Byron Place Community Centre

Byron Place Community Centre provides a chance for people who are homeless or otherwise disadvantaged, in Adelaide, to change their lives with self respect and dignity.

The Community Centre provides initial contact, counselling and advocacy, and basic services. At Byron Place Community Centre, people are encouraged to move into other programs suited to their needs. The centre's main goal is to create a chance for change with dignity. Byron Place Community Centre also offers a place ‘to be’ where people can feel welcome and not judged. The facilities, at the purpose built Centre, are available to men and women aged 21 years and over. Services at the Centre are used by up to 120 clients each day.

Opening Times:
Basic services: 7.30am-12 noon M-F, 8-11am Weekends and Public Holidays
Baggage room: 7.30am-12 noon and 2.45-3.15pm M-F, 8-11am Weekends and Public Holidays
Duty office: 9.30am to 12pm M-F
Caseworkers by appointment.

Basic Services:

• Luggage storage - for up to 2 months.
• Laundry facilities - washing machines, clothes dryers, washing powder.
• Bathroom facilities – showers (male & female), soap, razors, shampoo and towels.
• Emergency clothing.
• Access to telephones.
• Morning papers.
• Tea and coffee.
• Mail collection.

Duty Office Services:

• Crisis Intervention.
• Information.
• Access to material and financial assistance (assessment required).
• Advocacy - government departments, non–government services, utilities etc.
• Referral - to agencies that may better suit the needs of the client, and to agencies that provide services not available at Byron Place Community Centre.
• Counselling.
• Assessment for entry into the Case Management Service.

Case Management Services:

• Individual case plans.
• Individual counselling
• Housing referral and ongoing support.

Ancillary Services:
Art and cooking classes are available on Fridays during the school term.
A number of other service providers are also based at Byron Place Community Centre. These are:

• Royal District Nursing Society - clinic held daily, Monday – Friday.
• Centrelink Community Unit - attend Tuesday mornings.
• Homeless Persons Legal Clinic - conducted Wednesday mornings.
• No Polgi Medical Service - attend Wednesday mornings.
• DASSA Indigenous Substance Abuse Programme - most weekdays.

UnitingCare Wesley Adelaide has served people who are disadvantaged and/or homeless people in the inner-city area of Adelaide since the Central Methodist Mission was established at Maughan Church in 1901. When the Mission's premises were rebuilt in 1965, facilities for a drop-in centre were incorporated in the Nazareth Crypt. The services of the Nazareth Crypt were transferred to Wright Court in 1976. In June 1994, the service moved to new premises in Byron Place.

Volunteers
The Centre needs volunteers to assist with the general running of the facilities, and people with specialist skills ie tradespeople, computer operators, art and craft skills.
Clothing, particularly men's clothes, jocks, socks and shoes, is always needed. The Centre also requires towels, cups and blankets.

Contact Us

Byron Place Community Centre
61-67 Byron Place,
Adelaide 5000
Phone (Business Hours): 08 8217 9600

Further Information