Need emergency help with food and clothing?
These agencies can help:
Lismore Soup Kitchen
- Winsome Hotel, 11 Bridge Street, North Lismore
- Phone: 6624 6080
- Contact: Margaret Lord 0400 340 973 (or 6621 6936)
- Accommodation Manager: Mieke Bell, ph 0407 789 528
Red Dove Centre
- Uniting Church (basement), Keen Street
- Breakfast: Monday – Thursday (7am – 8am) at
- Lunch: 7 days (before 1pm), gold coin donation
- Takeaway dinner: 7 days, gold coin donation.
Caring is Sharing
Contact: Arthur McCarr 0413 821 710
Food Distribution:
- Monday: Peace Park, Park Street, Lismore (from 6.00 pm)
- Tuesday: Southern Cross University (12 noon); and Little Keen Street, Lismore (from 6.00 pm)
- Thursday: Cnr Neilson & Walker Streets, Lismore (from 6.00pm)
- Saturday: Cullen Street, Nimbin (5:30pm-9:00pm)
Salvation Army
- 32 Cambridge Drive Goonellabah
- Phone 6624 7335 (phone on the day only). Note: Centrelink referral essential
- FoodVouchers/Clothing/Blankets: Fridays 8.45 am – 12.00 noon. Need to call to make appointment
- Also, Assistance with electricity bills, Telstra vouchers only available from July2010
St Vincent de Paul
- 84 Magellan Street, Lismore
- Homeless/out-of-towners to call 6621 5959 (shop)
- Food Vouchers/Clothing/Blankets: Mondays & Wednesdays (1.00 pm – 2.15 pm ). Note: Centrelink referral essential
- Electricity voucher: Clients are interviewed and assessed before assistance is provided. 4 times a year only
Seventh Day Adventist Church
- 44 Uralba Street, Lismore
- Phone: 6621 7665
- Food Vouchers/Clothing/Blankets: Mondays (10.00 am-12.00noon). Note: Centrelink referral essential 3 times per year only
Anglican Church
- Ministry Centre, Keen Street, Lismore
- Phone: 6621 3200
- Food Parcels & Clothes: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday (9.00 am – 1.00 pm)
LINC
- 115 Keen Street, Lismore (above Shop 1/17)
- Phone: 6622 3222
- Emergency Home Help/Transport: Tuesdays and Fridays (9.00 am – 11.00 am)
Lismore Regional Mission
- Uniting Care, 80 Keen Street, Lismore
- Phone: 6621 5801
- No guarantee on getting a voucher. Only while funds last
- Grocery Vouchers/MealVouchers: Thursday between 9.30am- 12.30pm
Lismore Regional Mission
- Uniting Care, Woodlark Street (between Uniting Church & LifelineJ
- Phone 66 21 5801
- Extremely cheap food shopping
- Centrelink card only needed; not income statement
- Thursday’s 9.30 – 12 .
LNC Community Catering
- 76 Carrington Street, Lismore
- Phone: 6621 7397
- Note: Centrelink referral essential
- Food parcels available, Wednesday 1.00pm – 3.00pm
