Helping ACT

03/06/2026

HelpingACT JuneroCity
Annual Fund Raising Dinner 2026
6pm 16 June 2026
Taj Agra, Belconnen
Tickets are running out!
https://events.humanitix.com/junerocity2026
Sumptuous dinner at the reknowned Taj Agra Indian restaurant in Belconnen. Patrons will also be taken through HelpingACT's activities and achievements throughout the year and a chance to contribute to HelpingACT's ongoing efforts to help those in need throughout the ACT and beyond.

Donations to HelpingACT $2 and above are tax deductible.

HelpingACT was established in 2018 with the objective of providing benevolent support and relief without fear or favour to members of our community who are suffering from poverty, sickness, distress, destitution, misfortune, disability, or helplessness.

To learn more about HelpingACT visit www.helpingact.org
The HelpingACT Impact Report 2025-26 is available at
www.helpingact.org/about-us

27/05/2026

27/05/2026

Each month Helping ACT holds a community dinner at UnitingCare Kippax. Tonight I took my family along too - a great way to catch up with other families and see how things are going. Join Mohammed and his team next month!

18/05/2026

It’s National Volunteer Week with the 2026 theme: Your Year to Volunteer.

It's a chance to celebrate the incredible contribution volunteers make in communities across Australia, while also encouraging people to discover how volunteering can create connection, purpose, fun, and lasting positive change — in ways that work for them.

Helping Act, a growing street-level charity born in our own backyard, is a lifeline for the most vulnerable in our local community. As cost-of-living pressures bite, demand for food relief is soaring, but supply, especially of nutritious and culturally appropriate food, can’t keep up. This mismatch hits the ACT just as hard as anywhere else

HelpingACT steps into this gap with a unique approach which is increasingly valued by the community. Their work isn’t just about delivering food and other essential goods; it’s about creating moments of dignity and connection. Whether it’s personalised fresh and long-life food deliveries to families doing it tough, providing delicious Iftar meals for ANU students during Ramadan, stocking Companion House’s pantry for refugee families, delivering community meals and pantry supplies from its distinctive “Foodie” truck, or supplying a growing number of school breakfast clubs, HelpingACT’s food relief is as diverse as the people it serves.

HelpingACT could not carry out its mission without all our amazing volunteers who share their time to help others week in and week out.

If you’d like to make 2026 Your Year to Volunteer at HelpingACT, go to our webpage at www.helpingact.org to see how you can get involved.

12/05/2026

Last Saturday was very busy at food bank. Next Saturday will be even busier, as we have twenty families to pack for.

15 families requested food assistance during the week. So on Thursday our ‘Long Life Team’ gathered and made 15 long life food bags and labelled them.

On Saturday, the Fresh Food team plus other helpers gathered and made another 15 bags of fruits, vegetables and breakfast items.

We thank Ben, Frankie and Nick Fuller who came and helped with the fresh food packing. Each of these bags was matched with long life bags and tagged for delivery .

Those families who asked for meat were given chicken as well.

Three families turned up to collect food themselves; twelve hampers were home delivered on Saturday afternoon by our helpers

Many thanks to all helpers. It is you who make a difference 🙏

Let us keep the flame alive, the flame of love and care for all.

Mohammed Ali
Manar Ahmad
ABC Canberra
The Canberra Times

07/05/2026

HelpingACT’s next weekly Community Dinner is served tomorrow Friday 8th May 2026 at 6 PM.
Venue: Outside the Early Morning Centre,
69 Northbourne Ave
Civic.

All invited.
It is a free event, aimed at meeting and greeting each other.

Menu:
Chicken Curry with Rice
Lentils with rice (vegetarian)
sponsored by dosahut_canberra

Looking forward to seeing you.

Mohammed Ali
Manar Ahmad

04/05/2026

Saturday is our usual delivery day for food hampers but this week we were busy on Sunday as well.

As the cost-of-living rises, we usually make two extra food hampers on Saturday for emergencies. Not only were these extra hampers delivered to two families in need, but a third hamper had to be made and delivered urgently. All this is possible because of your support. Thank you all.

Monday was delivery day for Northside schools breakfast deliveries.

We delivered to Franklin Pry, Taylor Pry and Secondary, Strathnairn Pry and Gungahlin College.

We also added a ‘NEW School’ today to our list of schools in Canberra for providing breakfast to students. It was Turner Pry School. Thankful to Ruby, the Student Coordinator, who picked up food items from our Franklin Hub.

With the addition of Turner Primary we now have 10 schools and 2colleges where we are giving free breakfast to those students who are members of Breakfast Clubs or contact Student Coordinators.

Let us keep helping our own future as a community - Canberra Community.

Mohammed Ali
Manar Ahmad

01/05/2026

HelpingACT JuneroCity
Annual Fund Raising Dinner 2026
6pm 16 June 2026
Taj Agra, Belconnen
By ticket only:
https://events.humanitix.com/junerocity2026

Sumptuous dinner at the reknowned Taj Agra Indian restaurant in Belconnen. Patrons will also be taken through HelpingACT's activities and achievements throughout the year and a chance to contribute to HelpingACT's ongoing efforts to help those in need throughout the ACT and beyond.
Donations to HelpingACT $2 and above are tax deductible

HelpingACT was established in 2018 with the objective of providing benevolent support and relief without fear or favour to members of our community who are suffering from poverty, sickness, distress, destitution, misfortune, disability, or helplessness.
To learn more about HelpingACT visit www.helpingact.org

_HelpingACT is incorporated in the ACT as a not-for-profit association, Association Number: A06012, it's ABN is 28338109260 and is a registered charity with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC), the national regulator of charities._

27/04/2026

HelpingACT’s weekly community dinners have become increasingly popular events, providing an opportunity for all to meet and share food in a relaxed community setting.

Last Friday we hosted dinner at Kippax Uniting Church where around 90 guests attended, including some 15 kids.

All enjoyed Turkish Food from Lyneham Turkish Shop and Kingsleys chicken nuggets and awesome chips from Kingsleys Kippax. A crowd favourite was the delicious baklawa by Linda 🥰

A highlight for the kids was our helper Grace’s twisting balloons , which added to the festive atmosphere of the evening.

Thanks to ACT’s Deputy Chief Minister Yvette Berry for attending the event and helping serve the dinners.

HelpingACT is sincerely thankful to Commonwealth Bank Tuggeranong Branch for sponsoring the dinner.

We know that the rising cost of living is making life difficult. Our sponsors are making life a little easier. Thank you .

Special thanks to all volunteers who came along to help.

Mohammed Ali
Manar Ahmad
Basil La Brooy
Paulette Paterson