FREE EATING IN CANBERRA
| DAY | TIME | AGES | SUBURB - Bus from Civic | LOCATION | Service |
| Sunday | 10:30am - 12:45 | All ages | KALEEN | Christian City Church (Kaleen Community Centre, Georgina St, Kaleen (behind shops and near sports centre) ) | "Free food and music, actvities for toddlers, kids and young people" |
| 12pm - 3pm | All ages | CAMPELL (no.38, stand 8 or walk) | Blue Door Cafe, Ainslie Village, Quick Street, Campbell. | Hot meals (sandwiches, sometimes pies) | |
| 1.30pm-5pm | All ages | BELCONNEN (300 series stand 4) | Friends Free Soup Kitchen, Belconnen Bus Interchange, Chandler St Belconnen | Soup, some free clothing | |
| 4pm-6.30pm | All ages | CIVIC (walk) | (provided by several Masonic Lodges in rotation) Room 4, Griffin Centre, 19 Bunda St | Spaghetti Bolognese - Nice! | |
| 5pm | All ages | AINSLIE (No.38 stand 8 or walk) | Hare Krishna Temple, 44 Limestone Ave, Ainslie | Vegetarian Feast and religious service | |
| Monday | 12pm-1pm | under 25's only | CIVIC (walk) | Youth Cafe, Cooyong St Civic | Lunch |
| 1pm-2pm | all ages | AINSLIE (No.38 stand 8 or walk) | Blue Door Cafe, Ainslie Village, Quick Street, Campbell. | Sandwiches, sometimes pies | |
| 1.30pm-2.30pm | All ages | TURNER (walk) | Northbourne Community Centre | "Lunch" | |
| 4.30-6.30pm | All ages | CIVIC (walk) | (provided by Australian Red Cross) Room 4, Griffin Centre, 19 Bunda St | Hot Meal (Usu.sausages, chicken wings or pie, potatoes, salad) | |
| 4.30-5.30 pm | Under 25's only | BELCONNEN (300 series stand 4) | Belconnen Youth Centre, cnr Chandler and Swanson Streets Belconnen | "Hot Food" | |
| Tuesday | 9am - 12pm | All ages | AINSLIE (38 from stand 8 or walk) | Blue Door Cafe, Ainslie Village, Quick Street, Campbell. | Pie Day! |
| 2pm | All ages | CIVIC (walk) | 3rd floor, Ciry Walk Bldg, Gareema Place (grace Christian Fellowship) | "Tea and cake" | |
| 4.30pm - 6pm | All ages | CIVIC (walk) | (provided by Australian Red Cross) Room 4, Griffin Centre, 19 Bunda St | Hot Meal (Usu.sausages, chicken wings or pie, potatoes, salad). | |
| Wednesday | 9am-2pm | All ages | AINSLIE (38 from stand 8 or walk) | Blue Door Cafe, Ainslie Village, Quick Street, Campbell. | Soup day |
| 12pm-1pm | All ages | CIVIC (walk) | Community Centre, Block B, Govt Housing, thing St, Civic (in theory for residents of the housing blocks) |
Really good lunch. Free bread. | |
| 2pm | All ages | CIVIC (walk) | 3rd floor, Ciry Walk Bldg, Gareema Place (grace Christian Fellowship) | "Tea and cake" | |
| 5pm-6pm | All ages | CIVIC (walk) | 'Food for Life' (provided by Radha Krishna Temple) Room 4, Griffin Centre, 19 Bunda St |
vegetarian and natural | |
| Thursday | 9am-2pm | All ages | AINSLIE (38 from stand 8 or walk) | Blue Door Cafe, Ainslie Village, Quick Street, Campbell. | Pie day |
| 4.30pm - 6pm | All ages | CIVIC (walk) | (provided by Australian Red Cross) Room 4, Griffin Centre, 19 Bunda St | Hot Meal (Usu.sausages, chicken wings or pie, potatoes, salad). | |
| Friday | 9am-2pm | All ages | AINSLIE (38 from stand 8 or walk) | Blue Door Cafe, Ainslie Village, Quick Street, Campbell. | Soup day |
| 4.30-5.30 pm | Under 25's only | BELCONNEN (300 series stand 4) | Belconnen Youth Centre, cnr Chandler and Swanson Streets Belconnen | "Hot Food" | |
| 5.30pm | Under 25's only | WODEN | Woden Youth Centre, Callum St (Opposite Bus Interchange) | (no description) | |
| 6pm | Under 25's only | WANNIASA | Lanyon Youth Centre, Grattan Circuit, Waniassa | (no description) | |
| 5-9pm | All ages | CIVIC | Gareema Place Civic | see below | |
| 5.30pm-9pm | under 25's only | CIVIC (walk) | Youth Cafe, Cooyong St Civic | "Dinner" | |
| Saturday | 4.30pm - 6pm | All ages | CIVIC (walk) | (provided by Australian Red Cross) Room 4, Griffin Centre, 19 Bunda St | Hot Meal (Usu.sausages, chicken wings or pie, potatoes, salad). |
" if it is in quotation marks, the authors of this page have not personally verified the description
MAIN PLACES TO KNOW
GRIFFIN CENTRE Room 4. Just a short walk from the Civic Bus Interchange, a meal is provided every day except Friday by various organisations in rotation. The most popular days are Sunday for the Spaghetti Bolognese and Wednesday for vegetarian Hare Krishna food. Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays the food is provided by the Red Cross and I can't pretend much enthusiasm for it. The Red Cross also often has free bread or rolls, and sometimes spare pies to take away.
BLUE DOOR - The Blue Door Cafe at Ainslie Village is run by the Society
of St. Vincent de Paul. It is open most days from 9 am to about
2.30pm. Sandwiches are put out every so often during this time, and
mugs of soup. Some days a limited amount of hot food, or pies and
sausage rolls are provided.
There are board games, free tea and coffee, and some services such as
haircuts. There is often free bread.
FRIDAY EVENING AT GAREEMA PLACE - Funded by Rotary. This is from about 4.30 to about 7.30 or so on a Friday and it is a big social scene, as there is often free music and stuff in Gareema Place on a Friday night. They do fruit juice, various sticky cakes and donuts, big chunks of bread and cheese and soup. There are also giveaways: free bread (very varied, you even get pumpkin bread), containers of hommos and baba ganouj, some clothes, and other things as they are donated).
BIG PIG CAFE - This is the Youth Cafe in Cooyong St and it is pretty cool. Open various hours, but usually from say 12pm to 7pm. Free Internet Access, free printing, free tea and coffee, sometimes a bit of lunch or a meal in the evenings.
A NUMBER of churches and temples around the city do limited free food - maybe once a week, once a month, at Christmas, that sort of thing. Basically the only way to know about these is to talk to customers at the free food places listed above.