The Combined Churches Caring Melton foodbank was set up in 1995 by 9 local Christian churches, in conjunction with Centrelink and the City of Melton, to address a growing need for food support in Melton.
In 2003 the Home Finance Program was introduced to help clients to deal with the complex issues of budgeting and effective communication with service providers. This program has been of great assistance to clients from whom we have heard make the comment that “this is the first time ever that I have had my bills under control!!” In addition, we are now offering our clients free counselling, Hope St services and will continue to refer our clients to other support services where required.
Our old Smith St premises had simply outgrown us and it was time to upgrade. In 2015, we moved into our brand new building on Coburns Rd with support from the Lutheran Church providing us with land.
In 2019, we helped over 14,000 people with more than 2,650 food parcels. Since our inception in 1995, we now support not just over 400 clients that the churches were supporting but we also field an additional 1900+ referrals annually from Centrelink, health services, schools, St. Vincent De Paul, Melton City Council and other support services from local and wider areas.