Our vision: Isaiah 61:4…They will REBUILD the ancient ruins and RESTORE the places long devastated; they will RENEW the ruined cities that have been devastated for generations

Our mission: Jeremiah 29:10… For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

Community Worship Celebration (church)
Sunday 10.30, including a fellowship lunch.
It’s an inspiring time where together, as one, we learn, grow and share in fellowship.

The Life Centre (community drop-in & support centre)
including material aid assistance (see below for more info)
Mon to Fri 10.30 to 2.30

The Salvation Army Melbourne Corps (church) has a rich heritage of serving the City of Melbourne
over the last 100 years.
In February 2004 the corps (church) launched into a new phase – Melbourne 614.

The Salvation Army Melbourne 614 is based on a worldwide model of Salvation Army Services working in inner city environments.
“614” comes from the following Bible verse:

Isaiah 61:4 "They will rebuild the ancient ruins and restore the places long devastated; they will renew the ruined cities that have been devastated for generations."

• Click here to learn about our initiative for young passionate Christians to serve in Melbourne - Order 614.

The Salvation Army Melbourne 614’s core values are

• Human Dignity Respecting the sanctity of life and the dignity and worth of all people
• Justice Acting with integrity, fairness, and without discrimination, advocating for the disadvantaged
• Hope Enabling reconciliation, wholeness, healing
• Compassion Engaging others, feeling compelled to respond to another’s suffering
• Community Welcoming, belonging, respecting, offering hospitality without discrimination

About The Salvation Army Melbourne 614
614 is a group of people who are passionately committed to serving those that live on the fringes of our society.  We work towards seeing transformation occur in people’s lives, acknowledging that every single person is valuable, and they deserve to be treated with dignity at all times.  We recognise that all people need to be accepted for who they are and they deserve the opportunity to belong to a caring, supportive community.

We exist to build community amongst those that are isolated and doing life on their own.  We do this by offering a range of practical supports, by running a variety of community groups where people are given the opportunity to develop new skills and polish old ones, as well as developing new friendships and supports.  We also offer support through our outreach programs.

The Salvation Army Melbourne 614 has hundreds of interactions each day with people aged from as young as 9 to as old as 92!

The people who form the 614 community could be homeless, mentally ill, aged, addicted, lonely and/or isolated.

Project 614 believes in community over welfare and we strive to be an inclusive, open community of people.

The Salvation Army Melbourne – Project 614’s purpose is to meet the holistic needs of all those who wish to participate in the Community.

This community offers Sunday Church services as well as -

• Night Street Outreach
• Women focused Ministry
• Youth work
• Young Family Programs
• Community Volunteering Programs
• Music and Creative Art Opportunities
• Hospitality and Community Meal Program
• Recreation
• Pastoral Care
• Education Programs

The Life Centre

A community centre in the heart of Melbourne’s CBD that provides support (spiritual, physical, emotional and social) to people from all walks of life, especially those who live on the very margins of our society.

The Life Centre is open 5 days per week and enables us to provide meals, crisis intervention and practical support to assist people in their everyday living.

The Life Centre is a high volume service. It provides about 300+ contacts of service each day to families, couples, single men, women and young adults - most of whom would not receive an on-the-spot service anywhere else.

The Life Centre is auspiced by The Salvation Army, and is funded by The Salvation Army, FaCS, and private donors.

The Life Centre offers:

• immediate and ongoing assessment
• crisis support and intervention
• information and practical assistance
• referral to other services and advocacy
• ongoing support
• a confidential response to people in crisis
• a community centre and activities to be used for recreation and support
• spiritual support.

Material Aid / Emergency Relief

(including the AXA 614 Supermarket)
We aim to provide a dignified service to people who come to us in their time of most need, seeking emergency relief.
We assist with vouchers, bill assistance, fuel relief, medication, and accommodation.

The AXA 614 Supermarket is a service where people who are in need of material aid can select from our wide range of food and clothes to get them through their rough patch. We are able to offer on the spot advice and assistance with selection as well as cooking tips to people as they shop – all of this is offered completely free!

Hospitality

Currently we serve over 1000 meals per week to Melbourne homeless and marginalised people. These consist of Breakfast & Lunch at 69 Bourke Street as well as late night food on our outreach run and our AXA mobile youth centre.

Computer access

In the 614 Internet Lounge where community members can access the internet and gain vital skills in all things computer related from word processing to web design.

Outreach Van

3 nights per week we are out on the streets with our night Outreach van. The van goes out to those most vulnerable in the community, people sleeping rough in parks, squats and lanes. We offer hot & cold drinks as well as food, jackets and blankets although just as importantly we offer companionship to the most marginalised at what is often their most lonely hour.

AXA 614 Youth Bus

The bus is a coach that has been fully refurbished into a mobile youth centre on wheels! It’s equipped with wirelessly internet connected pc’s, x-box’s, a plasma, 3 surround sound systems, hang out couches, chess tables, a mini kitchen and a private counselling room. The AXA614 Youth Bus is designed to be a safe place off the streets for Melbourne’s homeless and marginalised youth. It’s a tool for our team to interact and engage with these very vulnerable and isolated young people with the intention of building relationships and seeing their lives transformed!

Housing Estates

We work in and amongst families, singles and children in Melbourne’s Housing Estates at Flemington & Fitzroy.
Between the 2 estates there are over 15,000 people who are living at or below the poverty line.

Children

We work with the children at the housing estates as well as providing support at one of Melbourne’s most disadvantaged Primary Schools and at the Children’s Court.

• Please contact us for information about our programs and services for inner Melbourne.
   

 
Stimulating Christians to think about and address issues of injustice

Julian Burnside QC

on "Justice & Society.

Free event - Sunday May 25th at 6pm

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Julian is a prominent Australian Human Rights Lawyer. He has worked tirelessly defending the rights of refugees in detention centres.

He is the recepient of the Human Rights Law Award and the Australian Peace Prize

From Wikipedia: In 1998, Burnside surprise some people by acting for the Maritime Union of Australia in its battle with Patrick Corporation during the 1998 Australian waterfront dispute, one of Australia's most severe and longest industrial relations controversies. The matter went to the High Court of Australia, which eventually found in favour of the Union, albeit with certain conditions. Burnside describes this case as one of his most memorable, and has stated that it convinced him that the survival of reasonable and responsible union representation is crucial if there is to be justice in the workplace.[4] His involvement in the dispute is portrayed by Rhys Muldoon in the 2007 ABC miniseries Bastard Boys.

From the late 1990s onwards, Burnside began to undertake more and more pro bono legal work on a range of human rights-related issues. He acted for Victoria's chief civil liberties organisation in an action against the Australian Government over the Tampa crisis and vehemently criticised the John Howard's Government for its mandatory detention of asylum seekers arriving in Australia. With his wife, artist Kate Durham, Burnside set up Spare Rooms for Refugees and Spare Lawyers for Refugees, programs which provide free accommodation and legal representation for refugees in Australia.

Burnside has also acted in a number of major litigations on behalf of Indigenous Australians. Most notably, he acted for Bruce Trevorrow, a member of the Indigenous stolen generation, in which Trevorrow sued the South Australian Government for having removed him from his parents. For the first time in Australian legal history, an Australian government was found liable for such conduct, and the court awarded $500 000 in damages to Mr Trevorrow.

In 2004 Burnside was awarded the Human Rights Law Award by the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission and sponsored by the Law Council of Australia for his pro-bono legal work for asylum seekers and for his work in establishing Spare Lawyers for Refugees.[5] Also in 2004, he was elected an Australian Living Treasures. In 2007 he received the Australian Peace Prize from the Peace Organisation of Australia.

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