The Gold Coast

Gold Coast Community

Across the Gold Coast, people can connect through practical projects, shared interests, youth activities, cultural programs and neighbourhood-based support. Volunteering networks link residents with local not-for-profits, while community centres, gardens and history groups offer hands-on ways to meet others and contribute. For people needing assistance, local organisations provide meals, food, clothing, referrals, advocacy and youth or family support. The options below cover the Gold Coast and named suburbs and catchments, with each group’s role kept distinct.

🤝 Volunteering & Community Projects

Volunteering Gold Coast

Volunteering Gold Coast connects people with local not-for-profits and supports volunteer recruitment, management and training. Its Gold Coast work also includes community transport, accessible beaches and aged-care visitor programs, creating several ways to contribute through practical service, community access and regular social contact.

2074 Gold Coast Highway, Miami QLD 4220. ☎ (07) 5526 0688 — general enquiries.

United Hands of Hope Australia

United Hands of Hope Australia is a volunteer-supported Gold Coast organisation providing a free Saturday barbecue at Eileen Peters Park. People can take part through practical donations or volunteer involvement, while the organisation also describes assistance with affordable living options.

60 Queen Street, Gold Coast QLD 4214. ☎ 0403128164 — general enquiries.

Meraki Community Garden

Meraki Community Garden, a Gold Coast North Anglican Parish outreach project at St Matthew’s Church, brings people together around sustainable growing, food sharing and practical workshops. Gardening, sustainability and healthy-living sessions are intended for people of all ages and skill levels, offering a hands-on setting for learning and contribution.

🏘️ Neighbourhood & Community Centres

Nerang Neighbourhood Centre

Nerang Neighbourhood Centre is a not-for-profit charitable centre offering community support, a listening ear, a meal and information about Gold Coast community services. It is a local point of contact for people seeking assistance, with its role centred on practical support and connection rather than a single specialist program.

29 Martin Street, Nerang QLD 4211. ☎ (07) 5578 2457 — general contact.

Mudgeeraba Foundation Centre

Mudgeeraba Foundation Centre is a charitable hall and meeting centre that hosts not-for-profit and other community groups. It also provides space for mediation and community legal services through associated initiatives, with meeting rooms available for community organisations. Its contribution is the provision of a shared base for local groups and public-benefit activities.

7 School Street, Mudgeeraba QLD 4213. ☎ 07 5518 7777 — general enquiries.

📚 Friendship & Shared Interests

Men’s Shed Labrador

Men’s Shed Labrador brings members together for personal and shared projects, including woodwork, metalwork, carving and making toys for charities. The shed also produces practical items such as possum boxes, and members can seek advice from club captains during shed activities. It offers a project-based way to share skills and work alongside others.

Gold Coast Family History Society

Gold Coast Family History Society supports family-history research through research rooms and a library. Based at the Nerang Bicentennial Community Centre, it provides a shared setting for people exploring family records and local histories, whether they are beginning a personal project or developing existing research skills.

Room 3, Bicentennial Building, 833 Nerang-Southport Road, Nerang QLD 4211. ☎ 07 5690 1644 — research rooms and library enquiries during opening hours.

🙋 Youth & Family Participation

PCYC Gold Coast

PCYC Gold Coast in Broadbeach Waters offers youth development through a Youth Leadership Team and The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award, alongside RUBY and Champ boxing, sport and recreation activities. These programs provide structured opportunities for young people to develop skills, take part in physical activity and contribute to club life.

180 Monaco Street, Broadbeach Waters QLD 4218. ☎ (07) 5538 5201 — club enquiries.

Gold Coast Youth Service

Gold Coast Youth Service is a not-for-profit specialist youth support and homelessness organisation serving young people and families across the Gold Coast region. Its programs include open access, housing and support, and youth access services, giving young people and families distinct points of support around housing and participation.

15 Oak Avenue, Miami QLD 4220 — please call before visiting. ☎ (07) 5572 0400 — office.

Ohana for Youth

Ohana for Youth supports young people through wellbeing, life-skills, education, work-skills, youth employment and family services. Its Gold Coast work includes a Community Investment Committee for Youth Employment, linking youth participation with practical pathways into work and wider community contribution.

Youth Threads

Youth Threads is a youth-focused charity supporting young people across Southern Brisbane and the Gold Coast with clothing, confidence-building support and community connection. Its work combines practical assistance with activities intended to strengthen confidence and participation.

