Mission & Vision

C Care’s mission is to connect our community through food and friendship. We aim to provide for our recipients, addressing the absence of two basic human needs, food security and social inclusion.

Food insecurity is categorised as:

Due to financial constraints, one or more people in a household is/are:

  • Completely skipping meals they would usually eat
  • Cutting down on the size of meals to make the food go further
  • Skipping protein (meat or other) based on meals they would usually eat
  • Having gone the whole week without eating fresh fruit and/or vegetables they would usually eat
A woman holding a box of fruit and veg
Woman helping elderly lady to walk in park

Social isolation is categorised as:

A person experiencing one or more of the following:

  • Feeling lonely all or most of the time
  • May have not seen or spoken to anyone in the past week, or longer
  • Have no friends and/or family to support them with human warmth and care
  • May not have left their home in the past week, or longer, and had no human contact at all

The History of C Care

Man in red cap with a thumbs up

Sept 2011

C Care is founded in a home kitchen, supporting 25 people per week.

Man wearing a hairnet volunteering in kitchen

June 2013

Relocated to the Yeshiva kitchen, supporting 50 people per week.

Group of people volunteering

June 2015

Introduction to the Pantry Program: empowering recipients to cook independently and improve nutrition with shelf-stable foods.

C Care staff member cooking in the kitchen

Dec 2019

Outgrows Yeshiva kitchen and moves to Bath St, supporting 250 people per week.

A man and a woman holding donation bags

March 2020

C Care experiences rapid growth during the COVID pandemic.

Woman folding box in half

Feb 2022

Expanded operations to the Emmy Monash Pantry Space.

Three women hugging

Nov 2024

Outgrows Bath St and Emmy, secures new premises, supporting 2,500 people.

C Care staff standing round table

Late 2025

The future of C Care – relocation to a purpose-renovated facility in Pakington St.

Group of people volunteering

2026

The new era of C Care.

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Contact
16 Pakington Street
St Kilda 318203 9636 3321
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C Care acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the lands on which we work. We recognise their spiritual and cultural connection to country and we pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.