{"id":12159,"date":"2025-08-04T14:21:48","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T04:21:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.foodbank.org.au\/?post_type=state_tas&p=12159"},"modified":"2025-10-03T16:18:17","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T06:18:17","slug":"what-we-do","status":"publish","type":"state_tas","link":"https:\/\/www.foodbank.org.au\/tas\/what-we-do\/","title":{"rendered":"What we do"},"content":{"rendered":"

Getting food to Aussies<\/span>
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We’re here for the everyday Australians going without <\/h1>

We believe everyone should have access to healthy food. <\/h4> <\/div> <\/div>
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Who we help <\/h3> <\/div> <\/div>
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Charities <\/h2>

Foodbank distributes essential food and groceries to its network of more than 2,929 frontline charities nationally as well as through Foodbank Hubs in some states. <\/p><\/a>Learn more<\/a> <\/div> <\/div>

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Schools <\/h2>

Foodbank helps children by providing food for school breakfast clubs to 3,220 primary and secondary schools as well as lunch programs and holiday hampers in some states and territories <\/p><\/a>Learn more<\/a> <\/div> <\/div>

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Individuals <\/h2>

In some states and territories, Foodbank distributes food relief directly to individuals through Food Hubs. In other states we have pop up services or mobile hubs to help many individuals and families in metro and regional areas. <\/p><\/a>Learn more<\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/svg> <\/section>

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Manufacturers, Suppliers and Transport <\/h4>

We work with food and grocery manufacturing partners, their suppliers, and transport partners and providers to source and distribute essential key staples.\u00a0 <\/p>Learn more<\/a> <\/div> <\/div>

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Wholesalers and Retailers <\/h4>

We work with retailers and wholesalers to capture perfectly edible donations at the distribution centre level which are transported to Foodbank warehouses all over the country. <\/p>Learn more<\/a> <\/div> <\/div>

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Farmers and Growers <\/h4>

Australian farmers and growers are some of our most generous donors, donating their delicious, nutritious produce, often direct from the farm gate through a number of our programs. <\/p>Learn more<\/a>
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Natural Disaster Relief <\/h4>

We play a vital role in times of emergency and natural disasters such as fires, floods and cyclones. We provide essential supplies to support the work of first responders and emergency services. <\/p>Learn more<\/a>
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Advocacy <\/h4>

We want to give a voice to parliament to advocate fore those who are doing it tough. We want to make a difference to the lives of the million Aussies we provide food relief to. <\/p>Learn more<\/a>
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Research Reports <\/h4>

We can’t do what we do without knowing who we are helping, why and how we can do better. We work with independent research companies to produce credible data, relied on by industry, government, education services and our programs. <\/p>Learn more<\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/svg> <\/section>

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Nutrition <\/h4>

We believe everyone should have access to good quality and nutritious food. We work with the entire Australian food and grocery industry to source quality produce. Foodbank offers practical solutions to cooking healthy means on a budget. <\/p>
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Reducing Food Waste <\/h4>

Australia produces enough food to feed everyone three times over yet we waste 7.6 million tonnes of food each year. We continue to advocate the Federal Government to adopt a National Food Donation Tax Incentive. <\/p>

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Making Food <\/h4>

We can’t rely on our ‘surprise chain’ to fill our shelves with key staples so we work with the whole supply chain to produce every day essentials like pasta, pasta sauce and sausages with separate components all donated. <\/p>

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