Recent News | Addison Road Community Organisation

15 May 2020

Retain the Rate

Addison Road Community Organisation has been working with ACOSS (Australian Council of Social Services) and the Inner West Raise The...

14 April 2020 / Featured

By the time the day is finished, over 150 Latin American students will have come here seeking emergency food hampers. Despite its name, United for Columbia is becoming a broad communication point for students from all over Latin America who suddenly find themselves adrift and in need here in Sydney.

10 April 2020 / Featured

The Belmore Connection

Thanks to Addi Road’s Outreach Co-ordinator, Dulce Munoz, we were able to make Good Friday a truly good day, delivering Addi Road’s food relief hampers to 18 families in the Belmore area – as well as helping the Islamic Women's Welfare Association to get food to its clients.

7 April 2020 / Featured

Making Hard Yards with the Swans

“I just love the vibe here. I’ve been coming down to Addi Road, packing emergency hampers for the last week... Anyone can help, whether you’re a professional or involved with a local club. That is why Craig Foster's #PlayForLives campaign is so great. It’s rallying all of us.” - Kieren Jack

7 April 2020 / Featured

Playing On – Craig Foster, #PlayForLives and Addi Road

A recent Sydney Morning Herald news article on how Craig Foster's #PlayForLives campaign is motivating volunteers from the sports community to make Addi Road's emergency food hampers.

3 April 2020 / Featured

Changing the Game – Addi Road, Craig Foster and food relief in Sydney

“If it wasn’t for Addi Road all the major NGOs and charity organisations we work with would have run out of food two weeks ago.” - Darcy Byrne, Mayor, Inner West Council

2 April 2020 / Featured

Life During Wartime

“The people I work with are already socially isolated. They can handle that, But they can’t handle the panic happening out there."

1 April 2020 / Featured

The Land of Topsy-Turvy

Ties between Bill Crews' Exodus Foundation and Addi Road are being strengthened as the homeless reach out for help.

31 March 2020 / Featured

White Crosses

Day ends at the Addison Road Community Organisation. Gurwinder starts to take the chairs from the road, leaving only the white crosses that now mark out the social distance needs of our times...

31 March 2020 / Featured

Feeding the People – Addi Road, Craig Foster and Anthony Albanese

After seeing our Emergency Food Preparedness and Response Centre, Anthony Albanese was moved to call Addi Road "the heart and soul of the electorate."