SPCHG Office Closure
We will be closed as at Xmas Eve, reopening on Monday 4 January. Here’s to a happier and healthier year for all in 2021.
We will be closed as at Xmas Eve, reopening on Monday 4 January. Here’s to a happier and healthier year for all in 2021.
Through the State’s Rooming House Conversion Program, our Layfield Street building has been undergoing renovations for just over two years now, converting the 22 rooming house rooms and 2 one-bedroom apartments into 25 self-contained studio apartments and a communal kitchen with space for meetings and community events. Whilst there have
Our book ‘More Than Just Housing’ was awarded the prize for best Local History – Small Publication Award by the Royal Historical Society. Written by our CEO, Janet Goodwin and two of the organisation’s founders, Beris Campbell and Heather McKee, the book tells the remarkable stories of our tenants, staff
We’re back to recycling in the City of Port Phillip. That’s awesome news on the back of the recent #ClimateStrike for South Port Community Housing Group tenants and others in our community…but no soft plastic bags, polystyrene, broken mirrors or food scraps in your recycles as this will compromise the
At SPCHG we’re often preoccupied with what’s happening in our local Southern Region. We recommend that you read this alarming report prepared by the Northern and Western Homelessness Network outlining the fact that crisis accommodation is in a state of crisis itself. Support services are calling for acceptable crisis accommodation
Today we’re commemorating the 11th anniversary of the Apology to Stolen Generations. These policies caused tremendous pain and trauma within our Aboriginal communities. Our thoughts are with all those affected.
In Chinese culture, the Year of the Pig is associated with wealth, fortune and generosity. In 2019, we’re hoping that such prosperity and caring spirit will be shared by all… Insisting and advocating that everyone should have a home is a great start. Kung Hei Fat Choi!
Melbourne’s heat waves are tough. But for those of us experiencing homelessness, heatwaves can be potentially life threatening. If you or someone you know is experiencing homelessness, there’s some great resource: Free pool and cinema passes can be collected from a range of agencies including Cohealth, Salvation Army and via City of Melbourne’s daily
Look no further than this awesome award winning not for profit… Society Melbourne is a non-profit that aims to eliminate youth homelessness in Australia. The organisation operates some of the most sustainable social enterprises in Australia and reinvests 100% of profits into evidence-based programs targeting young people who are at-risk
CHIA Vic, in collaboration with BOOMPower, recently assisted seven community housing organisations
South Port Community Housing Group would like to acknowledge that we operate here today on the land of the traditional owners of this land, the Yalukit Willam clan of the Boon Wurrung. We pay our respect to their elders, past and present. We recognise and respect the significance of their cultural heritage and relationship with the land as we work from the historic meeting place of Emerald Hill. © South Port Community Housing Group Inc.