West End Community House

West End Community House provides a connection point for individuals, families, groups and organisations through:

Community development education and training

The team at WECH is passionate about empowering and resourcing local community members with community work and community development knowledge and skills.

The house will be hosting, facilitating and promoting various training opportunities throughout the year. Please email us for more information.

Supporting Community Initiatives and Activities

The team at WECH actively support grassroots community initiatives that seek to build a stronger, more connected and more resilient community. If you and/or your group are seeking support with starting a local project please feel free to contact us to see if we can help.

Some groups currently supported by WECH that meet at the house include a computer literacy group, community breakfast, and community art group.

Create West End has been running since about 2014 at the Small Park aka West End Community Park at 155a Boundary St and was started as a way of bringing local community members together in a place where they could build a sense of connection, claim a space that felt like their own and initiate activities and ideas with like-minded folks.

The Whoopee Do Crew band  meet weekly to participate in warmup games and voice warmups, then onto performing and rocking on! The location, on the main street of West End, allows newcomers to see what the group is about and join in at any time.

Click here to see the creative change project report featuring the Whoopee Do crew.

Community Events

West End Community House supports the development of local community celebrations and events. WECH has previously celebrated many events such as Harmony Day, International Women’s Day, DisabiliTea, International Day of Peace and Mental Health Week.

Stay in touch to find out about upcoming celebrations and events or contact us if you are interested in partnering with us to run an event.

Community Information and Referral

Are you looking for information about support and services available within our local community?

West End Community House provides individuals, families and community groups within the Kurilpa Peninsula free and confidential support, information and referrals on a broad range of community issues.

This service is available Monday to Thursday during open house hours or email us at

Partnerships

West End Community House has a range of partnerships that aim to provide support and resources to disadvantaged community members. These currently include the following:

LawRight
West End Community House partners with LawRight’s Homeless Persons Legal Clinic (HPLC) to make legal services available to homeless persons and disadvantaged community members. The Clinic currently operates once fortnightly at the West End Kiosk, and deals with a wide range of legal issues. For information and bookings contact us on 3217 2333.

Centrelink
Centrelink Outreach Services provide individual centrelink support every Thursday morning at the Community Breakfast from 7:00am at West End Community House.

Anglicare
Anglicare Outreach Nursing Program provides community health checks and information and referral each Thursday morning at the Community Breakfast, from 7:00am at West End Community House.

OzHarvest & SecondBite
Weekly delivery of meat, fresh fruit, vegetables and bread for the WECH breakfast.

Jacobs
West End Community House partners with Jacobs (formerly SKM), a large engineering and consultancy group who have a corporate office in South Brisbane. This partnership provides resources, support and volunteers for West End Community House through the Jacobs staff team, and helps to provide local context and grounding to Jacobs staff members. Jacobs has been a strong supporter of the Breakfast Program for many years.

Volunteers are an important part of the fabric of West End Community House.

Volunteering provides valuable support to the work of West End Community House and provides opportunities for volunteers to gain skills and experience.

Some of the volunteering opportunities offered include:

• Supporting the Open House space as part of the Inclusion team
• Community Playgroup
• Community Art Group
• House administration
• Community Garden Group
• Community Breakfast
• Community Advisory Group
• Website assistance
• Working bees
• Community events
• Research projects
• Grant writing
• Fundraising support
• Community Development Initiatives

The team at West End Community House are interested in working with you to find ways in which you can use your skills to meaningfully connect with the community.

To inquire about volunteering, please contact us on 3217 2333 or email us

There are many excellent community resources in West End. Here are some that may be of interest.

Community Services and Organisations

The Brisbane Community Directory is a comprehensive guide to community services in Brisbane.

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Brook RED
Brook RED is a peer-operated community supporting holistic recovery from mental illness.  The organisation uses the unique insights and connections that a peer perspective provides in all of its work.
Where: 25 Brook Street, Highgate Hill
Phone: 3846 4209
E-mail:
Website: www.brookred.org.au

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Caxton Legal Centre
Caxton Legal Centre’s objectives are to provide legal and social welfare services to low income and disadvantaged persons in need of relief from poverty, distress, misfortune, destitution and helplessness, and to educate such people in legal, social welfare and related matters. They are an independent, non-profit community organisation providing free legal advice, social work services, information and referrals.
Where: 1 Manning Street, South Brisbane
Phone: 3214 6333
E-mail:
Facebook: www.facebook.com/caxtonlegalcentre
Website: caxton.org.au/index.html

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Common Ground Qld
Common Ground’s mission is to create supportive housing solutions through effective public, private, and community partnerships.
Where: 15 Hope Street, South Brisbane
Phone: 3370 8320
E-mail:
Facebook: www.facebook.com/Common-Ground-Queensland-141799479202880
Website: www.commongroundqld.org.au

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West End Markets
Davies Park Market takes place every Saturday, 6:00am-2:00pm.
Where: Off Montague Road and end of Jane Street, West End
Phone: 0435 840 810

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Keep West End Weird
Adoring and celebrating the weirdness and unsurpassed strangeness that is West End. Those in this group are fervently against the ‘normalisation’, gentrification, over-development and commoditisation of West End.
Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/KeepWestEndWeird

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Kurilpa Futures
This is a network of Brisbane residents, community organisations  and political organisations. Collectively, they are opposed to the current Kurilpa Master Plan. The current draft plan proposes sizable population growth but doesn’t add the necessary ingredients to ensure the basic needs of new, and existing residents, are met.
Website: kurilpafutures.org

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Micah Projects
Micah Projects is a community based not-for-profit organisation with a vision to create justice and respond to injustice at the personal, social, and structural levels in church, government, business and society.
Where: Ground Floor, 162 Boundary Street, West End
Phone: 3029 7000
E-mail:
Facebook: www.facebook.com/micahprojects
Website: micahprojects.org.au

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West End Bulk Buyers
West End Bulk Buyers is a community bulk buyers group. But more than that, they’re a bunch of folks who care about food that is locally-sourced, healthy, ethically-grown and affordable, as well as community spirit. They like to know that the food we buy is good for the planet, for the farmers and for us.
E-mail: westendbulkbuyers.gmail.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/westendbulkbuyers

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West End Community Association (WECA)
Celebrating Kurilpa, its people and the community. WECA is a not-for-profit association of residents, community and business interests. WECA celebrates and promotes the values, events and people that make Kurilpa a vibrant and diverse community.
E-mail:
Facebook: www.facebook.com/WECA4101
Website: www.weca.org.au

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West End Library
Monday, Tuesday and Sunday: Closed
Wednesday and Friday: 10:00am-5:00pm
Thursday: 10:00am-7:00pm
Saturday: 9:00am-4:00pm
Closed on public holidays
Where: 179-180 Boundary Street, West End
Phone: 3403 8620
Facebook: www.facebook.com/pages/Kurilpa-Library/314583092062154 (Unofficial)  
Website: www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/facilities-recreation/libraries/opening-hours-locations/west-end-library

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West End Traders Association
Representing local business in West End and surrounds.
Website: www.westendtraders.com.au

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