Base Services https://baseservices.com.au Toowoomba-based, not for profit, community development organisation Mon, 25 Feb 2019 12:28:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.3.2 Christmas Day Lunch https://baseservices.com.au/event/christmas-day-lunch/ https://baseservices.com.au/event/christmas-day-lunch/#respond Mon, 25 Feb 2019 12:28:40 +0000 http://baseservices.com.au/?p=183 Help us make a difference this Christmas by donating these products to make hampers for people who are Homeless or at High Risk of Homelessness.

Since 2002, the Base Services has partered to provide Christmas Day Lunch to people who are Homeless or facing difficult circumstances.

WHEN: 11.30am-1pm, 25th December

WHERE: St Luke’s Hall

RSVP: 21st December, 2017 on 0408 070 300 

]]> https://baseservices.com.au/event/christmas-day-lunch/feed/ 0 Christmas Hampers for the Homeless https://baseservices.com.au/program/christmas-hampers-for-the-homeless/ https://baseservices.com.au/program/christmas-hampers-for-the-homeless/#respond Mon, 25 Feb 2019 11:49:40 +0000 http://baseservices.com.au/?p=168 Help us make a difference this Christmas by donating these products to make hampers for people who are Homeless or at High Risk of Homelessness.

Help keep The Basement Soup Kitchen open!

Click here to go to www.homelessforaweek.com.au to donate! 

Christmas Hampers for people who are Homeless

  • Rice Crackers 
  • Drinks
  • Poppas
  • 500ml soft drink Chocolate
  • Bag of Lollies
  • Sweet and Savory Biscuits
  • Chips/Pringles
  • Carry Bag
  • Can Opener
  • Muesli Bars
  • Christmas Pudding (small)
  • Candy Canes
  • Gift Vouchers: Coles, Food/Coffee voucher
  • Can of Tuna/Chicken
  • Nuts
  • Baked Beans/Spaghetti
  • Deodorant
  • Lip Balm
  • Socks
  • Long Life Custard/Milk
  • Comb
  • Fruit Cup
  • Le Snack
  • Noodle Cup

Christmas Hampers for people at High Risk of Homelessness: couch surfing, staying in tents, at hotels, boarding houses etc

  • Biscuits Chips
  • Chocolates Lollies
  • Christmas Cake
  • Christmas Crackers  
  • Salsa
  • Corn Chips  
  • Decorations
  • Candy Canes  –
  • Fruit Mince Pies
  • Juice  
  • Soft Drink
  • Nuts  
  • Plum
  • Pudding
  • Long Life Custard  
  • Serviettes
  • Tinned Fruit  
  • Carry Bags
  • Comb    

Items need to droped off to 10 Neil street, Toowoomba by 4PM, Friday 15th December, 2017.

For more information: tiff@baseservices.com.au or call 4638 2399          

]]> https://baseservices.com.au/program/christmas-hampers-for-the-homeless/feed/ 0 The Basement Soup Kitchen https://baseservices.com.au/program/the-basement-soup-kitchen/ https://baseservices.com.au/program/the-basement-soup-kitchen/#respond Thu, 21 Feb 2019 14:37:07 +0000 http://baseservices.com.au/?p=109 The Basement Soup Kitchen operates Weekdays 11am – 12:30PM. We offer anyone in need in our community a free nutritious lunch time meal and access to outreach support services which we host on a weekly basis, these include a General Practitioner from Goolburri Aboriginal Health Care Services (Mondays), the Department of Human Services (Mondays), Oz Care Health Clinic (Tuesdays) and a Homeless Person’s Legal Clinic (Wednesdays) . Frequently through these support services, a wonderful team of 30 volunteers and case management, we are able to help support people exit the crisis they are in or at risk of.

Help keep The Basement Soup Kitchen open!

Click here to go to www.homelessforaweek.com.au to donate! 

]]> https://baseservices.com.au/program/the-basement-soup-kitchen/feed/ 0 Backpack Beds for the Homeless https://baseservices.com.au/program/backpack-beds-for-the-homeless/ https://baseservices.com.au/program/backpack-beds-for-the-homeless/#respond Thu, 21 Feb 2019 14:34:32 +0000 http://baseservices.com.au/?p=106 Homelessness is a growing problem in Toowoomba. The Basement provides blankets and swags to people who are homeless in our community. 
Backpack beds by swags for Homeless are given out to the Homeless so they stay warm during the cold Toowoomba nights. These backpack beds are the most awarded, single person, ultra light weight camping tent in the world – which is also a backpack! Dignity tested, ultralight, only 2.9kg, waterproof, fire retardant and mildew resistant. $110 Backpack Bed including delivery (available in box of 4).
Vistit their website for more information: swags.org.au/

Donations $2 and over are tax deductible  

For receipt please email: tiff@baseservices.com.au

For Direct Debit please use the following details: 

Account Name: BASE Services Inc. BSB: 034 221 Account Number: 629 828  Reference: Swag (Surname) 

Cheques and cash can be sent to PO Box 2216, Toowoomba or dropped off to 10 Neil Street, Toowoomba.

]]> https://baseservices.com.au/program/backpack-beds-for-the-homeless/feed/ 0 Operation Shopping Trolley https://baseservices.com.au/program/operation-shopping-trolley/ https://baseservices.com.au/program/operation-shopping-trolley/#respond Thu, 21 Feb 2019 14:03:34 +0000 http://baseservices.com.au/?p=93 Every year The Basement provides thousands of meals and hundreds of hampers to homeless people in the Toowoomba Community. Operation Shopping Trolley is an initiative aimed to involve individuals, local schools, community groups and businesses to collect non perishable items that can be used in the soup kitchen or for a homeless hamper (please remember that most homeless people don’t have access to a kitchen or can opener).

Donations can be dropped off between 8:30AM – 4:30PM, weekdays to 10 Neil Street, Toowoomba.

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