Addi Road Food Relief Hub is in full swing. Up on what used to be the stage of our now converted Gumbramorra Hall, a group of people are scooping rice into 600gm bags. The woman who seems to be in charge of the rice brigade calls out, “We just hit 500!” “Only...
Matthew is a volunteer here at Addi Road’s Food Relief Hub. He’s been working with us now for a year and a half, right from when “the whole COVID thing” first started to have an impact on Sydney back in March 2020. He takes a generous view of why he has kept returning...
It’s like family here, they say. That’s why Annerie, Kerrie and Robyn come and volunteer at the Addi Road Food Pantry every week. This sounds nice, of course. But why keep doing it at the height of another pandemic outbreak in Sydney? Their answers get more...
No one could doubt the psychological impact that Covid-19 has had on young people around the world, and it’s been no different in Australia, where youth mental health was already a serious concern well before the pandemic. According to Beyond Blue, over 75% of mental...
You want to use the word ‘dynamo’ when you see Sallianne McClelland in action. She seems to run on to the stage at Gumbramorra Hall in Marrickville like a gold medallist winning the race of a lifetime. She’s been asked to speak to the volunteers who are packing our...
