Making Connections

Making Connections

Wednesday Night Lights at Addi Road in Sydney’s Marrickville on a summer night with a little light rain, 12 February 2025…. free sit-down hot meals at tables for people who might appreciate something to eat and some friendly conversation too. A community gathering and...
Eaten Away

Eaten Away

When we lose control of our lives, failing to feed ourselves and our families is where we can feel the most pain, the greatest lack of agency and loss of pride. As cost-of-living pressures escalate and everything from rental hikes to mortgage pressures – as well as...
Let’s Get Cooking

Let’s Get Cooking

These chicken wings are freezing!” Andrew, a volunteer at our Addi Road Food Pantry Camperdown store, has his hands bowl-deep in a pile of at least a hundred wings. He’s wearing gloves but it makes little difference. It’s tough job, people laugh, but somebody’s...
Sharing the Light

Sharing the Light

  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.   The founder and chairperson of the Waterloo Public Housing Action Group...
The Door is Open

The Door is Open

Addi Road Food Pantry Marrickville is open again. It’s a warm, drizzly day in Sydney, one of those slow-down-even-if-you-want-to-go-fast days. Reflective time to take in the fact one year has passed and a new one is really here to stay a while.   What might that mean?...