Campaign launched to support move to new hub

For over a decade C Care has been providing meals for those experiencing food insecurity or social isolation. Its support includes kosher cooked meals, fresh grocery hampers, pantry items, and social connections, thanks to its dedicated volunteers and generous donors.

The demand for support continues to grow as Australians face cost-of-living pressures and housing stress.

C Care recently launched its fundraising campaign “More Than a Meal” to raise $500,000 to help complete the fit-out of its new home on Pakington Street in St Kilda – a move that will allow the organisation to continue meeting rising demand for food relief and social connection across Melbourne.

The new Pakington Street hub will feature a commercial kitchen capable of producing thousands of meals each week, dedicated volunteer spaces for meal packing and grocery distribution, a pantry area with space for 66 pallets of goods, and a warm, community-oriented environment for outreach and engagement. The move is designed to significantly expand C Care’s capacity to serve the community and ensure its programs can continue to operate efficiently, safely and sustainably.

“Currently C Care supports more than 2500 people every week,” said CEO of C Care Rabbi Shlomo Nathanson. “Our new premises will allow us to prepare nourishing meals for 5000 people, twice as many as today, where community connections grow stronger, volunteers have space to give their best, and food support feels like belonging, not charity.”