*UPDATE: An earlier version of this post incorrectly listed the Junction 142 lunch on 25 December. It is on Tuesday 17 December.*
The community has your back this festive season. Whether you need a hamper of food or a Christmas lunch, or you’d just like to celebrate alongside others, there are a number of services throughout Sydney offering assistance for you and your family in 2024.
Keep reading for a full list of community services available this Christmas. Download the flyer here.
Bankstown
Christmas Day dinner
The Salvation Army, 42 Raymond Street
Wednesday 25 December, 6 pm – 7:30 pm
Contact: 02 9709 6770
Blacktown
Christmas Day service
The Salvation Army, 2 Kempsey Street
Wednesday 25 December, 9:30 am – 10:30 am
Burwood
Christmas Community Hope Meal
The Salvation Army, 31 Wilga Street
Saturday 21 December, 11:00 am – 1:30 pm
Contact: 02 9747 1014
Dee Why
Christmas celebration service
The Salvation Army 1 Fisher Road
Sunday 22 December, 9:30 am
02 9971 8378
Katoomba
Free Christmas lunch and hamper
Junction 142, 142 Katoomba Street
Tuesday 17 December, 11-11.45am or 12.15-1pm. Register at the Open Table Breakfast on Tuesday or Thursday.
Kingswood
Christmas dinner
Kingswood Station, Thursdays from 19 Dec to 16 Jan from 6 pm
Contact: 02 4704 8809
Lawson
Christmas Day lunch
Kihilla House, Queens Road. Wednesday 25 December From 10.30 through to lunch
Contact: 0490 477 847
Manly
Christmas Eve service and meal
The Salvation Army, 59 Pittwater Road
Tuesday 24 December, 10 am onwards
Contact: 02 9977 1304
Marsfield
Christmas community lunch
The Ranch Hotel, 108 Herring Road
Friday 20 December, 12 pm – 2 pm
Parramatta
Community Christmas carols
The Salvation Army, 426 Church Street
Sunday 15 December, 6 pm – 7:30 pm
Contact: 02 9635 6870
Parramatta
Christmas brunch
The Salvation Army, 426 Church Street
Sunday 22 December, 10 am – 11:30 am
Contact: 02 9635 6870
Penrith
Free Christmas Celebration lunch and 1 bag of groceries per family
Penrith PCYC, 100 Station Street, Penrith Kitchen is located in the carpark
Wednesday 25 December, 12 pm – 1:30 pm
Contact: 02 4721 1444
Penrith
Free dinner meal service every Sunday
Jamison Park, first entry to the park from York Road
Sunday 22 December, 5pm – 7pm
Contact: 0459 262 637
Penrith
Small hampers, gifts and essential items available at Christmas lunch
Mama Lanas Community Foundation, 56 Woodriff Street, Penrith
Wednesday 25 December, 10am – 3pm
Contact: 0407 909 447
Windsor
Christmas chapel
The Salvation Army, 290 George Street
Thursday 19 December, 6pm
Contact: 02 8878 0143
South Windsor
Free Christmas lunch
Hawkesbury Masonic Hall, 731 George Street, South Windsor
Wednesday 25 December, 11:30am
Contact: 0433 334 166
Link Wentworth wishes to acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the Land on which we work and pay our respect to the Elders past, present and emerging, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.