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About Us

Mission

CAN Community Support works alongside our neighbours in the Carlton public housing high rise towers and surrounds, to offer hospitality, support and welcome to those in our local neighbourhood. CAN Community Support works towards social justice, dignity, and inclusion for those it supports.

Vision

CAN Community Support empowers local communities by working alongside local people to foster strong connections, learning, community building, and food security to ensure that high-rise public housing residents and those experiencing disadvantage have opportunities and support for a better future.

Values

Hospitality – “breaking bread together”; the ancient practice across faith traditions of welcoming the stranger through the sharing of food and life.

Inclusion – embracing diversity, and safe and welcoming participation of people regardless of socio-demographic status.

Dignity – valuing and respecting the inherent worth and individuality of each human and working towards mutuality by seeking opportunity for any contributions they are able to make.

Social Justice – recognising and advocating for the basic human rights of those in our neighbourhood.

Welcome to CAN Community Support

CAN Community Support works alongside our neighbours in the Carlton public housing high rise towers and surrounds, to offer hospitality, support and welcome to those in our local neighbourhood. CAN Community Support works towards social justice, dignity, and inclusion for those it supports.

In the beginning

CAN Community Support is part of the Church of All Nations in Carlton, a Parish Mission of the Uniting Church in Australia.

The Church of All Nations has been part of the fabric of Carlton for over 150 years, offering support to vulnerable people, speaking out for justice, and celebrating the gifts of all cultures to our societies. CAN Community Support was started by the Church community over 30 years ago and has continued to grow and change in response to the needs of the people it serves.

Today

CAN Community Support serves those in the Carlton community through numerous programs from Emergency Support, Family Learning, community meals, a drop-in space and women’s groups.

Registered Charity

CAN Community Support is a registered charity (Public Benevolent Institution) and is endorsed as a Deductible Gift Recipient under Subdivision 30-BA of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997. All donations over $2 are tax deductible.