Community Support
Help is closer than you think
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Food Parcels
Tuesday to Thursday 10:00am to 2:00pm
For residents of the Greater Dandenong area, we provide free food parcels containing fresh and packaged items to individuals and families experiencing food insecurity or facing an emergency.
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Community Café
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday from 10:00am
Sit down with a warm beverage and a toasted sandwich, and connect with the local community.
Everyone is welcome.
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Employment Plus Local
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
EPlus Local helps you find paid work and begin fitting in to your community, while waiting for your visa application to come through. We can help you with studies & training, job hunting and finding work and feeling at home here in Australia.
- Are you a refugee, asylum seeker or migrant?
- Do you have the right to work in Australia?
- Are you not already linked to a different job active provider?
If you answered yes to those questions, then you could be eligible. Contact us today for more information:
epluslocal@salvationarmy.org.au
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Doorways Emergency Relief and Case Management
Monday to Friday 9:30am - 3:30pm
Doorways provides emergency relief and case management to individuals and families experiencing hardship or crisis.
If you are facing a difficult situation, please visit our centre to discuss your needs.
Contact us at: doorways.dandenong@salvationarmy.org.au
Alternatively, you can contact the Salvation Army State Phone Assistance Line at (03) 8873 5288
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Relationships Australia Men's Behaviour Change Program
A free, 20-session group program for men who want to change their behaviour.
For more information click here.
Email: cranbournenorth@rav.org.au
Phone: (03) 5911 5400
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Peninsula Community Legal Centre (PCLC)
Wednesday mornings
Peninsula Community Legal Centre offers free legal advice to people who live, work or study in the municipalities of Frankston, Casey, Cardinia, Glen Eira, Kingston and Mornington Peninsula.
Contact: 1800 064 784
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Narcotics Anonymous: Dual Recovery
Wednesday 7:00pm to 8:15pm
NA is a nonprofit fellowship or society of men and women for whom drugs had become a major problem.
This meeting is open to addicts and non-addicts alike. All are welcome. Children welcome under supervision of caregiver.
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COACH Community Mentoring
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
The Salvation Army Dandenong partners with the COACH Network to provide mentoring that aims to empower individuals and families through one-to-one mentoring, breaking generational cycles of poverty and family breakdown.
Please contact us whether you think mentoring might help you flourish or are interesting in volunteering as a mentor:
charmaine@coachnetwork.org