The Helping Hand charity provides community support to enable elderly people in Hong Kong to enjoy a rich and dignified life. Since 1978, when it was founded as a community initiative to assist 100 elderly men living in abject conditions, Helping Hand has rehoused over 8,000 elderly people. In addition to ‘Care Homes’, ‘Housing for the Elderly’ units, a …Read More…
The NSW Governor has officially opened a new 6,500 m2 distribution centre (DC) for Foodbank NSW & ACT in Sydney. Superseding a smaller Wetherill Park warehouse, the new DC in Glendinning will enable a significant increase in storage of food and grocery items and throughput capacity to over 550 charitable organisations, which deliver these products …Read More…
Foodbank in Australia has just launched a new identity for the brand across the country. Devised by the advertising agency Havas (Sydney) the new branding will rollout over coming months, to distribution centres, vehicles, apparel and marketing collaterals. Havas also supplied an animated video which tells the Foodbank story simply and succinctly. Foodbank is the largest hunger …Read More…
A new responsive presence has just launched for Foodbank in Australia, a national network of non-denominational, non-profit, state and territory logistics suppliers, providing a warehousing and distribution conduit between food producers, manufacturers and retailers with surplus food and grocery items and the thousands of charities and community groups which feed hungry families and individuals across the country. Foodbank …Read More…
A new web presence has just launched for Foodbank Victoria, a state-wide logistics supplier, providing a warehousing and distribution conduit between the food producers, manufacturers and retailers and the hundreds of charities and community groups which feed hungry families and individuals across the state. Foodbank Victoria is part of Foodbank in Australia, the largest hunger relief organisation in …Read More…
While many of us celebrate the festive season, drought and fire are wreaking a devastating effect on some Australian farmers. Foodbank Queensland benefits from the largesse of primary producers and recognises an opportunity to reciprocate when times are tough. The ‘Buy a Bale’ campaign was established to raise much-needed funds for drought stricken graziers throughout Queensland. …Read More…
A Christmas song has been released to raise funds toward feeding the Australians who rely on food relief each year. At times like Christmas, we are reminded of the profound role food plays in our lives. It is an essential element in bringing families, friends and communities together to share and celebrate. It also counterpoints the …Read More…
In these economically harsh times, there is an unseen problem in Australia. It is the inability of the “working poor” to provide family members with 3 meals a day. Of the total food relief delivered by welfare agencies, 80% is going to families.* Australia also has many people for whom the cost of the next …Read More…
A new web presence has just launched for Foodbank New South Wales, a logistics supplier for hundreds of charities and community groups which feed hungry families and individuals throughout the state and the ACT. The original website strategy was conceived by advertising agency Euro RSCG (now Havas Worldwide), and the design was a result of a close collaboration with Digital …Read More…
One of the benefits of pro-bono work is the occasional social gathering at which supporters can meet. Today, representatives of companies which support Foodbank Australia, were invited to join the Governor-General of Australia and her husband at Admiralty House, Kirribilli for a formal presentation. Quentin Bryce, together with Mr Enzo Allara, Chairman of Foodbank Australia, presented …Read More…
