For the community, by the community

The Community Store is a welcoming space where people experiencing hardship or transitioning into housing can access clothing, household items, toiletries, and other essentials in a dignified and empowering way.

The Community Store is built on the principles of choice, control, and respect. We recognise that people experiencing homelessness often have little control over their daily lives, and we believe everyone deserves the right to make their own decisions and feel proud of the items they bring into their home.

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St Pat's Community Store, for the community by the community

Sustainability and Community Impact

St Pat’s Community Store is more than a place to access goods—it’s also a hub for sustainability and waste reduction.

With the help of volunteers and partners, St Pat’s sorts, cleans, and redistributes donations, ensuring good-quality items reach people who need them. Partnerships with recycling organisations and other services ensure that unsuitable donations are redirected rather than wasted, reducing both environmental and financial burdens.

  • We offer 25% off to people with Centrelink Concession Cards/Healthcare Cards.

How the store works

With the help of volunteers and partners, St Pat’s sorts, cleans, and redistributes donations, ensuring good-quality items reach people who need them.

Partnerships with recycling organisations and other services ensure that unsuitable donations are redirected rather than wasted, reducing both environmental and financial burdens.

  • Dignified experience: A retail-style setting where items are displayed attractively.

  • Choice and control: Clients select what best suits their needs.

  • Volunteer powered: A dedicated team sorts and prepares donations.

  • Sustainability focus: Partnerships ensure unusable items are recycled or passed to other services.

Get Involved

Volunteer at St Pat’s Community Store

We are always looking for shop front or behind the scenes workers to assist our team.

Partnerships

Talk to us about partnering opportunities, access to quality furniture (ex-display stock, discontinued lines, floor damaged stock).

Furnishing Futures Fund

Donate to our Furnishing Futures Fund.

Donate Goods

Donate today and help us transform lives!

We’re in need of:

  • Cooking equipment new or as new frypans, saucepans with lids, dinner sets, glassware and cutlery.

  • Kitchen appliances new or as new condition, kettles, microwaves, toasters

  • Laundry items, laundry baskets, clothes pegs, washing powder

  • Cleaning items, new or as new brooms, mops, dusters, unopened cleaning products, garbage bags, dustpan and brush

  • Furniture, as new bed frames, sofas, coffee tables and dining sets.

How to donate goods

  • We accept donations of good quality men’s, women’s and children’s clothes, accessories, footwear, homewares, furniture, cookware and essential kitchenware, blankets and manchester, mattresses and pillows (in good condition and with no stains only) and other items.
  • We do not accept dirty or damaged goods, medical aids (wheelchairs, crutches or other equipment), baby cots, car seats or prams, white goods.

  • New frying pans – small and large
  • New saucepans with lids – small and large
  • Kitchen Appliances in as-new condition – Microwaves, toasters, kettles, rice cookers
  • Kitchen utensils – kitchen spatulas, wooden spoons, ladles, tongs and tin openers
  • Tea towels
  • New antibacterial kitchen spray and washing up liquid
  • Garbage bags – large black bags and small kitchen bags
  • Rolls of cloths, dish scourers and paper towels
  • Laundry – washing powder, clothes pegs, small buckets and laundry baskets

  • Donations can be dropped at:
    39 Adelaide St
    Loading Dock
    Fremantle
    Mondays & Thursdays 9am – 12pm
  • Bulk donations can be arranged by appointment:
    Call 6372 4800
  • Non-perishable food donations and sleeping bags will continue to be accepted at:
    St Pat’s Day Centre
    12 Queen Victoria St
    Fremantle

St Pat’s

Housing Success Project

A new beginning

Moving into housing is a stressful time for everyone. For those that are moving into a home after a period of homelessness, it is even more challenging.

St Pat’s Innovative Social Enterprise, “Housing Success” provides essential furniture and homewares needed to set people up in their home, to ensure they are off to a good start.

Housing SuccessOur Mission

To alleviate the stress and cost of setting up a home, increasing the chances for a successful new start.

What we offer

  • Essential Items
    Furniture, kitchen appliances, crockery, soft furnishings, bedding and other household items.

  • Personalised Packs
    Child settling-in packs, basic pantry items, laundry and cleaning packs, kitchen staples and more.

  • Community Store Voucher
    Once people are set up, they can come back to the store for those final touches. Soft furnishings, home decor and a range of other items that make a house a home. We support people to make the choices that work for them.

  • Training and Employment
    We also assist people that have been out of of the workforce for extended periods by providing training, volunteering activities and social engagement to help people back into employment or training opportunities.

Donate to the project

Donate to our Furnishing Futures Fund and help people turn their new house into a home.

Need Help?

Get help from St Pat's

Contact St Pat’s

If you’re supporting someone experiencing homelessness, or need to refer someone to St Pat’s Housing or one of our programs, please check the individual program eligibility requirements.

St Pat’s outreach teams engage with people experiencing rough sleeping across the Perth metropolitan region, with St Pat’s staff based in Fremantle, Kwinana, Rockingham and Mandurah. We work alongside people, building relationships of trust and supporting them to access safe, appropriate accommodation where available.

If you’re concerned about someone experiencing rough sleeping, including sleeping in their car, please give us a call or use the form below.

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