Supporting communities across Australia

Supporting organisations that address food insecurity is a fundamental part of our approach to community support.

Through long-standing partnerships with SecondBite and Foodbank, we donate unsold edible food and non-perishable products from our supermarkets and distribution centres to support their food relief programs.

In FY26, we provided the equivalent of 40.1 million meals to SecondBite (336 million meals since 2011) and 833K meals to Foodbank (47 million meals since 2003).

Coles has partnered with childhood cancer support charity Redkite since 2013, raising more than $50 million to date. Our partnership has enabled Redkite to provide counselling services, financial assistance, information resources and education support to children with cancer and their families.

Funds raised by Coles over the past 11 years have also enabled Redkite to provide 500 Dare to Dream Scholarships of up to $5,000 to support young Australians affected by cancer to achieve their goals and ambitions.

Throughout FY26, $2.1 million was raised to support children with cancer and their families. This total includes Coles’ year-round 5c donation from all specially marked Coles brand bread, and more than $572,000 raised during the Go Red for Redkite campaign through donations on selected products, customer donations and team member fundraising.

Our national partnership with Coles Little Athletics, seeks to help the youngest members of the community connect and live healthy and happy lives.

Since 2017, our partnership with Little Athletics has provided more than $2.8 million in grants for sports and safety equipment to clubs and centres and donated more than 7.3 million bananas to encourage healthy eating.

Coles has supported Australian women’s charity Fitted for Work since 2022 to help empower vulnerable women and gender-diverse jobseekers, and to promote gender equality.

Fitted for Work helps women in Australia experiencing disadvantage to become work ready, gain secure employment, and experience success in their careers. Fitted for Work services include resumé support, interview preparation, job readiness programs and workshops, a personal outfitting service and post-employment mentorships.

Coles has raised over $2.3 million for the charity since the partnership began.

Coles has a long history of supporting local communities by raising and donating funds for disaster relief, as well as essential supplies to support emergency services and vulnerable communities.

In recent times, Coles and our customers have supported communities across Australia affected by bushfires, cyclones and floods.

In FY26, Coles supported EmergencyRedi Week, raising awareness of the importance of disaster preparedness. Coles also contributed $100,000 to the Australian Red Cross’ first-ever Giving Day, a matched-giving event that helped support people and communities facing crisis.

During the year, Coles stores and supply chain teams also provided support to communities impacted by natural disasters, including product donations to Foodbank and the Country Fire Authority during the bushfires in Victoria, and food and essential items for bushfire relief in WA.

As part of the Coles SecondBite 2025 Winter and Christmas Appeals, Coles team members helped pack 2,200 emergency food hampers for SecondBite. The hampers were distributed to communities across Australia affected by floods, bushfires and cyclones.

Coles is proud to be the Official Supermarket of the AFL and AFLW, investing in both men’s and women’s football from grassroots to the elite professional game, with a shared focus on healthy lifestyles.

As part of our AFL partnership. the Coles Healthy Kicks program continues to evolve and grow. The Coles Healthy Kicks program motivates children aged between 5 and 12 years to become more physically active, eat nutritious food and develop a healthy mind and body while having fun with others.

In 2025, the program was delivered to 94,730 children across Australia via clinics, camps, holiday programs and school curriculum.

In FY24, Coles announced our partnership with Football Australia’s MiniRoos, the official junior grassroots program of Australian football (soccer). The program, which attracted more than 260,000 children aged 4 to 12 of all abilities in 2023, aims to make a positive difference to families across Australia by keeping children active. More information on the Coles MiniRoos partnership can be found at www.coles.com.au/miniroos.

Coles has partnered with national children’s charity Hospitals United for Sick Kids since 2019 to support hospitals for children, foundations and paediatric services across Australia.

More than $2.9 million was raised in FY26, including a record $2.4 million through our annual in-store campaign, comprising of customer donations, team member fundraising, and 50 cent contributions from the purchase of more than 180 participating products.

Funds raised help Hospitals United for Sick Kids provide support for eight children’s hospitals, foundations and paediatric services across Australia, as well as helping to fund the latest research, therapies, programs and equipment to decrease the amount of time children are in hospital and away from the everyday comforts of family, friends and home.