Brisbane Relief Hub

 Overview

The Brisbane Relief Hub provides a range of services to help you during times of need. We also offer various social and educational activities, including daytime meals, access to other services, expressive arts, and budgeting.

Our relief services:

• Food hampers and medical script subsidies drop-in service, Monday to Friday (ID requirements)
• Daily snacks/sandwiches, Monday to Friday
• Activities and wellbeing services (check drop-in services below)
• Casework support (appointment based only)
• Individual financial resilience counselling, advocacy and support (within a catchment area and appointment based only).
• Assistance with NIL’s applications (within a catchment area and appointment based only).

Catchment area
For financial resilience and NIL's applications.

• Brisbane City
• Fortitude Valley
• Highgate Hill
• Kangaroo Point
• South Brisbane
• West End
  

Drop-in service

This service can offer:

• Daily snack packs and sandwiches, Monday to Friday.
• Up to 10 free food hampers per financial year, Monday to Friday.
• Free BBQ burgers every Tuesday, 10:15am to 11:15am.
• Free lunch every Thursday, 1:00 to 2:30pm.
• Free haircuts every 6 weeks on Tuesday mornings, 9:30am to11:00am (provided by Hair Aid).
• Free medical checks on Thursdays, 1:00 to 2:30pm (provided by OneBridge).
• $60 medical script subsidy per financial year.
• Other visiting services Monday to Friday.
• Art Group starting soon on Wednesdays, 9:30am to 12:00pm. 

No appointment is necessary, but to be eligible for the food hampers and medical script subsidies drop-in service, you must provide proof of low income (health care card or pension card; or a bank statement or payslip; or a refugee card or other proof of low income) and proof of identity, such as a photo ID or two forms of non-photo ID.

Getting there