As shown throughout the SBS series Filthy Rich and Homeless, those experiencing homelessness in Australia have assistance available to them. In addition to peak body Homelessness Australia, there are a range of services helping Australia's homeless. Homelessness Australia has a useful list of services: [click here]
National
1800 RESPECT (Domestic and Family Violence)
Phone
1800 737 732
Website
Beyond Blue
Three million Australians are currently experiencing anxiety or depression. Every day, nearly eight people take their own lives. Because this affects all of us, we're equipping everyone in Australia with the knowledge and skills to protect their own mental health. We're giving people the confidence to support those around them, and making anxiety, depression and suicide part of everyday conversations. And as well as tackling stigma, prejudice and discrimination, we're breaking down the barriers that prevent people from speaking up and reaching out. We're here for everyone in Australia - at work, home, school, university, online and in communities across the country.
Phone
1300 22 4636
Website
Everybody's Home
A chronic shortage of social and affordable housing is forcing record levels of homelessness. But there really are simple things our government can do to fix this. And that’s what Everybody’s Home is all about – we’re working together to call on our government to bring balance back to the system, so that everybody has a place to call home.
Website
Kids Helpline
Phone
1800 55 1800
Website
Lifeline
Phone
13 11 14
Website
Mission Australia
Mission Australia is a non‐denominational Christian community service organisation that has been helping people to regain their independence for over 155 years. We’ve learnt the paths to getting back independence are different for everyone. This informs how we reduce homelessness and strengthen communities across Australia, through homelessness initiatives and affordable housing, early learning and youth services, family support, and employment and skills development. Our team delivers different approaches, alongside our partners and everyday Australians who provide generous support. Together, we stand with Australians in need until they can stand for themselves.
Website
http://www.missionaustralia.com.au
Orange Sky Australia
Orange Sky Australia is the world's first free mobile laundry and shower service for people experiencing homelessness. Starting in the streets of Brisbane, Orange Sky has now grown to 20 services across Australia and does over 6.2 tonnes of laundry every week. However, most importantly, has over 1300 hours of positive and genuine conversations every week. Orange Sky has recently started providing Hybrid vehicles (two washers, two dryers and one shower) primarily in regional parts of Australia. They have commenced collaborative services with remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities with the first truck landing in Lockhart River to help with the eradication of tropical skin diseases.
Website
RACS
At Refugee Advice & Casework Service (RACS) we provide crucial legal support to people seeking asylum in Australia. The families and individuals we see every day are quite simply the most ordinary of people. They come from every walk of life, and they call on RACS to be their voice as they ask Australia to extend to them protection and safety. Without legal assistance people seeking protection risk being sent back to danger. At RACS, we strive to ensure that people who have been persecuted get a chance to tell their story and get a chance of a safe future.
Website
Phone
02 8355 7227
Red Cross Australia
We’re about building a better society based on people helping people. Powered by volunteers, we support people affected by disasters, call and visit those who are isolated, offer a warm welcome to those seeking safety, and stand with those facing homelessness and exclusion. We work with politicians, policy-makers, organisations and the public to improve the situation of the most vulnerable people in Australia and around the world. Most importantly, we empower people to take action to improve their own lives.
Website
The Salvation Army
The Salvation Army is one of the largest social welfare organisations in Australia. In a typical week the Salvos provide more than over 17,000 beds for those suffering homelessness, 40,000 meals for the hungry, 1400 financial counselling sessions and refuge for over 100 women affected by domestic violence. You can find The Salvation Army in city streets, on rural farms, and in suburban centres, bringing hope where it’s needed most
Phone
13 137258
Website
St Vincent de Paul Society
The St Vincent de Paul Society has more than 60,000 members and volunteers across Australia, working combat social injustice and assist people facing disadvantage. Vinnies offers everything from homeless services to refugee assistance; from support for those living with a mental illness to employment services for people with disabilities. We do this thanks to the generous support of the public, through Vinnies Shops, and much more besides.
Website
Ask Izzy
Website
Australian Capital Territory
OneLink (ACT Government)
Phone
1800 176 468
New South Wales
Haymarket Foundation
The Haymarket Foundation: The Haymarket Foundation exists to provide opportunities to people who have been marginalised by society. We are recognised as a leading provider of high-effort Homelessness and Drug & Alcohol services in Sydney, and our passion for access and equity is combined with a client first approach to achieve outcomes for people who are often faced with closed doors. We are recognised as a leading provider of high-effort Homelessness and Drug & Alcohol services in Sydney, and our passion for access and equity is combined with a client first approach to achieve outcomes for people who are often faced with closed doors. Our crisis and stabilisation services provide accommodation and intensive case work to men, women, and transgender people who are homeless and living with mental health and AOD comorbidities. Our outreach and early intervention programs support people in maintaining at-risk tenancies, helping to rapidly rehouse people and to prevent homelessness from occurring.
Phone
1300 029 202
Website
Link2Home (Housing NSW)
Phone
1800 152 152
The Mercy Foundation
The Mercy Foundation is an independent voice, informed by evidence and current research on the issue of homelessness, its causes and consequences. It works in partnership with other organisations to advocate, research and implement improved responses to homelessness. It aims to challenge structures and systems that will break the cycle of homelessness and does not support responses to homelessness which perpetuate charitable models of service provision.
