Vinnies Soup Vans
Our Vinnies Soup Vans are located in metropolitan Melbourne and regional Victoria.
The service is run by dedicated volunteers, known as Vannies, who annually provide over 780,000+ meals to people in need. Our soup vans operate 365 days a year, rain, hail or shine!
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Vinnies Welfare Assistance
Open Monday–Friday, 10.00am–3.00pm, public holidays excluded. This service is staffed by volunteers.
Safesteps Family Crisis Response
Safesteps provide 24/7 specialist support services for anyone in Victoria who is experiencing or afraid of family violence.
Lifeline
Lifeline provides free, 24-hour telephone crisis support service for suicide prevention, mental health support and emotional assistance, not only via telephone but face-to-face and online.
Ask Izzy
Ask Izzy is a mobile website that connects people in need with housing, a meal, money help, health and wellbeing services, family violence support, counselling and much more.
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South Eastern Soup Van Hub open
The South Eastern Soup Van Hub located was officially opened on Friday 21 November 2025.
Meet Rick
Following his divorce and health issues Rick was alone and found himself living in an old caravan, 25 kilometres from the nearest town.
Meet Bec
Escaping from her violent home, Bec left and found herself living in her car. By chance she found food and support from our volunteers.
Meet Randa
Randa leads Reaching Out in the Inner West, a charity that serves around 500 people in central Footscray every Monday evening.