A safe meal. A second chance. All thanks to you.

Across South Australia, more people than ever are reaching out for help. At Baptist Care SA’s WestCare Centre, we’re serving hundreds of meals each week, providing healthcare, and offering a safe place to connect and rebuild.

Whether it’s someone seeking warmth on a freezing winter night, a young person finding purpose at Tumbelin Farm, or a family receiving a food hamper during a crisis, your generosity helps make these moments of care and connection possible.

For Peter, WestCare has been a lifeline. After years of homelessness and serious health challenges, he found not just food and medical care here, but compassion, respect, and hope for the future.

Every story is a testament to the compassion and hope you bring to our community. But right now, we urgently need your help to continue this work.

Please donate today to help us provide the basic necessities of food, care and connection for South Australians doing it tough.

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Your Impact

Baptist Care SA’s WestCare Centre is a safe place where people from all walks of life are welcome.

Each week, we provide approximately 200 free community meals.  

Without government funding, it costs around $35,000 each month to keep our dining hall open.

Rising costs and growing need mean that your support is needed now more than ever. 

Every contribution, big or small, makes a profound difference in the lives of those facing isolation and hardship. 

Please donate today to help us continue our life-changing work. 

 

Acknowledgement of Country

Baptist Care SA acknowledges we work on the lands of the Kaurna, Peramangk and Boandik people. We respect the ongoing skilful custodianship of lands, skies and waters and the continuous deep cultural connection with Country. We pay respect to Elders and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people from all Countries, Nations and Mobs.

Ngadlu tampinthi Kaurna miyurna yaitya yarta-mathanya Wama. Tarntanyaku, ngadluku piipawarpulayi kuu Kaurna yartangka tikanthi.

(We acknowledge the Kaurna people of the Adelaide Plains as the traditional owners of the land on which our office sits.)

Ngathu putama nhu mraat, mraat Boandikat wulnuwitjara Berrinat ba mraatat mingru Berrin (I recognise this country (is) the country of the Boandik, the custodians of Mt Gambier and the country around Mt Gambier.)