Hutt St Centre

28/10/2026

Join with Hutt St Centre and Catherine House - Support for Women Experiencing Homelessness to explore how philanthropy can create meaningful change, now, and into the future. 🧡

For one evening only, we'll hear from philanthropic leaders Kay Burton, Kate Bowditch, Damien Brown, Geoff Day, and Heidi Crawford sharing their personal experiences of giving, family philanthropy, and building a lasting legacy — as well as practical insights into structured giving.

This event is free to book and for anyone interested in learning more about structured giving, community impact and philanthropy, while enjoying refreshments at the Arkaba Hotel.

📅 Tuesday 10 November
📍 Arkaba Hotel, 150 Glen Osmond Rd Fullarton.
⏰ 5:45pm for a 6:00pm start

Book here: https://loom.ly/FiQeXvE

"Leave children enough so they can do anything, but not enough that they can do nothing” - Warren Buffet

27/10/2026

Our Sous Chef, Valerio, and regular volunteer, Tom, have been busy cooking up a storm on the barbecue! 🌭🍴

At Hutt St Centre we invite people experiencing homelessness to a monthly meeting held in our courtyard, which closes with sharing a delicious barbecue lunch together.

Known as Community Barbecue meetings, they're a great opportunity for our team and guest presenters to share updates about what's happening in the Centre, available services, and for our visitors to share feedback and questions.

More than being a valuable time for sharing information, each Community Barbecue meeting begins with a fun pop quiz, and regularly ends up with some of our Pathways Team leading a sing-a-long. 🎶🎤

It's thanks to the support of you, our generous community, that Hutt St Centre has been offering services for 72 years and counting, helping people doing it tough to find hope and rebuild their lives. Thank you!🧡

26/10/2026

Join Catherine House and Hutt St Centre for an evening exploring the role philanthropy can play in creating meaningful change, now and into the future.

We'll hear from philanthropic leaders Kay Burton, Kate Bowditch, Damien Brown and Heidi Crawford and Geoff Day as they share practical insights on structured giving and personal experiences of giving, family philanthropy and building a lasting legacy.

Open to anyone interested in learning more about structured giving, community impact and philanthropy.

📅 Tuesday 10 November, RSVP November 2
📍 Arkaba Hotel, 150 Glen Osmond Rd Fullarton.
⏰ 5:45pm for a 6:00pm start

Book here: https://ow.ly/SJH45100R70

"Leave children enough so they can do anything, but not enough that they can do nothing” Warren Buffet

26/10/2026

A big shoutout to the at St Mary's Memorial School - Glenelg. 📣🦸‍♂️

If you live in the Glenelg area, you may have spotted St Mary's Memorial School walking along the esplanade, carrying a Walk a Mile banner as a public display of support and to raise awareness of homelessness. 🥾

Following the walk, students organise games and stalls to raise funds for Hutt St Centre at their annual Market of Hope.

Teacher, Tamara, shares these words from Mary MacKillop as the school's inspiration: "Never see a need without doing something about it".

Thank you to the St Mary's Memorial School community for your compassion and action to help people experiencing homelessness in our community. 🧡

And thank you to all our amazing Walk a Milers who stepped it up this year — we already can't wait to walk with you in 2027! 🙌

23/10/2026

Homelessness is physically demanding, whether from trying to find a safe place to sleep, or being exposed to the weather — it all takes a toll.

But what's less visible is the mental strain of homelessness: the stress, loneliness, and uncertainty for what the next day holds.

October is Mental Health Month, and at Hutt St Centre we've been shining a light on tips to help our visitors care for their mental health and wellbeing.

If you’re doing it tough right now, please know you’re not alone. Our team are prepared to walk with you through the hard times.

Social groups like our book club, gardening group, music group and more are great for wellbeing and connection.

And our visiting mental health clinician is here weekly, as well as our pastoral care team who are onsite most days to offer a listening ear. 🧡

21/10/2026

Today is the LAST DAY to buy your tickets for your chance to win a BRAND NEW CAR thanks to CMI Toyota.

Tickets are $100 each, and selling out fast. 👏👏

All proceeds help provide essential services like meals, showers and healthcare at Hutt St Centre. 🧡

Ticket link in bio. 🎟️

21/10/2026

Your time to WIN a BRAND NEW CAR is RUNNING OUT! 🚗⏰

ONE DAY left to buy your ticket for a chance to win 2026 Toyota Corolla Hatch Hybrid Ascent Sport valued at $34,314! 🔥

There are only 1,500 tickets total at $100 each — selling fast and expected to sell out, get your final tickets in quick! ⌛🎟️👉https://huttst.org/WinAYaris

Each ticket is a 1 in 1,500 chance of driving away in a brand-new car thanks to the generous support of CMI Toyota.

And every ticket purchased helps fund meals, showers, healthcare, and pathways to homefulness at Hutt St Centre for people impacted by homelessness. 🙌🧡

Purchase tickets and read the T&Cs online: https://huttst.org/WinAYaris

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Hutt St Centre is a place of connection and support, where people at risk of or experiencing homelessness are empowered to rebuild their lives, rediscover their identities and reunite with those who love them. Hutt St Centre walks alongside people on their journey towards homefulness - a word used t...

19/10/2026

Our sense of hearing is so much more than just listening to a conversation — hearing loss can lead to loneliness and isolation.

For many people experiencing homelessness, hearing loss can go unnoticed for years. When you’re focused on finding food, shelter and safety, concerns about your hearing often take a back seat.

Thanks to your generous support, our Wellbeing Centre welcomed Hearing Australia to provide free hearing screenings for people doing it tough.

An audiologist fitted people with hearing buds and left a supply with our Wellbeing Centre Officer John, ready for anyone else who might need them. 🧡

Read more about how your support is restoring hearing and hope in our 2026 Spring Newsletter 🌷: https://huttstcentre.org.au/news/restoring-hearing-and-hope/

15/10/2026

Book clubs are great fun for diving into new books and old classics with friends, or to meet new people and connect over a shared love of reading. 📖

Hutt St Centre's Book Club is an open invite for people experiencing homelessness. It's okay if you've read the book (or didn't make it past the front cover), or are just after a safe space to relax for a hot cuppa and a chat. ☕

Watching movies and documentaries are also popular at this Book Club as another way for members to explore new topics and expand their horizons. 🎥

Stepping into the jungles of Rwanda, our Book Club members recently watched A Gorilla Story: Told by David Attenborough, following the journey of a gorilla family. 🦍

It was fascinating to learn more about these magnificent animals — while enjoying some classic movie snacks too, of course! 🍿🍩

Thank you to our community for helping make social groups like Book Club possible, offering wellbeing and connection to people doing it tough. 🧡🙌

14/10/2026

A special thank you to our latest Darcy and Max! 🦸‍♂️🧡

The two friends, Darcy and Max, were working together on a school project learning about homelessness and arranged a thoughtful donation to deliver to Hutt St Centre.

Taking time out of their school holidays, they arrived with filled cars and unloaded 70 bottles of olive oil (with help from Darcy's mum), several jars of olives, and a great collection of good-condition clothing too.

Darcy put a lot of thought behind the olive oil donation, and our kitchen team are very excited to put it to good use:

"I am hoping that the centre can use the oil and olives in the kitchen to make the food even tastier and healthier. " 🫒🍽️

Thank you Darcy and Max for generously helping people in need.