DID YOU KNOW Hunger Statistics Is a hidden problem 128 of Australians live below the poverty line Two million Australians will seek food relief at some point during the year Foodbank Queensland supports ID: 798131
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May 2015
rOTARY
Slide2WHO ARE WE AND WHAT WE DO
Slide3DID YOU KNOW
Hunger
Statistics
Is a hidden problem
12.8% of Australians live below the poverty lineTwo million Australians will seek food relief at some point during the yearFoodbank Queensland supports over 80,000 people every weekAlmost half of them are childrenIt is not just the homelessLow income families, who can’t makes ends meet, seek the most food relief
Slide4What is foodbank Queensland?
The largest food relief organisation in
Queensland
Partner of the food industry
Distribute food to
300 welfare agencies16 staff and over 80 volunteers2,000 sqm of warehouse spaceDistributed 11.86 million kgs of food = 43,300 meals per day
Slide5Fighting hunger requires large scale effort
Slide6Our national food and grocery donors
Slide7Our Queensland supporters
Slide8Some of the 300 Charities we support
Slide9We Also Support School breakfast programs Across Queensland
Feeding 180 schools locally
Foodbank provides support to establish
School runs the program
Foodbank provides core list of food items
Requires ongoing funding / productCritical for growing kids
Slide10What we’ve done so far
Slide11The challenge
Slide12Surplus is declining and the demand outweighs supply
Slide13Facing the challenge
What are we doing?
Food and product rescue
Key staples program
Food drives
Grain programFresh produce programMilk programMeat programDisaster relief
Slide14Food and product rescue – no waste
Capture all useable product – reduce waste
Short code
Surplus/excess stock
Deleted items
Packaging and labelling issuesOut of specification productFresh foods, groceries, personal products and household needsFrom the entire supply chainPrimary producersManufacturersRetailers/wholesalers/distributorsFrom all production facilities and warehouses
Slide15Food drives
Schools
Clubs
Corporates
Supermarkets
OfficesEssential itemsCereal and UHT milkBaked beans and spaghettiCanned vegetables, fruit, tunaSoupPasta and Pasta sauceRicePacket meals and noodlesSpreads (honey, vegemite)Fruit juice (UHT, tetra packs)Teabags and coffeeTeam Engagement opportunities
Slide16KEY STAPLES PROGRAM
Ensuring a regular supply of key staples
Cereal
Milk
Bread
Canned fruitRice & PastaPasta sauceTeabags
Soup
Baked Beans
Spaghetti
Packet meals
Canned veggies
Meat products
Manufacture donates production time
Input ingredients donated
Packaging donated
Transport donated
$ donations fund components that can’t be fully donated
Process
Slide17FRESH PRODUCE program
Direct relationship with growers, wholesalers and packing sheds – Contact us for collection details
Support of the Product Marketing Association (PMA)
Establishing sustainable supply solutions for staple items – potatoes, onions, pumpkin, carrots, cauliflower, cabbage, green leaf vegetables, apples, oranges, pears and bananas.
Foodbank will accept any / all usable Fruit & Vegetables
SurplusOut of specificationPackaged or bulkThis year Foodbank QLD will rescue and re-distribute over 8,000 tonnes of fresh fruit and vegetables
Delivering fresh fruit and vegetables
Slide18MILK program
Foodbank needs at least 2 million litres per year to meet demand
The Dairy industry united and have guaranteed to supply 1 million litres of fresh milk per year – regular, weekly deliveries
Program Partners
Bega Cheese
FonterraLion DairyMurray GoulbournParmalatWarrnambool Cheese & Butter
Supported by Brickwood Holdings (bottles) & Labelmakers (labels)
Murray Goulburn in partnership with TetraPak and Visy is also supplying an additional 700,000 litres of UHT milk per year
High priority for welfare agencies
Slide19Emergency relief
Floods, cyclones, bushfires
Centralised coordination of donations
Efficient supply chain of most needed items
Ability to mobilise and move product quickly to impacted areas
Food safety maintainedNational support in times of disaster
Slide20To sum up
Food insecurity is a hidden problem in Australia
There are never enough pallets of needed product in Foodbank warehouses
Demand is growing beyond supply
Huge support from the Australian Food Industry
Thank you for your support in the fight to end hunger in Australia
Slide21Key contact
KEN MCMILLAN
GENERAL
MANAGER
Foodbank Queensland Ltd179 Beverley St, MORNINGSIDE QLD 4170
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+61
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ken@foodbankqld.org.au
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