Locations
Queensland
Since July 2011 SecondBite has had an active presence in Queensland and in August we collected and redistributed 2.5 tonnes of surplus food to local community food programs. Our goal is to collect and redistribute surplus food, and collaborate with like minded organisations as we focus on reducing food waste and providing access to fresh fruit and vegetables for the most vulnerable in the Queensland community.
Our feasibility study last year highlighted 49 community food programs are in need of a SecondBite service in Brisbane alone, and many more will be reached via our award winning SecondBite Community Connect model.
We have received funding to support both our Brisbane operation and SecondBite Community Connect for Queensland communities, and are enthusiastically recruiting an Operations Manager for the state. Our warehouse base for Brisbane is nearly in place and SecondBite Community Connect is already rolling!
Look out for the SecondBite vans buzzing around the streets of Brisbane as we continue to expand our community support nationally. With the SecondBite Community Connect model, we will be providing regional communities access to fresh surplus food, and with the release of Coles Community Food with SecondBite, if a community food program is located near a Coles store, we can enable access to surplus fresh produce from that store.
If you are operating a community food program in QLD and looking for food, please click here
If you are a potential food donor looking to donate please click here
Tasmania
In April 2008, SecondBite began talks with the Tasmanian Government regarding the introduction of a Good Samaritan Act to allow food businesses to donate quality produce to not-for-profit community groups free from common law liability. Tasmania was one of only two states in Australia not to have an Act of this type. In June of that year, the Premier David Bartlett tabled the legislation and the Civil Liability Amendment Bill 2008 was passed. Mr. Bartlett also announced a grant to allow SecondBite to start distributing food around the state.
Tasmania is powering forward thanks to the dedication of the Tassie team, our wonderful volunteers and supporters. In January 2010 SecondBite Tasmania distributed 3812 kgs of surplus food to its then 36 recipient agencies for people in need. Throughout 2010 the operations expanded in many ways, especially with food procurement. SecondBite Tasmania has been able to secure a very welcomed upturn in quality and quantity of food donated from not only supermarkets, but from an array of distributors. This flow in quantity of food enabled an increase in the growth base of 36 recipients to 55 recipient agencies and in the month of January 2011 alone, we collected and redistributed a total of 10,746 kgs to community food programs.
Some recent highlights include:
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Our partnerships with CostaLogistics, SRT, Hazell Brothers and primary producers like Harvest Moon. These partnerships have created a formidable logistics model to enable the efficient distribution of surplus fresh food throughout Tasmania. So far, in 2011, 30,830kgs has been redistributed
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SecondBite prides itself on doing so much more than just redistributing fresh food. In Tasmania, SecondBite is collaborating with a number of recipient agencies to enhance existing food programs, develop new programs and to provide the logistics to enable the efficient redistribution of food to Emergency Food Relief (EFR) services and Community Food Programs. SecondBite is collaborating with frontline welfare agency Anglicare and Youth Health South (a service run by the Department of Health and Human Services) to deliver the Food Angels program. The program pairs weekly food deliveries to families experiencing food insecurity, with education about the food via facilitators who encourage the participants to cook and prepare their own meals with the ingredients supplied by SecondBite. The first program of its kind in Tasmania, Food Angels commenced in March 2011
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Volunteer support has been provided by various Rotary Clubs, (founding partners in Tasmania), Lions Clubs and a regular band of volunteers from the community. Without the support of volunteers, SecondBite would not be able to provide the current quantities of food to over 55 programs across the sector
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The monthly average for food moved has increased by 100% from 2010 to 2011
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VITO van donated by the ANZ Trustees (The Dyson Bequest)
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Welcome to Phil Capon, the Advisory Committee Member
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Pat attended the National Food Summit April 5/6th 2011 in which Professor David Adams the Tasmanian Social Inclusion Commissioner presented.
SecondBite has given us the ability to supply food to much needed families in the Community which was not an option before the introduction of SecondBite
Anthony Stoyles, Rokeby Neighbourhood Centre, Tasmania
For more information on Tasmania, please visit the media room.
SecondBite Tasmania – Advisory Committee Members
Phil Capon
A strong supporter of the industry in Tasmania, Phil has been self employed since 1979 and has conducted one of Hobart’s most popular restaurants the Ball and Chain since 1989. Phil was a founding member of the Tasmanian Restaurant and Catering Association with the late George Mure and Geoff Copping in the late eighties. Phil is the current President of the Association.
Heather Chong
Heather is the Chief Executive Officer of Qew Orchards, a family-owned/operated apricot orchard located near Richmond. In 2003, Heather was named the Telstra Tasmanian Business Woman of the Year and also won the Tasmanian Westpac Group Business Owner Award. Heather is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, a Director of the Rivers and Waters Supply Commission, an Advisory Board member of the Tasmanian Institute of Agricultural Research, and Australian Women in Agriculture, and also Vice-Chair of the Royal Hobart Hospital Research Foundation. She is an alderman with Clarence City Council and is an active member of the Rotary Club of Hobart.
John Ramsay
John is a lawyer with over 20 years experience as a Chief Executive in the Tasmanian Government. He was Secretary of the Tasmanian Department of Health and Human Services from 1999 to 2005, after heading the Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment, and the Department of Justice. Since he left the public sector in 2005, part of his consulting practice has been in health-related areas, including work for the Australian Health Minister’s Advisory Council and the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care and in environment and natural resources, working for the Tasmanian and Commonwealth Governments. John is the current Chairman of Tasmania’s Environment Protection Authority (EPA).
Charles Cook
Charles has been very actively involved in Rotary’s support of SecondBite Tasmania since 2008. He is a member and Past President of the Rotary Club of Sandy Bay. Charles established Uniform City as a start-up business 21 years ago and continues as its owner and manager. He has had a long involvement with the St Vincent de Paul Society, during which time he was Secretary of St Vincent de Paul, Kingston. Charles holds a Bachelor of Business Degree and taught for over 20 years at the University of Tasmania and TAFE.
Kevin Todeschini
Kevin has been involved in the food industry for the past 30 years, from apprentice baker to Lead Food Safety Auditor. Kevin operated a successful small business and later held the position of Operations Manager for National Pies Tasmania. Kevin became involved in SecondBite as a volunteer through Business Mentor Services Tasmania. He is currently coordinating and delivering food-safety training to SecondBite staff. He comes to SecondBite offering skills in Safe Food Handling, Food Security, Work-Place Training and practical Business Management.
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