The beginning of COOK4CALD which was primarily driven by Ashvina’s idea of connecting young people with providing meals to families in COVID-19 lockdowns who could not go out to access food. We started with 15 meals and ended with 100+. The entire program was run in a tiny community kitchen with 2 stoves.

Based on the success of 2020, it became clear that food insecurity is a major concern within the South East, so how could we stop? We became an Incorporated Association and had access to grants to help us expand. We also won the Westfield Local Hero award for Fountain Gate which gave us $10,000 to fund our program.

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We officially became a nationally recognised charity under the ACNC. We started hitting a capacity of 200 meals per week and running fundraisers to raise money to purchase ingredients as prices for groceries were rising.

With the cost of living prices increasing, we made the decision to alternate our program with a vegetarian option one week, meat the next. We expanded our delivery zone to include more suburbs within the South East.

Sponors: The LOTE Agency, Soflo Studios, RIDDIM.

Our most successful program to date. Now that we have 5 years of experience under our belt, we have finally established the best process to ensure our meals are perfectly prepared and delivered to our community!
Sponsors: The LOTE Agency, Soflo Studios, Jahaira Jewellery.