Community Casseroles have been cooking as a community for the community since 2015. We run weekly community cook ups with rescued food, saving tonnes of food from landfill, and support our community with free home-cooked, home-delivered meals for anyone that needs them.   Since the beginning of the COVID pandamic, we have been able to distrubute over 20,000 meals throughout our local community, supported by our great team of volunteers.

At some point everyone finds themselves needing a community around them and for many, when crisis hits, they have few supports and community connections to hold them. This isolation can make hard times so much harder. So many people struggle alone and it can be very hard to reach out and make those community connections when you're already experiencing overwhelm and stress.

Community Casseroles home delivers meals to those in our community having a hard time. There is no qualification to access Community Casseroles, if you need a meal we will be there, with a week's worth of dinners and a shared understanding that everyone has hard times and we all deserve kindness and dignity.

Through our regular Community Cook Ups we offer another way for everyone, especially those isolated or lonely in our community, to find a support network and build friendships. Community Casseroles gives people a way to contribute meaningfully to their community even when living busy lives. Community meals means no one has to struggle alone and strong communities can grow.

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COVID Response Online Support Group

During the current COVID restrictions, we are able to offer both an in-person and online peer support group and practical support for women and children in the Dandenong Ranges and surrounding areas of outer eastern Melbourne.

Please Note: To register your interest in being involved in our DV peer support group, please fill out our online form here and you will be contacted for further information. All inquiries are treated with the utmost confidentiality. 

The Dandenong Ranges Domestic Violence Peer Support Group is facilitated peer-to-peer support group meets regularly, where women can share and make sense of their experiences, connect with and support each other, as well as receive ongoing parenting support.

This social group, which commenced in 2017, intentionally reconnects women often isolated by the impacts of domestic violence (DV) with each other and their local community. In this group we offer practical support such as pre-cooked meals and fresh food, whilst empowering them to develop secure attachments with their children, which provides an important buffer against intergenerational cycles of domestic violence. Crucially, this service is free of charge for women and their children and held in a supporting and safe environment.

The Yarra Ranges has the second highest rate of DV in Melbourne's eastern metropolitan region yet no DV-specific services exist locally. Women and their children require ongoing support far beyond the scope of crisis organisations. Complex trauma has long-term impacts on emotional and physical health, impeding the ability of women and their children to connect and flourish.

For more information or to register your interest, contact us via email at dvsupport@foothillscare.org.au

Since 2003, Foothills Community Care has partnered with Knox City Council for their citizenship ceremonies. We help welcome our new citizens during their celebration night by providing a delicious supper for them and their guests after their citizenship ceremony.

If you are interested in volunteering with us on these nights please go to our volunteers section.

Not currently running due to COVID 19 restrictions