Gisborne Foodbank

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The Gisborne Foodbank is open on Wednesdays and Fridays from 10am to 3pm and by appointment.

We are a not-for-profit incorporated association that provides food and basic household items to those in need in our community.

04/09/2026

📣 We're looking for volunteers!

The Gisborne Foodbank has two exciting volunteer positions available from October, and we'd love to hear from you.

1. Treasurer
Help us keep our finances in order. No accounting qualifications needed, just a love of numbers and a little bit of your time. This role is approximately 2 hours per week with a committee meeting every 2 months. The role can be done remotely.

2. Marketing Manager
Got a knack for social media? This role involves managing our website, social media and yearly fundraising drive. Basic knowledge of Squarespace, Facebook and Canva is all you need. Approximately 1–2 hours per week with a committee meeting every 2 months. This role can also be done remotely.

Both roles are a wonderful way to give back to your local community, and can be done around work or family commitments.

Interested or want to know more? Send us a DM or email us directly. We'd love to hear from you!

02/09/2026

A massive shoutout to the Year 8 students at

These incredible young people have been putting their cooking skills to great use, preparing home cooked meals for families supported by the Gisborne Foodbank. It is a wonderfully thoughtful and generous effort. We are so grateful for your time, your energy and your kind hearts.

Thank you also to Frank and Country Gourmet Butcher in Gisborne for donating the meat for the meals.

Pictured here are the students with Jen, our Operations Manager and Wally, our local schools liaison ❤

31/08/2026

A huge thank you to Bungeeltap Pastoral for their generous donation of beautiful locally grown lamb from their Macedon Ranges farm at Bolobek.

Fresh, quality produce like this makes such a difference to the families we support, and we are so grateful for the generosity of local producers in our community.

Thank you Bungeeltap Pastoral, this is community spirit at its best!

23/08/2026

Thank you to the Freemasons Foundation Victoria!

On 13th August, our President Tony attended a presentation at Gisborne Lodge No. 298, and what an evening it turned out to be.

Gisborne Lodge, assisted by Trentham Lodge, had raised $3,900 for the Foodbank and secured a further $10,000 grant from the Freemasons Foundation Victoria on our behalf. But the night had one more surprise in store with the Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of Victoria, M.W.Bro. Peter Henshall, pledged an additional $6,100, bringing the total donation to an incredible $20,000.

We are deeply grateful to everyone involved. This is genuinely life changing support for our community.

The Freemasons Foundation Victoria is the charitable arm of Victorian Freemasonry, with a long and proud history of giving back to the community. Their objective is to build a stronger and healthier Victoria by supporting organisations engaged in health and medical research, disaster and emergency relief, social justice, Indigenous programs and education.

Pictured (L-R): W.Bro. Geoff Graham (Past Master, Trentham Lodge), Tony Woodgate (President, Gisborne Foodbank), M.W.Bro. Peter Henshall (Grand Master, United Grand Lodge Victoria) and W.Bro. Lt.Col. Peter Crosby (Master, Gisborne Lodge).

21/08/2026

We are always grateful for pantry donations from our wonderful local community.

If you have any non-perishable items to spare this week, please consider dropping them to us at our drop off points around Gisborne. The most popular are at Foodworks and Coles but we also have drop bins at the Library, Liberty Health, Inform Osteopath, Intereach, Bendigo Bank and St Paul’s Op Shop.

Thank you Gisborne! It is the ongoing generosity of people in our community that allows us to keep doing what we do.

19/08/2026

🌟 Four years and going strong! have just wrapped up their annual donation drive for the Gisborne Foodbank, and what a result, a ute load of donations weighing in at an impressive 135kg.

This is the fourth consecutive year Willowbank have supported us and it means the world to our team and to the families we serve. Thank you to the entire Willowbank community. And a special thank you to Erin for organising and facilitating the drive once again. You are a credit to our community ❤️

16/08/2026

We'd like to thank .sothebysrealty for their generious support.

On 31st July, Melbourne Sotheby's International Realty hosted their inaugural 'Macedon Ranges After Dark' event at the stunning Mt. Towrong Vineyard and the Gisborne Community Care Foodbank was proud to be the chosen cause for this event.

The event raised over $1,400 for our foodbank, and has even sparked interest from potential new volunteers in the area 🙌

Pictured is our President Tony with Sean Parker (left) and Sam Johnson (right) from Melbourne Sotheby's International Realty. Thank you to everyone who attended and gave so generously.

This is the first in a year long series of events supporting local causes ❤️

14/08/2026

A little goes a long way. We are in need of pantry donations to keep our shelves stocked for local families. A few items we ar elow on this week inlcude Milo, cereals, cake mix and conditioner.

If you have any non-perishable items to spare, we would love to receive them in our drop boxes around Gisborne.

Thank you! 🙏

12/08/2026

We'd like to say a huge thank you for a wonderful act of kindness from the Presbyterian Ladies Craft Group. They have delivered a huge bag of beautiful handmade quilts to the Gisborne Foodbank, ready to be distributed to those who need them.

The time and effort that goes into making each one is greatly appreciated 💛

07/08/2026

Weekend shoppers, we need you! 🙌

If you're heading out this weekend, why not grab an extra pantry item or two and drop it at one of the Gisborne Foodbank drop locations? It takes just a moment at the checkout but makes a world of difference to someone in our local community.

Thank you Gisborne, you never let us down ❤️

Address

Gisborne Uniting Church (entrance To The Foodbank Interstate At The Rear Of The Church Via Heritage Way)
Gisborne, VIC
3437

Telephone

+61492850520

Website

https://www.gisbornefoodbank.org.au/

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