Monday 4 August to Friday 15 August 2025 at Brookfield Place, Perth CBD.
With homelessness on the rise across the city and suburbs, St Bart’s is lighting the way for a place to call home—one bowl of soup, one story, and one shared thread at a time.
This Homelessness Week, St Bart’s is inviting the Perth community to come together in support of vulnerable Western Australians through a powerful and immersive public activation in the heart of the CBD.
Homeless services like St Bart’s are stretched beyond our limits and unable to keep up with the growing demand. Thousands of people who need help urgently are being turned away every year. Our vision is for a community where everyone has a home, and with the support of Brookfield Place, we can share this vision with you.
This year’s Bright Place transforms a shipping container into a vibrant hub of community, creativity, and compassion. We invite you to join us for an immersive experience to learn more about homelessness. This includes:
Soup for Support: During lunch hours, visitors can enjoy a warm bowl of soup or ‘pay one forward’ with all proceeds going directly to St Bart’s services. It’s a simple act with a powerful impact. Each bowl helps fund safe accommodation and support for those in need.
Art Gallery: Inside the Bright Place container, an art gallery displays works created by individuals who have experienced homelessness. From paintings to sculptures, each piece tells a story of resilience, hope, and humanity, offering a deeply personal glimpse into lives often overlooked.
Common Thread: An interactive installation that invites passersby to contribute scraps of fabric, thread, or plastic to a communal loom. As the week progresses, this patchwork tapestry will grow, becoming raw, colourful, and beautiful, representing the diverse threads that make up our city. Visitors can also write messages of hope on the materials, turning the artwork into a living expression of solidarity.
Voices of Lived Experience with Sonshine FM: Broadcasting live from Bright Place on Tuesday 5th August between 9am and 12noon. Bright Place will also share audio of heartfelt reflections and messages from those who have lived through homelessness, playing real stories by real people.
Join us!
Monday to Friday, 4th of August to 15th August, 11:00 am to 2:00 pm.
125 St Georges Terrace, Brookfield Place, Perth
How You Can Help
St Bart’s encourages everyone to visit the Bright Place activation, contribute to the Common Thread, purchase soup, and share the experience on social media. #StBarts #HW2025.
Every action counts—from donations to messages of support—and helps build a community where everyone has a safe and secure place to call home.
St Bart’s acknowledges the traditional custodians of the land that we live and work on, the Whadjuk people of the Noongar nation. We are privileged to work with, and alongside, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and we pay our respects to Elders past, present and encourage those who are emerging as leaders.
St Bart’s is committed to diversity and inclusion in all its forms. We welcome and support the health and wellbeing of all people, regardless of background, age, ethnicity, religion and gender identity.