CityReach

City Reach Foundation, Gold Coast — Care, connected. A coordinated care arm for the Gold Coast: connecting people to the right help, from our own frontline initiatives to the agencies, services and partners hosting theirs.

City Reach Foundation, Gold Coast — Care, connected. A coordinated care arm for the Gold Coast.

City Reach Foundation is a registered Gold Coast charity. We coordinate frontline care across the city — running our own initiatives and connecting people to the agencies, services and partners hosting theirs. Everyone is welcome — whoever you are, whatever your story.

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Connecting the Hearts of the City.

Right now

Two initiatives we’re running this season — part of a wider year-round mission of food relief, emergency support, family pathways, and the day-to-day work of connecting people to the agencies, services and partners across the city hosting their own.

Winter Initiative 2026 — City Reach Foundation's coordinated winter shelter response on the Gold Coast. Care4Kids — Back to School Initiative. Saturday 17 January 2027. A City Reach initiative bringing practical support, hope and opportunity to kids and families across the Gold Coast.
If you need help

Food, shelter, emergency support — start here.

You’re in the right place. Tell us what's going on; we’ll point you to the right door.

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About us

A broad, collaborative response — not a single-issue charity.

City Reach Foundation Ltd is a registered Australian charity on the Gold Coast. We coordinate frontline care across the city — running our own initiatives, and connecting people to the agencies, services and partners hosting theirs. The aim is the same either way: get people to the right door, faster. We serve people regardless of background or belief.

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Volunteers working together in a community setting

From this city, for this city

The Gold Coast is home. We want everyone here to feel that.

Care that meets people where they are — plain, practical, without fanfare.

The work we achieve

Frontline practical care, from crisis back to stability.

City Reach focuses on what we call "−10 to 0" — meeting people in the hardest moments and walking them back to a stable starting line. Across the year we run food relief, emergency support, domestic violence assistance, and seasonal initiatives like the Winter Initiative and Care4Kids.

Some programs are live; others activate as the Foundation matures. The full portfolio is on the Our Work page.

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Our first project

Winter Initiative — chapter one of a longer story.

A coordinated overnight shelter response on the Gold Coast, bringing together participating churches as facilitator sites under a shared governance framework. First season targets Winter 2026 — 12 to 13 weeks across rotating sites.

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Our next initiative

Care4Kids · Back to School.

A Gold Coast community day right before Term 1 begins — backpacks, stationery, free haircuts, and a warm welcome for kids and families heading into a new school year. Save the date: Saturday 17 January 2027.

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How to help

Three ways to stand with the city.

Whatever you bring — dollars, hours, or a shared mission — it strengthens a coordinated response for people on the Gold Coast.

Give

Your gift funds frontline practical care — food, hygiene, shelter, and the coordinated hub that holds the work together.

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Volunteer

Trained, rostered volunteers are the backbone of the Winter Initiative and the wider hub. Join a shift, a team, or a training cohort.

Join the team

Partner

Councils, agencies, churches and businesses — if you're already doing good work, we'd rather coordinate than compete. Let's talk.

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