Thank you, Melbourne!!!

Big thanks to Allison from Burwood who donated a box of citrus fruit to the ASRC via the St. Kilda drop off point. Bless and Opa!!

Big thanks to Beverley from Malvern who donated one box of Grapefruit to the Now and Not Yet Cafe Warrandyte - giving Tamil refugees a lift up! Bless and Opa!

Big thanks to Kath from Research who donated two big boxes of Limes to the Now and Not Yet Cafe Warrandyte - giving Tamil refugees a lift up! Bless and Opa!

Home grown fruit and veggies were dropped off at the ASRC on Sunday June 3. The refugees benefited from herbs in pots, seeds and other back yard bliss.

Bless and Opa!

THANK YOU SO MUCH MELBOURNE!!!

Anyone may continue to drop off winter citrus.

Details here:
STREAT
Tastes Good. Does Good.
66 Cromwell Street,
Collingwood, VIC 3066
Monday - Sunday 8.00am till 3.00pm
(03) 9629 4222
www.streat.com.au
STREAT is a social enterprise designed to assist homeless youth in Melbourne.

Asylum Seekers Resource Centre Foodbank
Level 1,
214 - 218 Nicholson
Footscray VIC 3011
Monday to Friday
10.00 am - 5.00 pm.
t: 03 9326 6066
e:admin@asrc.org.au
Food seeds also welcomed!

Helping Hands Mission
492 Fullarton Road
Airport West 3042
Monday to Friday
10.00 am - 4.00 pm

Now and Not Yet Cafe
Assisting Asylum Seekers
a. 148 Yarra St
Warrandyte VIC 3113
t. 03 9844 0994
Monday to Sunday
8.00 am - 3.00 pm
w. nowandnotyet.com.au

DIVRS
285 – 287 High Street
Preston VIC 3072
Ph 03 9480 8207
Monday- Thursday
9.30 am – 2:30 pm
www.divrs.org.au

ASRC Harvest of Hope

The Asylum Seekers Resource Centre has successfully secured land and volunteers for farming. Currently preparing for spring, the community would like GREEN OKRA. Can you help? Seeds can be sent to:
HARVEST OF HOPE
Asylum Seekers Resource Centre Foodbank
Level 1, 214 - 218 Nicholson Street, Footscray VIC 3011

Choir of Hard Knocks

Dr. Jonathon Welch AM, will lead a wonderful performance at Deakin Edge Federation Square on Sunday August 5 at 3.00 pm. Professional musicians will join 'The Choir of Hard Knocks' to perform 'Street Requiem' to commemorate those homeless people who have lost their lives to the elements or crime while living on the streets. Let's fill the hall to overflowing! TICKETS HERE

Aims and objectives

Tiny Trowel aims to harness the power and generosity of the wider community - 'The Crowd' - through:

1. Crowd Harvests - providing avenues through which home produce gardeners might donate fresh fruit, herbs and vegetables to food relief providers

2. Crowd Sharing- developing faith community projects to cultivate their land, enriching their food relief programs

3. Crowd Farming - inviting the community to donate food plants to farm public land

4. Crowd Talks - talks to community members to explore ways to raise their own home produce gardens

Compelled to Action

The ABS provides overwhelming data on Australia's homelessness issues, and connected to this is food insecurity.

Food Relief Providers are reporting that the increasing numbers of those presenting for assistance is increasing to the point where they can no longer meet the need.

On Census night 2011 there were 105,237 people experiencing homelessness, with 45,813 or 44% of these women. Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census Data (2011)

Domestic and family violence/Homelessness/Food Insecurity

Women are more likely to be victims of domestic and family violence, and because of this threat to their safety women (and children) are forced, or make decisions to leave their home. Over a third of women over the age of 15 have experienced physical, psychological and/or sexual violence at the hands of a current or former partner. Mouzos & Makkai, 2004,International Violence Against Women Survey

Domestic and family violence is the number one reason why people present to specialist homeless services, with 55% of female clients citing this reason and a total of 25% of all clients.www.homelessnessaustralia.org.au

Call to Action