Hume Murray
Community Gardening
Collective
Albury Wodonga
Regional Food
Alliance
Local Solutions to Address
Food Insecurity
Kylie Gillison
Health Promotion Coordinator - Gateway Community Health
Albury Wodonga Regional
Food Security Network
[email protected]
Hume Murray
Community Gardening
Collective
Albury Wodonga
Regional Food
Alliance
Food Security:
The Albury-Wodonga Journey
 Vic Health “Food for All 2005-2010” project
 Wodonga Food Security Network 2005
 Albury Wodonga Regional Food Security Network formed in
2006
 Comprising approx. 30 organisations
 Established to facilitate & encourage an increase in local food
security through the support & implementation of community food
security programs
 Recently re-named to Albury Wodonga Regional Food Alliance
Hume Murray
Community Gardening
Collective
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Other community
groups
IMBY
Trudewind
Neighbourhood
House
Advocacy by
network agencies to
influence land use
zoning and policy
Albury Wodonga
Regional Food
Alliance
Urban Planning &
Agricultural Zones
Community
Gardens
Food for All
project
Garden
Management
committee
AWRFSNetwork
A group established to facilitate and encourage an increase in
household and community food security throughout the Upper Hume
region. The network aims to identify barriers to food security and
encourage and facilitate activities and projects to alleviate those
barriers. These projects will be managed by community groups and
organisations.
Auspiced by
Gateway
Community Cafes
& Kitchens
Steering Group
Subgroups eg
Volunteers,
Marketing, Food
Collection
Salvation Army
Cafe
FoodShare Project
Fruit & Veg
Markets
Hume Murray Food
Bowl
Warehouse
Volunteers
Storefronts
Ref: 2011 Hughes, F Beyond Emergency Food Relief
Lincoln Causeway
Neighbourhood
Centres
Low cost
breakfast and
lunch
program
Hume Murray
Community Gardening
Collective
Albury Wodonga
Regional Food
Alliance
2007 Community Indicators Victoria Survey asked respondents
“Have you run out of food in the last
12 months and could not afford to buy more?”
Surveyed approximately 24,000 Victorians involving 300 residents in all 79 local
government areas across Victoria
% of adult
population
Wodonga
Hume
Region
Victoria
8.3
7.3
6.0
http://www.communityindicators.net.au/lga_profiles
Hume Murray
Community Gardening
Collective
Albury Wodonga
Regional Food
Alliance
Who is affected by food
insecurity?
 Not only lower socio-economic families
 Families on medium – high incomes
 Single parents
 Seeing an increase in single men
 18-25 requests per day at UCW
Hume Murray
Community Gardening
Collective
Albury Wodonga
Regional Food
Alliance
Albury Wodonga Regional FoodShare
 Emergency relief agencies were operating independently
to provide food parcels to those in need
 Parcels had low nutritional value due to limited resources
 Evidence that food insecurity was growing
 FoodShare is a model that addresses the social
determinants of health as a long term approach, alongside
addressing the immediate issue of food insecurity
Hume Murray
Community Gardening
Collective
Albury Wodonga
Regional Food
Alliance
Albury Wodonga Regional
FoodShare Vision
Albury Wodonga Regional FoodShare provides a
sustainable and collaborative service to address
food insecurity among people experiencing
hardship.
Hume Murray
Community Gardening
Collective
Albury Wodonga
Regional Food
Alliance
Social Determinants of Health
Hume Murray
Community Gardening
Collective
Albury Wodonga
Regional Food
Alliance
Albury Wodonga Regional
FoodShare
Established 2011, now a not for profit,
public company limited by guarantee
Hume Murray
Community Gardening
Collective
Albury Wodonga
Regional Food
Alliance
Working in the Food System to
Address Obesity
AWRFSN:
FoodShare Project
Hume Murray Community Gardening Collective
Partnerships with key stakeholders
FoodBank Victoria and Gateway Community Health:
Street Harvest Program
Street Harvest for Young People Project
Hume Murray
Community Gardening
Collective
Albury Wodonga
Regional Food
Alliance
The Victorian
Prevention Community Model
 12 local government consortia
 Aims to improve people’s health where they live, work and play
 Using local partnerships and a specialised skilled team to address
healthy eating, physical activity, alcohol and smoking use
 Using a systems thinking approach
 Working within settings – schools, workplaces, communities
Hume Murray
Community Gardening
Collective
Albury Wodonga
Regional Food
Alliance
Wodonga Healthy Communities
Implementing the PCM at the Local Level
Healthy Food Connect
Mapping Food System
Identifying gaps
Looking at waste from “paddock to plate” – rescuing more produce
Addressing food security across the broader spectrum (Emergency food
relief, environment, sustainability, local producers, gardens)
 Working across the settings through policies and partnerships
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Hume Murray
Community Gardening
Collective
Albury Wodonga
Regional Food
Alliance
Kylie Gillison
Albury Wodonga Regional
Food Alliance
[email protected]
Ph: 02 6022 8888
Thank you!