Missionbeat

A massive THANK YOU to the and Good-Will Au for organising a food drive for rough sleepers. An amazing total of 5 trolleys worth of non-perishable food donations were received.
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The food donation to has already begun being distributed to our rough sleepers.

The generosity and support of The Lions Club and Good Will AU is so greatly appreciated!

"Thursday evening I was leaving work a little late and I noticed a person sleeping in Green Park. My team had checked on him during the day but he had declined any assistance. As I approached his sleeping spot I could see he was lying directly on the ground covered in nothing more than a thin hospital blanket. I heard him saying to himself how cold it was. I called out to him to let him know who I was and asked if he would like me to call Missionbeat to get him some warmer sleeping gear. He said “yes please” so we called Missionbeat together on speakerphone and they told him they’d be there to assist him in 15 minutes. He declined any other assistance, appeared otherwise well, so I left to walk home, making a mental note to check in on him tomorrow if he was still there.

🚨🚐 A call to Missionbeat for a welfare check is often the first step in the person getting connected to a range of other supports, including human connection, crisis support and housing support (absolute legends and a critical service). If you ever come across someone sleeping rough that needs support, I strongly encourage you to call them 🚐🚨

The next day was the street party, and I was incredibly busy coordinating the event. During the event, at peak busyness, someone to my side quietly spoke to me - it was the gentleman from the park last night! He said “Miss, I just wanted to thank you for helping me last night” and I told him how absolutely welcome he was (while my heart nearly burst), and let him know that there were housing services and Missionbeat onsite today if he was interested in finding some accommodation so he didn’t have to sleep out tonight? He was happy to do this, so we took him over and introduced him to the teams where he received support with temporary accommodation and was linked in with a caseworker.

This was a realtime reminder of how difficult it is for many of our clients, who have been let down time and time again by systems and people, to trust services and accept support. But sometimes there is a moment of opportunity, when humanity overcomes trauma and that person feels safe to accept support."
Nursing Unit Manager, St Vincents Homeless Health

Monday views from Bondi.
Sending positive vibes to all for the new week 💜
Give us a ring on 1800 306 461 if you are in need of assistance ☎️

🌈 HAPPY WEAR IT PURPLE DAY🌈

Empowering LGBTQIA+ youth to dream big and share “YOUR PASSION, YOUR PRIDE” with the nation.

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Today is ‘Wear it purple day’ when we unite LGBTQIA+ youth and allies to shine a glorious light on the thousands of schools, community organisations, universities, and workplaces that are coming together to create a more inclusive future for all.

How are you wearing it purple today?

Thank you so much to for donating much needed sleeping bags to the team for our rough sleepers!
The ongoing support and generosity of community is so greatly appreciated 💜

During the morning volunteering at Early Bird Cafe we had the team from Orange Sky on site kept busy with their washing facilities and a visiting van from Missionbeat offering assistance to our guests.

According to chef Chris, his team from our club consisting of Franki, Nick, Colin and myself prepared and served 140 bacon and egg delicacies, 47 hot and savoury rolls, two litres of chicken soup, various cold savouries, full pot of porridge, cereals, teas, coffees etc etc. The chicken and veggie soup was a novelty that Chris had acquired from somewhere and was very popular with the guests (and volunteers too!)

We were a little understaffed on the day so kept very busy although number of meals served may have been slightly down on recent weeks. With the warmer weather approaching maybe the early start might be a little more appealing to our volunteers than in the past few months of Sydney’s colder than normal winter?

We love our doggy friends at
Many rough sleepers have pets, especially dogs. These pets are usually looked after more than the person themselves. Pets with rough sleepers can often be their lifeline and best friend. We love all street doggies 💜

This is Anna, a Client Liaison Worker within the Missionbeat. She adores all the street dogs, as do we adore her!

Meet Ian 😊
Ian is one of our Client Liaison Workers with the team and an essential member of our team.
Ian is a lover of all creatures and a wonderful human 🐕
Ian was recently awarded as one of three finalists for the 'Best Newstarter Award' in recognition of his enthusiasm, dedication, and contribution.
Congratulations Ian, your work does not go unnoticed 💜

🗣️ Urgent need of sleeping bags 🗣️

Missionbeat is in need of sleeping bag donations to ensure our rough sleepers are warm throughout this cold winter ❄️

Please drop off your donation to:
📍19 Denham Street, Surry Hills

A heartfelt thank you to our amazing community for ongoing generosity! 💜

A wonderful day at St Vincents Street Party, thank you to St Vincents Homeless Health for organising such a great event 🎈💖

A massive shout out to our amazing Case Manager Darlene at Missionbeat. Darlene has been working at Missionbeat for over 16 years and has such high respect from her co-workers and her "lovelies" she works with.