🧓 Older People & Social Connection

Palm Beach Share & Care Centre

Palm Beach Share & Care Centre provides activities for older adults, people with disability and other Gold Coast community members, including cards, dancing and indoor bowls. It also supports people who find preparing a balanced meal difficult through Meals on Wheels, and welcomes volunteer enquiries. The centre therefore combines regular social activities with meal assistance.

Palm Beach. ☎ 5535 6036 — volunteer, meal-order, registration and service enquiries.

Liberty Community Connect

Liberty Community Connect supports older people with community connection, transport, centre meals, social activities and referral information. Referrals are accepted from individuals, families and organisations. Access to some services may begin with My Aged Care registration, so the relevant pathway depends on the service being sought.

31 Martin Street, Nerang QLD 4211. ☎ (07) 5578 1668 — local team and referral enquiries.

Cura Aged Care

Cura Aged Care is a community-based not-for-profit provider operating across the Gold Coast, South Coast and Logan River Valley under Multicultural Communities Council Gold Coast. Its services include social support and group activities, transport, meal preparation, respite and in-home assistance. Services are subject to the relevant aged-care pathway.

Gold Coast, South Coast and Logan River Valley. ☎ 1800 941 212 — Cura enquiries.

♿ Disability & Inclusion

Disability and Youth Communities Ltd (DAYC)

Disability and Youth Communities Ltd offers disability advocacy, NDIS navigation, peer support and social connection for people facing barriers linked to disability, age, mental health or social isolation. Its activities include structured connection events for autistic adults and young people, and it welcomes volunteer enquiries. The organisation combines individual navigation with opportunities for shared participation.

31–33 Price Street, Nerang QLD 4211. ☎ 0483 959 507 — general enquiries.

🌍 Cultural & Newcomer Connections

Multicultural Families Organisation

Multicultural Families Organisation supports multicultural individuals, families and community members through migrant and refugee support, youth and women’s programs, employment and training, immigration advice, disability services and other assistance. Interpreters can be arranged for people who are not comfortable using English, helping participants access the organisation’s different programs.

79B Scarborough Street, Southport QLD 4215. ☎ 07 5571 0381 — general and referral enquiries.

Multicultural Communities Council Gold Coast

Multicultural Communities Council Gold Coast supports migrants, refugees and new international arrivals across the Gold Coast. It connects people with community groups and services and runs settlement, culturally responsive psychosocial and youth connection programs, providing a regional link between newcomers, community participation and practical support.

Gold Coast. ☎ 07 5620 3900 — general enquiries.

❤️ Practical Help & Community Support

Walk With Us

Walk With Us is a grassroots, volunteer-led Gold Coast charity holding weekly community dinners and providing food hampers, school meal support, clothing, haircuts and other practical assistance. Its Tuesday dinner is held at Uniting Church in Burleigh Heads. People can also contribute through volunteer involvement in the charity’s local work.

Uniting Church, 2 Burleigh Street, Burleigh Heads QLD. ☎ 0413086646 — support, volunteer and general enquiries.

Love This City

Love This City provides practical assistance including food, accommodation, clothing and financial relief, alongside financial counselling, life coaching and community events. It also offers ways to volunteer with local initiatives, bringing together direct assistance, personal support and community participation.

The Junction — 14 Junction Road, Burleigh Heads, Queensland, Australia. ☎ 07 5593 5277 — office.

St John’s Crisis Centre

St John’s Crisis Centre provides crisis support including food, clothing, household goods, domestic-violence support and crisis housing assistance. Its assistance text line requests a name, date of birth and CRN number, so that information is part of the centre’s stated text-based assistance process.

Gold Coast. ☎ 0402 117 770 — assistance text line.

YWAM Gold Coast

YWAM Gold Coast runs community projects including supportive housing, food collection and distribution, a coffee-van project and Helping Hand initiatives. People can support this local work through volunteering or other practical involvement, with activities spanning material assistance and community-based projects.

Gold Coast. ☎ +61 7 5597 0169 — general enquiries.

Whether you are looking for a shared project, a youth activity, a cultural connection, a social group or practical assistance, these organisations offer different ways to take part across the Gold Coast. Local groups, charities, volunteer teams and community organisations with a substantive Gold Coast role are warmly invited to add or update their listing, helping residents and newcomers find current opportunities and support.

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