As COVID-19 cases surge in inner Sydney, local volunteers are stepping in to help. 

Most of the food is being donated via social enterprise Plate-it-Forward, which has already dished up more than 85,000 meals so far for dozens of vulnerable residents around Sydney’s Inner West. 

The group's co-founder, Coral Lever, is coordinating a team of about 80 volunteers and says the group's services are in high demand after several large Aboriginal organisations were forced to pause their support measures due to staff testing positive for COVID-19.