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A road less travelled
Cars have always been a feature of Ericka-Jayne’s life: there was a successful smash repair business, later a period of stealing vehicles to help support a drug habit. “I was known as the Seven Hills car park bandit. It went on for years until A Current Affair caught me.” While that landed some community service, life has since moved on…
More support for our GP practice
There’s been increasing support for the Haymarket Foundation’s medical practice focused on the health needs of people experiencing homelessness. In 2022, a purpose-designed bulk-billing practice will open opposite Central Station. In the meantime, face-to-face consultations at the Chippendale practice are ramping up. The City of Sydney has awarded a three-year grant to help pay for the salary of a nurse….
A few words from our CEO this festive season
For many of us, Christmas this year will be a special time spent with our family and friends that we’ve missed during lockdown. For some of our clients, Christmas is a difficult and lonely time typified by a decline in mental health and increased substance use. To help, we try to bring a little joy each year with activities such…
Food, glorious food!
The Haymarket Foundation is working towards improving the nutrition and health outcomes of people experiencing homelessness. Many residential clients have compromised immune systems due to ongoing medical conditions including HIV, and alcohol and other drug issues. There is an international evidence base which emphasizes that a diet comprising of fresh, seasonal and unprocessed ingredients is vital to support the health…
Drop-in service for people experiencing homelessness
People experiencing or at-risk of homelessness will have access to a unique medical practice specialising in their health needs, in the heart of Sydney’s CBD. In addition to improving health, the practice will work towards ending homelessness, by supporting patients to navigate systems which are often inter-related: health and housing. The Haymarket Foundation General Practice will be run as a…
Our specialist GP service begins
A new specialist GP service for people experiencing homelessness has begun work in Sydney. Initially, the female GP worked part-time via Telehealth. But since early November, the doctor began seeing patients face-to-face out of the medical centre at the Haymarket Foundation’s crisis accommodation facility in Chippendale (see image). In the first weeks of the service: 30% of patients have had…
New horizons for a man with no connection to the past
When Joe* left prison in 2019, after more than three decades inside, he re-entered a world he scarcely knew. The connections with the large family that he grew up with in south-western Sydney had gone, he was semi-literate and had never used computers or mobile devices. Amongst his other challenges: he didn’t have ID, nor access to Centrelink and he…
Hearing the voices of First Nations people
The Haymarket Foundation has a disproportionately high number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders accessing its services. Roughly one in four clients identifies as being a First Nations person. Now the renowned Bourke Street residential rehabilitation program has a fresh focus on cultural inclusion and safety for this group. Cultural inclusion: Two Aboriginal consultants have carried out an assessment of…
Our doors and hearts are open
We’re not going to lie: this has been a really tough time for the Haymarket Foundation. But our frontline workers are thrilled to be back on-site around the clock at our crisis accommodation facility in Chippendale. (From Monday 13 September). We were closed for just over a week for deep cleaning, after one of our residents tested positive for COVID-19…
Making room for non-Australian residents
Twenty people who have no income and are not entitled to social security have been given a lifeline for the duration of Sydney’s second lockdown. The Haymarket Foundation is coordinating emergency accommodation, food and support services to help those who have become homeless and are unable to access other services – including international students, asylum seekers and refugees. These extra…