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...

I received a phone call on Monday from a woman who we will call Lorraine. Domestic violence had led her and her family to become homeless, but they are now l...

A young man came in to St John’s Care last week, after it was suggested to him by his mental health worker. He had not attended the Centre before and was unaw...

About 6 months ago, Tony (not his real name) came into St John’s Care looking for someone to talk to and to get some food and started talking to one of our a...

At St John’s Care we try to create a place of refuge and kindness even if only for a short time as people go about their lives. Here is a story about Adan (n...