Kindness comes in many forms. This week we had a wonderful donation of soup from a young couple who wanted to regularly give back to the community. They inte...

During the Covid-19 pandemic, here at St John’s Care, we have had a lot more people asking for help that would not normally need our services. One person tha...

A young mum, Annie (not her real name) came into St John’s Care this week to donate some grocery bags. Annie, a single mum was with her three children who ar...

If you dropped by to St John’s Care (SJC) you would be forgiven for thinking you had turned up at the local hospital Emergency Department! With the escalatio...

With the ever-increasing numbers of COVID-19, everyone is starting to panic and worry about the effects on themselves and their families. This in turn is cau...

The ACT Council of Social Service Inc. (ACTCOSS) has backed calls by the Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) to raise the rate of Newstart and allow...

Lily (not her real name) became homeless last year at the age of 16 due to her mother’s misuse of illicit substances. Her parents separated leaving Lily to t...

Communities and individuals affected by bushfires can experience a range of thoughts, feelings and behaviours that can be intense, confusing and very frighte...

We wish you all a Happy New Year, although as a brand-new year it hasn’t gotten off to a great start! Our thoughts and prayers are with those fighting fires w...

The Christmas Present Room has been very busy and will close on Friday 20 December. Presents just keep coming in from the generosity of our wonderful Canberr...

We so often use the word ‘relief’ in a casual way. “It’s such a relief the weekend has arrived after a long week at work”, or “I’m relieved the bushfires see...

It has been a very busy time at Raw Potential supporting many young people who are currently homeless or at risk of homelessness in the ACT. We are honoured ...

With 35 days to go, we are busy here at St John’s Care getting ready for Christmas. Last year we saw 560 families in two weeks while the Christmas Present Ro...

Last Saturday St John’s Care (SJC) held an Australiana Trivia night to raise funds for our Christmas Hampers this year. We are hoping to make 500 hampers wit...

Christmas is meant to be a time of celebration, but if times are tough it can be especially challenging and isolating. This year St John's Care, Uniting Care...

Christmas will soon be upon us and for some, rather than being a happy and joyful time, it is a time of stress and anxiety. For this reason, once again at St...

Without volunteers St John’s Care could not open the Emergency Relief Centre - Monday to Friday 9.30 to 2.00pm - for our clients who come seeking help. Volun...

If you haven’t seen the veggie garden at the back of St Johns Care, please go and have a look. The veggie gardens were created by a St John’s Care volunteer ...

In our family we have a tradition on Christmas Day of going around the table and asking each family member to tell the others what their highlights were from...

Last week, a young father Tommy (not his real name), came into St. John’s Care “to look around the Centre and see if he could be a volunteer”. He came with tw...