The Land of Topsy-Turvy
April 1, 2020
Ties between Bill Crews’ Exodus Foundation and Addi Road are being strengthened as the homeless reach out for help.
Tag: Poverty
White Crosses
March 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 Emergency Food Preparedness and Response Centre
March 27, 2020
Gumbramorra Hall has been re-purposed as a production and distribution centre, where our wonderful staff and volunteers are preparing emergency food hampers. These hampers will be given to NGOs and charity groups to deliver to their most vulnerable and isolated community members and to people who are unable to visit and shop at the Addi Road Food Pantry.
It took this virus to expose our meanest streak – the pitiful Newstart allowance
March 26, 2020
A report from behind the frontlines of unemployment and poverty in Australia, where Mark Mordue responds to a normal day at Addison Road Community Organisation’s Food Pantry.
Up Beat – Finding Our Food Pantry’s Rhythm
March 17, 2020
Mark’s been coming to Addi Road’s Food Pantry for a while now. Lately, he’s been noticing “all these new faces, and just loads more people. It’s obvious the need is getting bigger and bigger with everything that is going on.”
Our Community Needs Food – Please Donate Now!!!
March 13, 2020
The demand for affordable groceries is shooting through the roof. Addison Road Community Organisation’s FOOD PANTRY has seen a growth in customers of more than 20% every week for the last month. Food is a basic human right. Hunger is an injustice.
Addison Road Community Organisation Annual Report 2019
December 17, 2019
We are catalysing change in many areas… serving our community with our largest and most diverse programme delivery in five years.
Another Level – The truth about poverty in Australia
November 11, 2019
Political language being used in Australia indicates we blame individuals for their sudden distress and poverty.
ABC Drive Adelaide: Newstart and the Job Providers
October 17, 2019
“Listening to you and some of these callers there’s a sense of dehumanisation about these experiences that is difficult to comprehend if you haven’t been through it.”
The Hungry Country
October 13, 2019
“One in five Australians say they ran out of food at least once in the past year and were unable to buy more, according to a new Foodbank report, with food charities pointing to an alarming 22 per cent spike in people seeking emergency food supplies.”