Website
Missionbeat
Phone
1800 306 461
Website
https://www.facebook.com/missionbeat
My Foundations Youth - The Addison Hotel
My Foundations Youth Housing is a registered community housing provider, focused on the housing needs of young people, aged 16-25. If you’re a young person that is homeless or at risk, or just struggling to pay the rent, we might be able to help. We manage properties across Sydney – North, South, East & West. We also operate in the Hunter, Central Coast and the Mid-North Coast; and are expanding across these areas in the next 6 months. We’re opening in Western NSW soon too. We’ve got over 160 properties now and we will more than double in size by the end of this year.
Phone
02 8306 7905
Website
Parramatta Mission
Parramatta Mission provides meals, accommodation, hospitality and mental health services across Greater Western Sydney and beyond, with almost 400 staff and volunteers delivering more than 70 services. We provide assistance to the most vulnerable and disadvantaged people in our communities to assist them in transforming their lives. These include people who are homeless, at risk of homelessness, facing crisis and people living with mental illness. Parramatta Mission is a part of the Uniting Church in Australia.
Phone
(02) 9891 2277
Website
https://www.parramattamission.org.au
Settlement Services International
Address
2/158 Liverpool Road
Ashfield NSW 2131
Phone
02 8799 6700
Website
The Wayside Chapel
Wayside Chapel has provided unconditional love, care and support for people on and around the streets of Sydney since 1964. Today, under the banner of ‘Love over Hate’, Wayside runs two community services centres, an Aboriginal Program, a mental health program and outreach service, two community cafés and two op shops. Our mission is creating community with no ‘us and them,’ breaking down the barriers of judgement and providing a safe place where people from all walks of life are welcome. All our programs are designed to ensure that the most marginalised members of our community have access to essential health, welfare, social and recreational services, as well as a judgment-free place where people are welcome just to ‘be’.
Address
29 Hughes Street
Potts Point NSW 2011
Phone02 9581 9100 Programs / Crisis / Information
02 9581 9100 Wayside Youth
02 9581 9100 Day to Day Living
02 9581 9142 Wayside Cafe
02 9581 9101 Administration / Business
Website
https://www.thewaysidechapel.com
Northern Territory
Shelter Me
Website
Queensland
Homeless Hotline (Queensland Government)
Phone
1800 474 753
South Australia
Domestic Violence and Aboriginal Family Violence Gateway (SA Government)
Phone
1300 782 200 or 1800 800 098
Homelessness Gateway (SA Government)
Phone
1800 003 308
Missionbeat
Phone
0475 838 895
Youth Gateway (SA Government)
Phone
1300 306 046 or 1800 807 364
Tasmania
Housing Connect (Tasmanian Government)
Phone
1800 800 588
Victoria
Asylum Seeker Resource Centre
Address
214-218 Nicholson Street
Footscray VIC 3011
Phone
03 8537 9500
Website
Co-Health - 53 Victoria Street, Melbourne
PhoneCollingwood, Fitzroy, Melbourne CBD – 9448 5528
Kensington, North Melbourne, Niddrie – 9448 5520
Footscray, Braybrook, Werribee, Melton – 9448 5502
Website
Council to Homeless Persons
The Council to Homeless Persons is the peak body representing organisations and individuals in Victoria with a commitment to ending homelessness. Our vision is to end homelessness in Victoria.
Address2 Stanley Street
Collingwood VIC 3066
Phone
General 03 8415 6200
Homelessness Advocacy Service (HAS) – 1800 066 256
Websitehttp://chp.org.au
Department of Human Service - Crisis Accommodation
Phone
1800 825 955
Website
Hope Street Youth and Family Services
Address
Brunswick Town Hall
Level 1, 233 Sydney Road
Brunswick VIC 3056
Phone
03 8311 9637
Websitehttp://www.hopest.org
Launch Housing
Address
68 Oxford Street
Collingwood VIC 3066
Phone
1800 825 955
Website
http://www.launchhousing.org.au
Meals @ theBridge - Lifeline
AddressPO Box 349
Burwood VIC 3125
Website
https://sites.google.com/eaglescorner.org/meals
Melbourne City Mission
Address
164-180 Kings Way
South Melbourne VIC 3205
Phone
03 8625 4444
Website
www.melbournecitymission.org.au
One Voice
Address79 Sunshine Road
West Footscray VIC 3012
Websitehttp://onevoice.org.au
St Peter’s Eastern Hill (Lazarus Centre) - Anglicare - Melbourne
Address
15 Gisborne Street
Melbourne VIC 3002
Phone
03 9662 2391
Website
https://www.anglicarevic.org.au/get-involved/volunteering/
The Salvation Army Cafe
Address69 Bourke Street
Melbourne VIC 3000
Phone03 9653 3299Websitehttp://www.salvationarmy.org.au
VincentCare Victoria Housing Services
Address
175 Glenroy Rd
Glenroy VIC 3046
Phone
03 9304 0100
Website
Western Australia
WA Housing Hub
Website
http://options.wahousinghub.org.au/
Entrypoint Perth
Phone
08 6496 0001 or 1800 124 684
Website
http://www.entrypointperth.com.au/
Crisis Care
Phone
08 9223 1111 or 1800 199 008
