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A Stitch in Time

February 3, 2025

At the heart of our community is Carol, a dedicated volunteer whose passion for sustainability and helping others led to the creation of A Stitch in Time—a free mending program run through Addi Road. With a simple yet impactful mission, Carol provides anyone in the community with the opportunity to bring in clothing that needs minor alterations, mending, or patching, giving well-loved garments a second life instead of letting them end up in landfill.

Love Is…

October 19, 2024

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.

Sharing the Light

April 11, 2024

We’ve heard our friend Richard Weeks is not well at the moment as he takes a little time out to deal with an eye operation. It’s hard to imagine anything stopping him for long.

Home Made

January 30, 2024

The morning dogs are barking. By the Return and Earn machine in the carpark you can already hear the clink and clatter of glass and plastic bottles rescued by people making a few extra dollars to get them through the week. Vehicles are pulling in steadily; soon it will be full-on busy as the Marrickville Organic Food And Farmers Market gets underway at Addi Road in Marrickville…

Drawn to Rock

August 2, 2023

Audrey is the teenage force behind our Addi Rock youth music festival on September 16. Curated and run by a group of 16-year-olds the event will feature eighteen bands and solo artists. Audrey explains what inspired her to launch the event.

One Great Gift Deserves Another

June 28, 2023

Judy is a volunteer for the new Wednesday Night Lights shift at Addi Road Food Pantry. Working in tandem with the Street Side Medics service we are seeing a new kind of customer and many people in need.

Framing Our Future Together – Lighting the Way for Multicultural Australia

June 15, 2023

The Federal Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs, Andrew Giles MP, came to our Gumbramorra Hall to launch the Multicultural Framework Review, acknowledging Addi Road’s role as a birthplace to multiculturalism 5O years ago.

Restoration, Community, Unity

May 31, 2023

We answer inequality and social struggle, environmental concerns and cultural isolation with bread and ideas, with political lobbying and food relief work in tandem with film nights, artist gallery shows, and public events like the Addi Road Writers’ Festival.

Little Birds

May 6, 2023

Addi Road Food Pantry here in Marrickville is closing for another day. A barefoot schoolboy nearby, standing behind a tree, makes high calling sounds. “Is that a bird? Is that a bird?” a couple of women call out, as if they can’t see him.

May Day spirit

May 1, 2023

Today is May Day. Also known as Labour Day and Eight Hour Day. In Marrickville we will maintain just a little of the May Day spirit in a conversation between the novelist Alan Fyfe and the poets DG Lloyd and Magdalena Ball at our Addi Road Writers’ Festival.

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