Night Songs

Night Songs

‘Here Comes the Night’ sings out over the road out front of the Addi Road Food Pantry in Marrickville. A low-flying plane is coming in to land, adding to the Inner West soundtrack.   The old Them song is a 1960s classic, with Van Morrison’s voice exultant and oddly...
Food, Justice, Community

Food, Justice, Community

  We cannot thank Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore enough for this food relief initiative. And for the thinking behind it.   This is not simply a matter of charity or just feeding people. With rents smashing people’s quality of life and real-estate greed...
Waltzing Matilda

Waltzing Matilda

  Community can be a strange and unexpected thing. You can’t always advertise and promote or express it easily. Then something special happens – like last night – and everything about what we do and who we are comes together without us even trying.   We hope you...
Bread and Flowers

Bread and Flowers

One hour left till closing at the Addi Road Food Pantry. There’s just enough time to share some flowers. Two of our volunteers, Annerie and Ros, stand outside in a last splash of afternoon sunlight, making use of a bench to carve up a thick crop of purple succulents...
Swans and Addi Road Get Cooking

Swans and Addi Road Get Cooking

When AFL team the Sydney Swans swept into Marrickville West Primary School last week you can imagine the fuss and excitement. Working together in partnership with Addi Road, the Swans were all the more popular for offering us a big helping hand at the MWPS’ Breakfast...