Time once again to connect!

NEWS

Brisbane residents have been encouraged to give generously ahead of the City Council’s 10th Homeless Connect event on Wednesday 11 May. The Salvation Army has come onboard as partner for the bi-annual event to be held at the RNA showgrounds.

More than 6000 homeless people have accessed services such as free medical care, accommodation referral, legal advice, personal grooming items and clothes since the event’s inception in 2006. Donations of clothing, toiletries, linen and canned goods are now being accepted at ward offices and Salvos stores in Brisbane for the event, with Brisbane residents asked to consider those displaced by January’s flood event.
A donation of a few items such as shoes or tins of food will mean the world to those in need.
More than 1000 guests accessed assistance through last November’s Homeless Connect event. The guests were aided by 180 volunteers, who helped serve meals, and distribute crates of clothing, toiletries and linen.
Council is partnering with The Salvation Army and Volunteering Queensland to deliver the event.
To volunteer, contact Volunteering Queensland at www.volunteeringqld.org.au.
To donate goods, go to your local councillor’s ward office. Visit www.brisbane.qld.gov.au for office locations.
Donations will also be accepted at Brisbane Salvos stores. Visit www.salvosstores.salvos.org.au.
• For more information about Homeless Connect, phone council on 3403 8888.