With food rescue we never really know what we will get from one day to the next. Our aim is to have the Market stocked with fresh, healthy produce such as fruit, veg and pantry staples.
OzHarvest Market Kensington
After three and a half years, our Kensington Market is closing its doors. You’ll still be able to receive quality produce from our OzHarvest Market Waterloo. Our last day in Kensington will be Wednesday, 23rd December 2020.
OzHarvest Market Kensington
After three and a half years, our Kensington Market is closing its doors. You’ll still be able to receive quality produce from our OzHarvest Market Waterloo. Our last day in Kensington will be Wednesday, 23rd December 2020.
Kensington Market Closure
The space for the OzHarvest Kensington Market was donated to OzHarvest in 2017 by TOGA Group, whilst the Development Application (DA) for the site was submitted. After three and a half years the DA for planning approval has been summited and the redevelopment of the site is due to commence in early 2021.
We thank Toga and all stakeholders for being such wonderful partners and giving OzHarvest the opportunity to serve our community with nourishing food.
The last open day will be Wednesday, 23rd December 2020. To celebrate our time together, we will be giving out special Christmas hampers & more!
To continue to support people in need, OzHarvest has opened the OzHarvest Market in Waterloo. Through a generous donation from the City of Sydney we were able to open our second OzHarvest market in July 2020 at 95 Wellington Street Waterloo. We’re planning for this to be open for at least the next two years to everyone and anyone, using our same model of “take what you need, give if you can”.
Fast facts
Since the market opened its doors on 13th March 2017, the market has:
- Served 132,600 customers
- Received 536,000 kgs of rescued food. That’s the equivalent of 1,608,000 meals!
- Received 13,000 cooked meals from the Cooked Meals Program
- Been powered by 23,000 volunteer hours – an average of 5.5 volunteers per day!
- Hosted four Eat.Shop.Chop’s that brought together a range of community support services
OzHarvest Market Kensington photos
Since 2017, the OzHarvest Market in Kensington has been so much more than food. The Market has been a place of conversations with wonderful volunteers offering comfort while people shop for what they need with dignity and respect. We are so grateful to the many volunteers, food donors, supporters and customers of the OzHarvest Market in Kensington.
OzHarvest Market FAQs
The space for the OzHarvest Kensington Market was donated to OzHarvest in 2017 by TOGA Group, whilst the Development Application (DA) for the site was submitted. After three and a half years the DA for planning approval has been summited and the redevelopment of the site is due to commence in early 2021.
We thank Toga and all stakeholders for being such wonderful partners and giving OzHarvest the opportunity to serve our community with nourishing food.
The last open day will be Wednesday 23rd December.
We invite you to shop at the OzHarvest Market at 95 Wellington Street Waterloo or visit OzHarvest’s Food Relief page to find the nearest food relief option in your area.
All the food that would normally go to Kensington with be redirected to help stock the Waterloo Market
The Waterloo Market has many bus routes running near it, such as the 303, 320 and 343. Redfern train station is 500m up the road and there is a public car park next to the shop.
