PARTICIPATING COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS
Please see below for the list of participating services. You can learn a little bit about them, and also how you can get involved and help them directly.
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Hope in a Suitcase
www.hopeinasuitcase.com.au
Hope in a Suitcase Australia is a non-profit organisation run by volunteers who are incredibly passionate about showing every child in the foster care system that they are loved and valued by their community.
They aim to do this by giving them a suitcase of their very own to ensure they have a safe and secure place in which to pack their belongings and take with them wherever their journey may lead.
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Jennys Place
www.jennysplace.org
Jenny’s Place is a not-for-profit community-based service established in Newcastle in 1977.
They provide direct relief and support to women and children who are experiencing domestic violence and/or homelessness or are at risk of homelessness.
They have an amazing and passionate team that is committed to keeping women and children in our community safe, housed and free from violence and help their clients break the cycle of violence and live secure lives.
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Meals on Wheels Charlestown
www.nswmealsonwheels.org.au
They provide nutritious meals, companionship and wellness checks.
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Soul Cafe
www.soulcafe.org.au
Soul Cafe provides hundreds of free sit down and take away meals each week to the disadvantaged in the Newcastle region.
Many of Soul Cafe’s guests are dealing with issues of homelessness, drug or alcohol addiction, crime or violence, poverty, separation, mental health or illness concerns and accommodation needs.
Soul Cafe’s desire is to do more than just serve a meal. The ultimate mission of Soul Cafe is to see vulnerable cafe guests placed on a path towards increased safety, health and purpose. They aim to lift a group of people that are less fortunate to a greater level of lifestyle within our community through a comprehensive approach that assists them to work through their individual issues and to re-engage back into society.
As such the meals provided are an avenue to link cafe guests with other necessary services including drug and alcohol and substance abuse programs, accommodation links, Centrelink referral, mental health counselling, refuge referral, haircuts, Legal Aid, Podiatry and a free doctor’s clinic.