Baking has always been a part of Winn's life so when she baked a birthday cake for our resident Graham, it was her way of making him feel special on his birthday.

“I’ve survived because Sacred Heart Mission hasn’t given up on me,” Steven says. After spending much of his adult life sleeping rough he found a new home at Sacred Heart Community.

This Social Inclusion Week, we are highlighting how supporting people to connect back with their community can help people exit homelessness.

“We are pleased to support the lasting and inter-generational changes Sacred Heart Mission is making to better our society, which is a way of living out our faith and our values.”

Sarah, one of our newer employees, is passionate about social justice and teaching practices that promote our trauma-informed and holistic service delivery.

Vera was on the lookout for an impactful way she could help the local community when she first came across Sacred Heart Mission six years ago.

To mark Anti-Poverty Week, we discuss the link between poverty and homelessness with Christine from the Council to Homeless Persons, who has a lived experience of homelessness.

We join community services providers this Anti-Poverty Week to call for an increase to Newstart and other allowance payments across Australia.