Open the Vaults is the first music event of its kind in Sydney after a very hard year when so much has shut down and the arts and entertainment industries have been in crisis. It’s a calling-together of musical tribes and a celebration of community.
“It’s really inspiring to come here to Addi Road and feel there is so much hope in the community.” – Mo Bloomfield, Yudi Gunyi School
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian visited Addi Road on Friday 6th November 2020 to see our food security and food rescue work in action.
What do we make of ourselves in the time of Covid-19? What kind of face might we have behind our masks? What place does art and creativity play in our lives and how we handle ‘the new normal’?
“Right now I feel that the music of Brahms and this community [at Addi Road] break me free into some other feeling. I was here alone. This community help me. But it is about a lot more than food.”
“For me personally, I can see that it is not as bad as it could have been. I’m healthy; my friends are all well. I guess I am getting used to the new normal.”
Mayor Darcy Byrne’s announcement this morning that the Inner West Council “has decided to convert the Summer Hill depot into a reuse centre for non-government-organisations like Reverse Garbage and The Bower Reuse & Repair Centre” is welcome news for us all.
“I don’t want others to feel abandoned. Especially now that I am in a position of privilege, I can give back to others. I’ve finally worked out what I want to do and why I want to help people.”
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!”
