We are the Champions

We are the Champions

And the winner is …..   “BEST COMMUNITY GROUP – Addison Rd Community Centre”!   A big thanks to the City Hub Sydney monthly newspaper for completely surprising us with this accolade in their latest ‘Best of Sydney 2021’ issue out today.  ...
Control of the Game

Control of the Game

The playlist in the hall rocks along to Johnny Cash’s ‘Ring of Fire’ and Creedence Clearwater Revival’s ‘Down on the Corner’.  Someone must like their old classics. Volunteers packing hampers inside the Addi Road Food Relief Hub pick up on the musical tempo. They’re...
Reality on the Ground

Reality on the Ground

“I’ve been thinking how there are two sides to the pandemic,” says Rosanna Barbero, CEO for the Addison Road Community Organisation in Marrickville. “I know everyone is really scared this time. I’m actually a bit nervous, too. This bloody Delta strain is so...
Radio Skid Row says #RacismNOTWelcome

Radio Skid Row says #RacismNOTWelcome

Tune in below to Rosanna Barbero discussing the Inner West Multicultural Network’s #RacismNOTWelcome campaign with Colin Hesse of Radio Skid Row.   The first stage of this campaign has involved the erection of street signs in our local area saying...
Faces of Addi Road: Kate and Max

Faces of Addi Road: Kate and Max

Kate and Max have been coming to the Addi Road Food Pantry Marrickville “every week since it opened,” she says. Max looks up at his mum, a little sceptical about that claim. “I don’t remember coming when I was in kindy!”   Kate gives him a nudge. “No. That was on...