Darlene has met and worked with countless people who are going through the hardest time of their lives and shown respect, dignity and kindness.

Happy Darlene Day!

A great morning spent at the Community Day @ St Andrews Cathedral. Thank you to all those who came and had a chat with us at the van 💜

Homelessness Week Event -
will be at the Homelessness Week event held on Tuesday 6th of August 2024 from 9:30am-12pm 📍 St Andrew’s Cathedral

There will be a variety of services on the day to promote, raise awareness and assist community members in need such as:
Free BBQ & Meals
Limited food hampers
Health checks
Clothes
Blankets
Legal support
Centrelink Services and
Debt support

ATTENTION SYDNEY: Did you know?!

If you are concerned about the welfare of a person experiencing homelessness?

Call our hotline on 1800 306 461
and one of our
vans will respond by conducting a welfare check.

On many occasions, this has led to us being able to support someone into emergency accommodation or assist them by meeting their immediate needs.

We cover City of Sydney Waverley Council Inner West Council Woollahra Council Bayside Canada Bay Council Canterbury City Council Randwick Council and Burwood Council local government areas!

Please note: If there is a threat to persons safety or well-being please call emergency services on 000.
Mission Australia

Missionbeat is now on Instagram!

Looking forward to connecting 💜

Everyone has a history ... lets share some of ours with you!
Mission Australia Councillor Daniel Strickland

A great time was had by all who attended the Mission Australia Centre in Surry Hills on the 9th of July to celebrate NAIDOC week. Uncle Dallas opened the ceremony with Welcome to Country & Smoking Ceremony. Thank you to all the services who attended and helped on the day.
Missionbeat
SHEIS Homelessness Early Intervention Service
Together Home program
Common Ground
Mission Australia AOD services
Sydney Street Choir
Mission Australia
A big shout out to Tom & Cathy for all the extra hard work you have done towards the day.
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A huge shout out & a big thank you to the students & community of @ Woollarha public school for their hard work in collecting sleeping bags, blankets and toiletries for our homeless community!

Happy Birthday Wanda Kluke!!!!!

The Hairdresser to the lovelies!!!

Everyone at the Mission Australia Centre is singing happy birthday to you!!!

A big shout out to for the blankets, sleeping bags, beanies gloves & socks for our beautiful humans.

A huge thank you to Heather & Peter who drove into the city from Cobbitty to bring beanies to keep our rough sleepers heads nice and warm. Heather makes them every year for Missionbeat! Photo with Jeanne from the Missionbeat team.
Keep safe everyone over the long weekend.

With just 3 days till winter is here … temperatures dropping quickly there are 3 things on our wish list.
If you have blankets /sleeping bags / socks to donate, please give us a call on 1800 306 461.
Together we can help keep toes warmer this winter.

A big shout out to Roberto (on the right) who came into the Mission Australia Centre at Surry Hills to drop off blankets. Just in time for when the weather drops in the next few weeks. Thank you, Roberto!

Happy Friday everyone…
Would anyone be able to donate blankets or sleeping bags for our homeless community?
Please give us a call on 1800 306 461 and let us know…
Thank you!!

Merry Xmas to our lovelies ….. hamper time!

Congratulations YouthBeat- Love your work!!!

A big thank you to the country women’s association (CWA) in Toongabbie who provided warm knitted blankets and scarfs with beautiful beanies to help keep our homeless community warm during the cold nights.

On the behalf of Missionbeat we would like to thank Father Ramen Youkhanis from St Hurmizd's Assyrian Cathedral and ACEYA Sydney commitee for their amazing donations

Happy Thursday everyone! Welcome to Winter.
It is cold in Sydney, and we are out and about so if you see us…give us a big Missionbeat wave.

The cold nights are here now! Thank you for all the socks donated from Paul. We cannot stop the cold but having warm toes is a good start.