This week marked a decade of food sharing and community engagement, fostering mutual aid and connection. Despite rain, a shared table welcomed diverse individuals, enriched by a new partnership with the New Sydney Hotel for regular meals. Emphasizing community needs, the initiative promotes local decision-making and creativity through woodworking projects, embodying a growing, collaborative spirit.

This week reminded me that community is often built through the simplest things. Around the Shared Table, more international diners joined us, proving again that food can bridge cultural barriers in ways few other things can. Priscilla continued her quiet, faithful work through the bread run and community hampers, while Jutland Village showed the determination…

This week in Notes from the Field: saying goodbye to Betty after sharing songs for her funeral, surprising generosity while singing in Glenorchy, Food Not Bombs Hobart welcoming 30+ people for the sixth week in a row, an unexpected chef from Iran helping save the day, and new ideas emerging from the woodcraft workshop as…

New projects, new partnerships, and steady growth. This week we launched a clothing distribution initiative with No-Bux, continued supporting people experiencing homelessness, expanded Woodcraft Adventures Tasmania with new products, and strengthened our Jutland Village food distribution. Along the way there was music, mutual aid, and the ongoing challenge of turning good intentions into practical support.…

Another week of small things becoming something bigger. Food Not Bombs Hobart hosted its largest Shared Table in ten years, with new volunteers from Japan, Iran and around Hobart simply turning up and helping. Karen’s free shop continues to draw people together, the community pantry keeps growing, Jutland Village residents are organising food distribution through…