St John's Crisis Centre

supporting local people in their time of crisis st john’s crisis centre has been providing meals, clothing and welfare support to the gold coast community since 1981. the centre was originally started by two parishioners from the surfers paradise anglican church; mrs. joan hancock and mrs. joyce forbes. the response from the homeless community was immediate and it soon became apparent that other areas of social welfare were in desperate need of addressing, particularly to assist people seeking financial crisis intervention and the provision of supported accommodation for those seriously willing to have a go at turning their lives around. today the centre provides: • hot meals five days a week • emergency relief packs of food, clothing, sleeping bags and food vouchers • financial assistance for many miscellaneous items such as phone bills, prescription medications, schooling needs, travel cards and other extreme hardships • provide weekly services including counselling, community