Lamp Inc

16/09/2025

🌟 Our Really Really Free Pantry is Full Again! 🌟

Thanks to the heartwarming generosity of the Vasse community, our pantry is bursting with kindness once more. 💛

A huge shoutout to Lindsay, the store manager at Vasse Coles, and his awesome team, they’ve truly stood behind this initiative from the very beginning. They believe so strongly in the difference it’s making that they’ve now offered a fixed collection point to keep it going! 🙌

💗 While our new pink donation crate is being built, you can find a trolley at the end of the checkouts in Coles Vasse where you kind, beautiful humans can continue to give.

🥫 For those in need: there is food available right now, please come and take what you need. No judgement, no barriers, just community.

Thank you, Vasse - together we’re showing what community care truly looks like. 🌻✨

13/09/2025

🌿 Mental Health Week Community Open Day 🌿

This Mental Health Week, let’s come together through connection, creativity, and community 💚

What’s happening on the day:
🎨 Help us paint our new Community Garden fence (adults only – due to close proximity to the road)
🖍️ Craft activities for all ages
🌭 Free community BBQ

📍 Lamp Inc – 226 Bussell Hwy, Busselton
🕙 Wednesday 8th October | 10am – 2pm

This day is about more than paint and craft, together we’re creating the backdrop for Busselton’s very own open-to-all Community Garden 🌱.
This space will grow fresh produce and connection, supporting those in need and helping to tackle food insecurity in our community.

💛 Belonging builds wellbeing, and community is where it starts. Come be part of something wonderful, we’d love to see you there!

11/09/2025

🌿 Mental Health & Housing Drop-In Hub – Margaret River 🌿

Did you know? We’re now at Margs Soupie every Friday offering non-clinical mental health and housing support 💚

🕚 Every Friday | 11am – 1pm (starting October 3rd)
📍 Margaret River Soupie

Come by for coffee, tea, nibbles and a safe, welcoming space to connect. On site you’ll find:
• 🤝 Peer support & recovery workers
• 👩‍💼 Social worker
• 🏠 Housing advocate

This is an informal, friendly hub for conversation, connection, and practical support with mental health and housing. Everyone is welcome — no appointments, no pressure, just community 🌸.

04/09/2025

✨ Lamp's Community Laundry - Free Service ✨

🧺 Every Monday, 10am–2pm
📍 226 Bussell Hwy, Busselton

We know not everyone has the space or facilities to wash their clothes. Our Community Laundry is here to respond to that need - a simple, practical way of looking after each other.

✅ Free to use
✅ Self-service
✅ 1 washing machine, 1 dryer & outdoor line available
✅ Sign-in essential

☕ While you wait, share a cuppa and connect!

✨ “Strong communities are built on care and connection.” 💛

02/09/2025

Unfortunately, tonight's final Neuroinclusive Social Space run in partnership with headspace Busselton is cancelled due to staff illness 🤧

Keep an eye out on social media over the coming months for the group's future plans! In other news, Monday evenings' Neuroinclusive peer support space is still running each week! Call 08 9754 1834 and speak to Bill, Tegan, or Jacob, to find out more!

With sadness (and phlegm), we have had to cancel tonight's Neuroinclusive Social Safe Space due to staff illness 🥲🫶

Unfortunately, it was our last session for the term as well!! But it has been a brilliant time connecting and we hope to see you all soon at the @ Shed 🌿

Stay well everyone! 🖐

25/08/2025

🌟 Pantry Update! 🌟

Hello everyone! Just a quick update to let you know that the Really Really Free Pantry is FULL and ready to support anyone in need. 💚

This beautiful grassroots initiative is thriving thanks to the generosity, kindness, and big hearts of the Vasse community, along with incredible support from Lindsay, Emma, and the wider Vasse Coles team. Their ongoing backing has helped raise awareness that this pantry is here for everyone - whether you're donating or in need, it's open 24/7.

A heartfelt thank you to every single person who gives what they can, and to those who come down to access it. The success of this pantry is built on community spirit, collective responsibility, and the belief that we can take care of each other. ❤️

📍 You’ll find us at 224 Busselton Hwy, Busselton

Please keep sharing, donating, and caring because together, we’re making a real difference.

21/08/2025

The Medicare Mental Health phone service is free, confidential and can connect you with the right support for your mental and emotional wellbeing.

Although Medicare Mental Health hubs aren't in the Southwest, their phone service can be accessed by calling 1800 595 212, Monday to Friday, from 8:30am to 5:00pm.

16/08/2025

You're Invited to Have Your Say – Help Us Shape Local Responses to Homelessness

We’re inviting our community to take part in two important surveys aimed at improving understanding, support, and advocacy around homelessness in our region.

🔹 Community Survey – For all members of the public
This survey explores community attitudes and perceptions around homelessness. Your input will help shape local messaging and advocacy efforts.
https://bit.ly/HousingCommunitySurvey

🔹 Lived Experience Survey – For those who have experienced homelessness
This survey is designed to better understand your experiences and how local services can better support you now and in the future. https://bit.ly/LivedExperienceSurvey

Both surveys are completely anonymous unless you choose to leave your contact details. Your voice matters, and your input directly contributes to building stronger, more compassionate responses to housing and homelessness in our region.

Thank you for your support and commitment to creating a community where everyone has a place to call home.

14/08/2025

Last week’s events were designed to create space for people with lived experience of homelessness to feel seen, heard, and valued and to empower the broader community with the tools and knowledge to advocate for meaningful change.

As part of this ongoing work, we are currently circulating a community petition. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to sign. The requests are clear and achievable:

Establish 100 new, year-round, 24/7 crisis beds across Margaret River, Busselton, Bunbury, and Manjimup by mid-2027

Build at least 10 new, purpose-built transitional housing facilities in key South West hubs by the end of 2027

Set a target for social housing to make up at least 10% of total housing stock in the South West region by 2036, ensuring equitable access for those on low incomes or at risk of homelessness

If you’d like to be part of this community action, you can visit our office to sign the petition, or take a copy home to share within your circles. By engaging friends, colleagues, and networks, we can grow collective support and amplify the voices of those directly affected.

Together, our voices can inspire action and remind decision-makers that housing is not a privilege, but a fundamental human right.

13/08/2025

🧠 You're Invited: Lamp Inc.'s Annual General Meeting (AGM)! 🧠

📅 Date: Wednesday, September 17th, 2025
🕒 Time: 12 pm for a 12:30 pm start
📍 Location: 226 Bussell Hwy, West Busselton.

✨ Join us as we discuss key updates, future plans, and opportunities to get involved with our growing community. 🌟

To RSVP or learn more:
☎ 08 9754 1834, ask for Kerry
💻kerryn@lampinc.org.au

Let’s shape the future of Lamp together! See you there! 🙌

01/04/2025

Despite it being April Fool's Day, our April Day-2-Day calendar is here!

Even though public holidays impact group delivery throughout the month, we've a jam packed calendar of events that cater to supporting your mental health.

Call Bill, our D2D team leader now on 08 9754 1834 to find out more or to book in!