Project Pantry

Community Food Support

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Burnie Brae initiative to support community members in need with essential grocery items.

Important update: Services will resume Thursday 6 March 2025

Eligibility for Project Pantry
Project Pantry is available to community members who hold a pension and/or concession, health care card. If you’re unsure about your eligibility or need more information, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us.

What’s Included?
Our grocery parcels typically include non-perishable items such as pasta, canned goods, long-life milk, tea, sauces, and some personal hygiene products (subject to availability). Please note, due to limited storage capacity, cold, frozen and fresh items may not be included or could be unavailable

Collection Days
Grocery parcels are available for collection fortnightly between 9am and 12pm on the following dates

  • Thursday 6 and 20 March
  • Thursday 3 and 17 April
  • Thursday 1, 15 and 29 May
  • Thursday 12 and 26 June
  • Thursday 10 and 24 July
  • Thursday 7 and 21 August

Collections are available at the Burnie Brae Pantry Shed, located at 60 Kuran St, Chermside. Please contact us to confirm your collection in advance.

Making Payment

Each grocery parcel costs $5. Payments can be made at Reception in the main centre. To book your parcel, call us at 3624 2110 (weekdays 8am - 4pm).

Service Updates 2025
To better serve our community, we are making updates to Project Pantry, including changes to eligibility and offerings. As a result, we will be delaying the reopening of Project Pantry to ensure these improvements are in place.

Services will now resume Thursday 6 March 2025.


We apologise for any inconvenience caused by this delay, but we are committed to providing a better service for everyone. If you need urgent food assistance before we reopen, here are some resources that can help:

Information current as of January 2025.

If you have any questions or need further assistance, don’t hesitate to contact us on 3624 2110, our office hours are weekdays from 8am to 4pm. We’re here to help!

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