Empowering our community through the extended hand of hope!

Who we are

Macquarie Care is the expression of the heart of our church in the local community, mobilising volunteers to serve through our programs, services and projects to meet the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of people living in the Lake Macquarie & Hunter Region of NSW.

Car 2 Home Project

Car 2 Home Project is a designated private car park space that allows men, women, couples or families who are sleeping in their cars a place to park and sleep, in the Lake Macquarie and Newcastle area.

Manna House

Manna House is a free food distribution centre providing support to anyone in need.  Open Thursdays from 1.00pm - 2.30pm (unless sold out before)

Seniors Cafe

Seniors Cafe is a social program for seniors in our local community. Once per month we open our door as wide as we can to make space for ​our seniors.
All are welcome!

Chaplaincy

A Chaplain is a person who offers care and acceptance to people, regardless of race, gender, culture, or worldview. They listen, support, work through life issues, and assist in times of crisis.  
Macquarie Care has chaplains in nursing homes,  juvenile centres, emergency services, politics, hospitals, workplaces and schools.  We also provide chaplaincy training in partnership with Macquarie Leadership College. 

What an incredible day! Our Manna House Christmas Party last week was such a blessing as community members received toys, gifts, lunch, drinks, clothes and yummy food hampers. Our volunteers were a shining light as they gave above and beyond to pull
On Sunday we got to celebrate all our glorious Mac Care volunteers. We are so grateful for all the time and energy each of these guys invest into Mac Care!
Did you hear about our Seniors Christmas Concert? We had over 70 beautiful, young at heart seniors come along to enjoy the festivities. Singing, dancing, eating, laughing and enjoying all things Christmas, even snow! A huge thank you to the volunte
The winning moment 🎉 Our Mac Care team continually puts in the effort, time and energy because we love our community. We have seen hundreds of lives changed and transformed through our services. @ourbackyardcar2homeproject is thrilled to be the be
Here we are, all the way up on the Sunshine Coast, advocating for @ourbackyardcar2homeproject. We are thrilled to share our work and stories with other faith based charities, as we come together finding solutions for homelessness. Thanks Danny Whyte
How ‘cool’ is that?! We are on the receiving end of a grant issued by @ourlakemac for our Manna House cool room! Thank you Lake Mac City Council, for your contribution and belief in our food hampers program. Week after week, we supply foo
We’ve had a big couple of weeks- Night Under The Stars, Lake Mac Running Festival, Hunter Homeless Connect and our ongoing Manna House hampers. None of this would be possible without incredible volunteers 🤝 so a big shout out to all of them. W
It’s been a long time coming... Only 2 more sleeps, until we see you at Night Under The Stars ✨ We have a number of brave souls sleeping in their cars for the night, so be sure to jump on our website and sponsor one of them. The evening kicks o
Welcome to Hunter Homeless Connect! Today was an impactful day as our team from @ourbackyardcar2homeproject got to share with hundreds of people about what we do and the service we provide. It was incredible seeing the faces of people receive haircu
We want to congratulate all our participants for Walk to Wellbeing 2022 on their incredible effort and commitment! Here are some happy snaps from the walk 🏃🏃🏻‍♀️
We are walking to raise awareness for mental health and celebrate the completion of ‘ Project Wellbeing’. It is a 20km journey from Mereweather to Carrington and back but you may opt for the 5km or 10km journey instead. Are you willing

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