban invade their city and seize power.

HISTORY

Addi Road is the birthplace of multiculturalism in Australia. In 1976 the site was handed over to the community, after almost 50 years as a army depot. In earlier years it was a market garden and brick-making site. Prior to 1852 it was a seasonal wetland on the edge of a forest cared for by the Gadigal people.

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