Tag: homelessness

Code Blue extended

The Limestone Coast Code Blue to accommodate rough sleepers during the current cold conditions has been extended in the region until Friday, July 22. The...

Owners and investors snap up city properties

Renters are having difficulty securing affordable homes in the Limestone Coast, as real estate is snapped up by owners and investors. Despite rising house prices...

Rental price pain felt

Caravan parks across the region have been receiving an increase of inquiries about long term bookings following the rising cost of living and the...

Limestone Coast residents struggle to keep a roof over their heads

Tent sales at local camping store Aussie Disposals have drastically increased as more people in the region face homelessness due to the rising cost...

Community helps its own

Millicent Shares a Plate is a community organisation which is currently busier than ever as the cost of living rises. The organisation was inspired by...

Residents pushed to brink

The intensifying housing crisis across country South Australia is pushing unprecedented numbers of people to the brink of homelessness, with emergency accommodation at capacity...

Kitchen provides vital food relief

The Sunset Community Kitchen is busier than it has ever been in its 13-year history due to the rising cost of living which is...

Rentals hot property

Rental properties in the region are few and far between and people are feeling the pinch of a high-demand rental market and increasing rental...

Low income earners locked out

Astudy of properties available in southern country South Australia has found the private rental market is failing people on low incomes. Country specialist homelessness agency...

Federal Government dishes out support for Mount Gambier group

Mount Gambier’s Sunset Community Kitchen has received a much needed grant through the Federal Government’s Volunteer Grant Program. The charity’s spokesperson Maree Thompson said it...

Housing crisis alert

Regional agency ac.care is calling on Limestone Coast residents to consider commitments by candidates to addressing the growing housing crisis in regional areas when...

Millicent volunteers tackle disadvantage

Another weekly “free food” initiative commences in Millicent tonight. The newly-formed Millicent Shares a Plate group will provide dozens of serves of spring vegetable minestrone...

Caring for vulnerable more important than ever now

More than 170 children and young people were placed in safe homes with foster carers across the Limestone Coast by ac.care last financial year. Meanwhile,...

COVID vaccine reaches homeless

More than 50 people were immunised against COVID-19 recently when pop-up vaccination clinics were held to ensure people experiencing or at risk of homelessness...

Generosity good food for the soul

A new community initiative is filling the bellies and souls of Mount Gambier’s less privileged. Confession Coffee House has started hosting the Olive Jean Soul...