OUR
KITCHEN

We welcome new volunteers to assist with cooking meals from home, serving meals at the kitchen and picking up donated food from various local businesses.

Tony’s Community Kitchen is a not-for-profit organisation and is the only out-of-hours service in Toowoomba that provides nutritious meals, a shower and laundry facilities, from 4.30-6.30pm, 365 days of the year.

Tony’s Community Kitchen is located at 174a James Street, Toowoomba.

We welcome donations of non-perishable foods and items such as toiletries, large black garbage bags and rubber gloves. You can drop your donations off at Tony’s Community Kitchen at 174a James Street between 3-5 pm on Monday, Wednesday, Saturday & Sunday. If you would prefer to donate money instead of goods, please know that every cent donated goes to keeping our doors open and providing support to those in need, as we are 100% staffed by volunteers. Donations over $2 are tax-deductible.

Men, women and children of all ages from all cultural backgrounds, that are homeless or at risk of homelessness and experiencing economic stress or social isolation. We look after people who have addictions, mental health issues, experiencing domestic violence and who do not fit the ‘system’. Please note that as we are 100% staffed by volunteers, every cent of donated money goes to keeping our doors open and providing support to those in need.

Cooks and handlers of food need to complete the free Food Safety Training course on the Toowoomba Regional Council website. This training is a Work Health & Safety requirement.

We welcome new volunteers to assist with cooking meals from home, serving meals at the kitchen and picking up donated food from various local businesses. We know that some people lead very busy lives, so if you would like to help out but are time poor, giving a donation also helps us to keep our doors open. All donations over $2 are tax deductible.

Your business can support Tony’s Community Kitchen by either donating food, organising a fundraiser or by making a monetary donation on a monthly basis or as a one-off contribution. Contact us to talk about how your business can help.

Yes! We welcome local community clubs to get involved. This might include cooking meals, making a monetary donation, or running a fundraiser, we are open to suggestions. Contact us to find out how your club can get involved.

Absolutely! We welcome school communities and the awareness that it brings to the issues surrounding homelessness and that they rely on the support of the community to survive on a daily basis. Your school can help us by cooking meals or by running a donation drive of non-perishable goods and toiletries for those people most in need. We are also open to any suggestions that your school community might have in how they can help. Please contact us to get your school involved.

We are 100% staffed by volunteers, which means that every cent donated goes to keeping our doors open and providing support to those in need.

From a young age, Anthony Hurle, or Tony as he prefers to be known has been helping people within the community. A Wilsonton boy growing up in a single-parent family, Tony loved his community and has been involved with the homeless and disadvantaged for many years. From a humble beginning, which started Tuesday and Thursday nights with BBQs at the Clewley Park facilities to now providing nutritious home-cooked meals 7 nights a week, 365 nights of the year. Tony’s Community Kitchen is open every night so the homeless and disadvantaged in our community don’t go without.

You can drop your donations off at Tony’s Community Kitchen at 174a James Street between 3-5 pm on Monday, Wednesday, Saturday & Sunday.