#bethefamily
What we do
What we do to assist our city's street-based community and prevent vulnerable youths from ending up on the streets.
"For there will never cease to be poor in the land. Therefore, I command you, ‘You shall open wide your hand to your brother, to the needy and to the poor, in your land.’"
- Deutronomy 15:11
Practical outreach
Through daily interactions and weekly street ministry, the Life Changer team spends their time trying to make meaningful inroads with our unhoused friends in ways that see the person as Jesus would.
Regular meals, haircuts, games, and - most of all- building relationships with people living on the streets of the CBD. The point isn't the plate or the meal; the card game or the haircut; it's what sharing it says.
Prevention through intervention
Life Changer works with child and youth care centres to intervene with older children who have nowhere to go once they age out of the system. By running Alpha courses, working with social workers on the ground, and building relationships, we hope to curb the flow onto the streets for many of the youngsters who would otherwise end up there.
We hold firm to the belief that the best place for a child is in family.
Life Boat: support you can track
Instead of cash, supporters buy a voucher. It's redeemed by someone in need at our Life Boat resource centre, for food, cosmetic items, clothing, or haircut — and you can see it happen.
step 4:
The unhoused person is no longer a stranger. You know their name and are part of their journey.