St Johns Care

Food assistance, emergency relief, advocacy and referral provider partnering with @AnglicareACT in central Canberra. Call us on 6248 7771 for more info.

[St Johns Care @stjohnscare]

We're so pleased to win the @FundInstituteAu Impact on a Shoestring award - thank you! But we couldn't do any of it without the amazing support of the #Canberra community who are always willing to help out 😊

[FIA @FundInstituteAu]

The winner of Impact on a Shoestring is St John’s Care – St John’s Care Emergency Appeal!

[St Johns Care @stjohnscare]

@RichardTuffin And/or straining of brains as they remember passwords to neglected twitter accounts...

[St Johns Care @stjohnscare]

Well, apparently we're a news organisation, who knew... #canberra #facebooknewsban

[ACTCOSS @ACTCOSS]

If you are experiencing ongoing issues which effect your delivery of information to clients and the public please let us know so that we can feed into national advocacy efforts around this issue.

[ACTCOSS @ACTCOSS]

This is NOT acceptable during a pandemic or to apply to community organisations when people on low incomes and with disadvantage rely on this platform for information.

[ACTCOSS @ACTCOSS]

ACTCOSS are continuing to monitor the evolving situation with the Facebook platform. We are aware that some community organisations have been prevented from posting for a period (thread):

[Andrew Leigh @ALeighMP]

Such fun for the Leigh family to spend Christmas with the other volunteers at St Johns Care Reid, serving lunch to vulnerable Canberrans. People like Pam are the bedrock of our community.

[St Johns Care @stjohnscare]

A big thank you to all our #ChristmasLunch volunteers, including @ALeighMP, Gwen and their boys who came to help. We couldn't do it without so much support from the #Canberra community!

[St Johns Care @stjohnscare]

Thank you to everyone who joined us for #Christmas Lunch today! Guests and volunteers alike made it a beautiful day, showing some of the best of the #Canberra Community.

[St Johns Care @stjohnscare]

A huge thank you @Australian_Pork for your generous donation once again. It was well enjoyed by the many who joined us at our #Christmas Community Lunch today as well as some leftovers to support those doing it tough in the New Year. Merry Christmas!

[Margo Andrae @MargoAndrae]

We know the holidays can be quite isolating and stressful for some people. That’s why it is important that we give back & support great events like the @stjohnscare Christmas day lunch. The donation today of 9 #aussiehams will feed over 350 people this Xmas! #thegreatestgift

[Jeremy Halcrow @JeremyHalcrow]

Congrats to all the winners and runners up of the @anglicare_aust National Awards for Innovation and Excellence! Especially pleased to celebrate Flo Young, winner of the Volunteer Achievement award and long-standing volunteer in our @AnglicareACT #Eden parish partnership services

[Jeremy Halcrow @JeremyHalcrow]

Congratulations to Flo Young, winner of the 2019 @anglicare_aust Volunteer Achievement Award! Flo has volunteered at Sapphire Surprises, an op shop and emergency relief provider in #Eden NSW, for over 25 years. A huge thanks to Flo from us at @AnglicareACT!

[ACTCOSS @ACTCOSS]

Our Executive Director highlighting need for coordinated, early and properly resourced responses to hoarding in #CBR

[St Johns Care @stjohnscare]

Thanks @ACOSS for this great clear explanation of #Newstart. Many of our clients receive this payment and can't make ends meet (we're Emergency Relief, they wouldn't need us otherwise). There's not enough for food and shelter, let alone an unexpected expense or emergency.

[ACOSS @ACOSS]

Fact check! Do 99% of people on Newstart receive supplementary payments? Yes - they get the Energy Supplement, which is $4.40 per week for a single person. This payment plus Newstart equates to $282pw, or $40 per day.

[St Johns Care @stjohnscare]

Not OK, the threat of eviction and homelessness is far too real for many of our clients, and similarly the fear of final notices and debt collectors. Campaign by all means, but retraumatising people whose lives are hard enough already crosses the line.

[ACT Shelter @ACTShelter]

Attention followers, we understand this propaganda is being distributed in some electorates. It closely resembles a debt collection notice and may frighten some #tenants. It is not from a landlord or realtor. It is election material opposing changes to property #tax concessions

[St Johns Care @stjohnscare]

@mr_stuckings Thank you for sharing!

[St Johns Care @stjohnscare]

Thank you @city_news for your support. We desperately need supplies to help Canberra families struggling as the weather gets colder. Please donate groceries if you can, or online at https://t.co/oqY3Utd2YP. Thank you! <3

[Canberra CityNews @city_news]

The shelves at Canberra's largest emergency food charity, St John’s Care at Reid, are almost bare and management is reporting an urgent lack of supplies to support an increasing number of people in need, reports KATE MEIKLE. https://t.co/XRgocCP9it

[Anglicare ACT @AnglicareACT]

"People are being forced into survival mode. They have to choose whether to put food on the table, seek work or pay their rent" - @JeremyHalcrow, Anglicare ACT CEO. Data released today in the #RentalSnapshot2019 shows that rentals are unaffordable for most low income earners.

[Anglicare ACT @AnglicareACT]

Thank you Brooke for sharing your story. She has a steady public service job but a relationship breakdown forced her to move with her 3 children into a caravan park because she was not able to find an affordable rental. She says she still wouldn't have managed without Anglicare.