CAREVAN BLACKTOWN BLOG POSTS

Happy Easter to all our Carevan Blacktown community and beyond. A long weekend of family,

Thank you to all our wonderful Carevan Blacktown volunteers. We are blessed with a growing

T’was the night after Christmas ~ or something like that and all across Carevan Blacktown

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Carevan Blacktown were afforded the honour of an invite to WEXPO 2023, held at the

August 7 to Sunday August 13 ~ Homelessness Week 2023 “It’s time to end homelessness”.

We came, We chilled & We (sorta) slept  Thank You to the AMAZING Workers Club

  This year, 2023, the Blacktown Workers’ Club annual CEO and CO Winter Sleep Out

We have among us a silent observer. A gentle, kind and humble person in our

“..the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more” Jackson brown. Jr

We have swung wide the doors of the Lalor Park Community Centre and welcomed our

We have decked the hall and served some 300 people with Christmas love and care,

Jingle Bells ? … Christmas is almost upon us and Carevan have been the recipient

  When there are no words to express our enormous gratitude… but we will give

Carevan Blacktown recently welcomed Oliver and Maria from NXTCreative along to an evening out at

Homelessness week 2022 Homelessness Australia uses the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) statistical definition of

We are the very humble recipients this week of blankets and warm clothing gathered over

Carevan is the recipient of care and support from many different areas of our community,

As part of their Primary school curriculum focus on poverty and world hunger and more

Feeding the People is at the core of Carevan Blacktown’s mission and the kitchen, like in many

This image below, taken from a recent Foodbank NSW and ACT appeal is both poignant

We are back for 2022, Back to the lovely cool Community Hall at Lalor Park

The Carevan Blacktown family have come together and celebrated this lovely time when, unlike any

Carevan Blacktown knows that Christmas means a little bit more … it means everything. It

Carevan Blacktown are honoured to be a part of the Blacktown Mayoress Chrismas Gift Appeal

We are back and we couldn’t be happier It’s been a long time between cuppas

We are not idle, Though the van is sat waiting to be back on the

As Homelessness week comes to a close we recognise that for those experiencing this plight,

Tuesday evening services at Lalor Park Community Hall are now suspended due to lockdown Carevan

  Supported by an amazing community and underpinned by a dynamic team of volunteers, Carevan

Carevan Blacktown is overjoyed to report that we have become one of the many charities

Our CEO Andrew, hit the airwaves yesterday with Anne and Julie from Radio Alive 90.5FM.

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed,

Follow the link to Carevan Blacktown’s Facebook page and join us for a training session

Awesome Australia Day Tuesday 26th January 2021 Carevan began a terrifically HOT Australia Day Tuesday,

Carevan kicked off 2021 with our first evening get together for the year on Tuesday

Carevan Blacktown’s Christmas celebrations are done and dusted for another year. Always our busiest and

Visitors and friends, Way back in 2011 a big-hearted and proactive little group of 4

Carevan is now the very lucky recipient of a regular supply of freshly laid eggs,

Carevan Blacktown meets every Tuesday evening at Lalor Park Community Hall We are busy setting

Carevan are blessed with HUMONGOUS community support and generosity, which drives everything we do and

Carevan Blacktown is back in action and we couldn’t be happier Carevan started back after

INTERESTED IN VOLUNTEERING WITH CAREVAN BLACKTOWN?   ? We are reaching out to the community, offering

Carevan Blacktown Winter Blanket and Sock Appeal Warm bodies, Warm Hearts and Warm Toes, HUGEST

Carevan Blacktown Winter Blanket and Sock Appeal      Warm bodies, Warm Hearts and Warm

Carevan, like the world, is on pause in this challenging year, but there are still

         To all our friends and supporters Carevan Blacktown regret to advise

Posting from the Wayside Chapel, Such good work and wise words   20 FEBRUARY 2020

Happy New Year to all but before we get too far into 2020 some Big

Thank you to all the wonderful people at Share the Dignity for the Dignity Handbags

Carevan Blacktown is supported in all our endeavours, by some fantastic organisations who provide us

It was a hot, windy evening on the Lalor Park streets for Carevan’s evening meal

We have launched a new simple website to reach all demographics and to keep all