Boroondara Community Outreach

29/10/2026

A new chapter for BCO!

This week, we celebrated our return to the newly renovated Kew Uniting Church buildings.

For 33 years, Kew Uniting Church has generously hosted BCO, providing a home from which we can bring people together, share meals and support our community.

The refurbishment brings some welcome improvements, from indoor toilets and a shower for people experiencing homelessness to a second oven that will help us prepare more meals. There’s also an office, additional spaces for groups, a multipurpose church space and improved disability access.

Our thanks to the team at Jointly for the care and dedication they’ve brought to renewing this much-loved space.

It’s good to be home.

25/10/2026

✨ Celebrating light, culture and community! ✨

What a wonderful celebration of Diwali at BCO! 🪔

Diwali, the Festival of Lights, celebrates the triumph of light over darkness, good over evil and knowledge over ignorance.

We had the pleasure of coming together to learn about and experience the traditions of this beautiful festival - albeit a little early!

A very special thank you to Piyali Kahini for facilitating the dance workshops and sharing their wonderful performance, Avatar indian cuisine for catering the delicious food.

This event was made possible through City of Boroondara Annual Community Grants program.

There was dancing, delicious food, learning, laughter and SO much fun!

A lovely celebration of culture, connection and the joy of coming together as a community. 💛

14/10/2026

We had a bit of an Old Mother Hubbard moment this week, with just six crates of soup left in our storeroom!

Thankfully, St Hilary’s Hope Food Drive came at just the right time, with an incredible 196 crates of food collected!

A huge thank you to St Hilary’s for organising the initiative and to everyone who donated. We’d also like to thank Coles Local Camberwell and Glenferrie for their generous donations of produce, alongside the contributions from the community.

Our shelves are looking much healthier now!

06/10/2026

13/09/2026

Women’s Health Week | 7–11 September 🌸

Women’s Health Week aims to highlight the importance of nutrition, physical activity, rest, mental health and social connection.

To celebrate Women’s Health Week, we held two beautiful flower-arranging sessions, creating an opportunity for women we support to connect, be creative and enjoy some time together.

Research tells us that looking at flowers can improve our mood, but most couldnt remember the last time they had received flowers.

It was a simple activity, but one that brought so much joy and connection.

A huge thank you to Melanie | Melbourne Florist for facilitating the sessions, and to Ashburton CWA for providing the lovely afternoon tea. 💐

02/09/2026

For the past five years, Greg has been a dedicated volunteer with our Food Relief.

What makes Greg’s contribution so remarkable is that he has experienced significant hardship himself. He was homeless when he first started volunteering with us.

For the past two years, Greg has been fighting to prove his identity after Centrelink required a birth certificate for him to transition to the Age Pension. During that time, he had no income and, for six months, no electricity all while dealing with significant health challenges. Thankfully, this was finally resolved last month.

Greg’s experience is not unique. While systems designed to protect people from identity theft are important, they can also create enormous barriers for people experiencing vulnerability.

Congratulations, Greg. This recognition is so well deserved! 💐

06/08/2026

Homelessness Week 2026 takes place from today until Sunday 9 August, highlighting the national theme "Homelessness Action Now" to drive community awareness and long-term housing solutions. JP The Salvation Army Australia Camcare Inc. Servants Community Housing Limited Access Health and Community Boroondara Community Outreach It’s the Little Things Community

30/07/2026

Thank you, Sam, and everyone who has contributed. If you’d like to be part of his initiative, “Sam’s Snacks” GoFundMe is still open. Link in bio/below.

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https://www.gofundme.com/f/sams-snacks-for-boroondara-community-outreach-program

24/06/2026

For 33 years, Boroondara Community Outreach has been supported by the local community.

We’re grateful to everyone who continues to support our work.

To make a tax-deductible donation via RAWCS:
https://donations.rawcs.com.au/55-2020-21