Partner Agencies
Orange Sky
The team from Orange Sky provide mobile laundry services at Cornerstone every Tuesday and Friday morning from 9.30am – 12.30pm.
One Voice
The One Voice shower truck attends Cornerstone every Friday morning, offering showers between 10am and 12 noon.
Avalon Centre
The Avalon Centre Moving Wardrobe visits Cornerstone on the second Friday of each month, from 10am – 12 noon. Providing free, quality clothing and bedding.
Heath Care Partners
Partnering with health care providers means that disadvantaged people can access vital health services onsite, reducing many of the barriers experienced by homeless and marginalised locals.
Bolton Clarke Homeless Person’s Program
A Bolton Clarke HPP Nurse co-locates with Cornerstone, providing vital health care services for community members experiencing homelessness.
Street Side Medics
Street Side Medics operate from a mobile van based at Cornerstone on Friday mornings, providing accessible health care to people experiencing homelessness. Their van is fitted with the necessary equipment to provide primary healthcare services, to the standard of a normal general practice, and each doctor is an RACGP accredited General practitioner. No appointments necessary. Access Street Side Medics at Cornerstone on Friday mornings between 10am and 12noon.
Services include:
+ Health examinations
+ Diagnosis and treatment of medical conditions
+ Producing and implementing health care plans
+ Immunisations
+ Pathology services
+ Providing nutritional advice
+ Minor surgical procedures
+ Referring the homeless to appropriate medical subspecialties
The Australian College of Optometry
An outreach optometrist visits Cornerstone once a month to provide free eye checks and subsidised glasses for disadvantaged community members.
The Australian College of Optometry provide services on the first Tuesday of each month between 9.30am – 12noon.
Optometry checks by appointment.
Immunisations
We partner with various immunisation outreach services to provide flu-shots, COVID-19 and hepatitis vaccines onsite at Cornerstone.