Box Hill Community Bakehouse

Box Hill Community Bakehouse Minimising food waste and supporting the community by providing free bread and other goods to the community at our weekly pick-ups.

Proudly supported by volunteers from the Box Hill Community & hosted by Box Hill Baptist Church.

29/05/2026

We have a mountain of food to give out tomorrow morning. Come between 7:30 and 8:30 am to fill up your bags.

22/05/2026

If you have a car and some time on a Friday morning, we would love to hear from you. We’re looking for a volunteer to pick up from Box Hill Coles and deliver to the Box Hill Community Bakehouse.

20/05/2026

And in another note …. If you are available on Friday mornings to collect a donation in Box Hill about 9amish each week, we would love to hear from you.

20/05/2026

Happy National Volunteer Week.

To those who volunteer with us, we want you to know how much we appreciate your time, effort and kindness. You are a wonderful group of people who are making a difference to our community. Heartfelt thanks to you all 🤩

24/04/2026

What a wonderful community moment at the opening of Coles Local Glen Iris!

Coles donated $1,000 to Box Hill Community Bakehouse and we were thrilled to be there for it.

As Lynne Dyer from Box Hill Community Bakery put it:
"We appreciate the support that Coles Local is giving to us in trying to meet the needs of those who struggle to make ends meet — and especially those who don't even have any ends to meet."

Pictured L to R: Isuru Peries (SecondBite), Lynne Dyer (Box Hill Community Bakehouse), James (Coles Local Glen Iris Store Manager), Cr Shima Ibuki, Deputy Mayor Boroondara.

24/04/2026

A heads up to all our clients. As tomorrow is Anzac Day, we will NOT open at our usual time of 7:30am. Instead, we WILL BE OPEN from 1pm to 2pm. There are also notices on the Barn door about this in English and Mandarin also.

29/03/2026

We have been lucky enough to partner with another supermarket. We need volunteers willing to collect their donations on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday mornings around 10:30am and drop it to The Barn in Box Hill. If you have some free time on one of these mornings and a car, we would love to hear from you. Please PM if you can help us in this way. The numbers of people needing food relief in the local area is climbing, we would value any time you can give in helping to collect food to distribute.

Could your community start your own Bakehouse?The Box Hill Community Bakehouse has grown so much over the past few years...
20/02/2026

Could your community start your own Bakehouse?

The Box Hill Community Bakehouse has grown so much over the past few years, but too much good food still goes to waste, while more and more people in our neighbourhoods are doing it tough.

Our new Bakehouse Network Project is helping local groups, organisations and residents explore how they could start their own small community bakehouse - turning rescued food into practical community support.

Even small projects make a big difference, and we can help with training, information and equipment!

If you’re curious about what’s involved, we'd love to hear from you. We’re also running two Information Sessions:

📍 Online: Friday 6 March, 10am (Microsoft Teams)
📍 In person: Saturday 7 March, 10am The Village Well , 5 Ellingworth Pde, Box Hill

Whether you’re a community group, local organisation, or just a resident with a big heart, we’d love to talk.

Register using the QR code on the flyer or contact Liesel:
[email protected] / 0400 791 477

Please share with anyone who might be interested!

29/01/2026

The UN has designated 2026 as the Year of Volunteers for Sustainable Development.

On behalf of the Box Hill Community Bakehouse, we thank and value our volunteers for their commitment to developing a more equitable and sustainable world.

Thank you too to volunteers in other places. Our world is a better place because of you.

09/01/2026

Special thanks today to our wonderful volunteer team - Patrick, Leah, Chelsea, Keith, Sarita, Stuart and Francois. Most of these people not only collected the donations in the extreme heat, but also unloaded and helped to sort more than 1000kgs of fresh produce 🥵🤩 When you come to collect the produce in The Barn on Thursdays and Saturdays,
please think of the wonderful team of volunteers who make it possible for the Bakehouse to operate. They are gold 💛

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3 Ellingworth Parade
Box Hill, VIC
3128

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Thursday 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Saturday 7:30am - 8:30am

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