We need your help.

Did you know, more than a quarter of a million (282,000) households across SA and the NT go hungry? That’s more than one third of households across SA and NT who don’t know where their next meal is coming from (Foodbank, 2023).

This combined with rising rates of housing insecurity and homelessness*, increasing incidences of family and domestic violence**, and a surge in people seeking Lutheran Care’s Emergency Relief (ER) program – including many who’ve never needed assistance before – paints an extremely concerning picture of the challenges facing our most vulnerable.

That’s why we need your help.

Your support of Lutheran Care’s 2025 Gala Dinner as a major sponsor will make a meaningful difference to the families and individuals we support. Our Gala Dinner is our sole fundraiser for this year, and will help us raise the vital funds we need to keep supporting families and individuals in crisis across SA and NT.

Our ER program receives no government funding, but is a lifeline for thousands of people doing it tough, connecting them with food, clothing, bedding and vouchers, and other longer term supports such as Financial Counselling, Personal Counselling, Domestic Violence services, and parenting programs to help them improve their own lives in the longer term.

We hope you will join us for this Party with a Purpose.

* The NT has the highest rate of homelessness of any Australian State or Territory, with about 1 in every 18 people experiencing homelessness. In South Australia, approximately 1 in 270 people experiences homelessness (ABS, 2021).

** 1 in 6 women (aged 15 and above) have experienced physical and/or sexual violence from a current or previous partner (ABS, Personal Safety Report, 2021-22.