The Belmore Connection

by Mark Mordue | Apr 10, 2020

Addison Road Community Organisation’s Mobile Food Pantry has been out at Belmore this morning, doing deliveries in the rain because of the enormous need for food in the area. This has been especially the case after the government failed to cover temporary visa holders...

Making Hard Yards with the Swans

by Mark Mordue | Apr 7, 2020

What does leadership mean anyway? It can rise up from the ground as much as something delivered from above. In the car park for the Addison Road Community Organisation two of the Sydney Swans finest, Nick Smith (left) and Kieren Jack, are standing around having a chat...

Playing On – Craig Foster, #PlayForLives and Addi Road

by Mark Mordue | Apr 7, 2020

The extract below comes from a recent Sydney Morning Herald news article. It focuses on Craig Foster’s #PlayForLives campaign, which is motivating volunteers from the sports community to become involved in helping their local charities at this critical time...

Life During Wartime

by Mark Mordue | Apr 2, 2020

Melissa Holmes works for Stepping Out in Leichhardt. “It basically involves helping survivors of childhood sexual abuse to live in the community.” She’s come down to Addi Road’s Emergency Food Preparedness and Response Centre in Marrickville to pick up hampers being...

White Crosses

by Mark Mordue | Mar 31, 2020

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. Addi Road’s Food Pantry works as a super low-cost supermarket for people in...