Anglicare Southern Queensland
Along with their aged care services, Anglicare SQ provide holistic support to help women make sustainable changes in their lives.
About
Anglicare Southern Queensland is a not-for-profit arm of the Anglican Church providing care for vulnerable people.
At their bespoke facility in Brisbane, Anglicare Southern Queensland provides holistic support via a range of services to help women who are or have been homeless rebuild their self-worth to make sustainable changes in their lives. The programs run support women to increase their capacity to sustain tenancies and build positive parenting skills in a safe, secure, and highly private setting.
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Anglican Women's Hostel
In a leafy inner-west Brisbane suburb, Anglican Women’s Hostel is a purpose-built facility that caters for the needs of women needing security and support as they transition out of homelessness. The project consists of a new facility of two, eight-bed crisis support units. The building also includes a shared lounge & dining, and eight studio units providing transitional accommodation.
The facility is based on a supportive housing model that works towards long term sustainability of tenancies for homeless women and includes an Administrative Centre with client common areas. Covered ramps between adjacent structures help to enable access to the outdoors without compromising security. Moreover, breaking up the building’s mass allowed it to seamlessly sit in the streetscape.
The project was challenging as some neighbours expressed concerns over potential disruption to their neighbourhood. The building was kept to a residential scale, achieved chiefly by limiting the perceived height of development and emulating the endemic “Queenslander” vernacular.
