ASSISTING PERTH’S HOMELESS FOR OVER 30 YEARS
CROFT meets the needs of those seeking home-like crisis accommodation in Perth by compassionately providing a safe, and secure, place to sleep.
Founded in 1982, CROFT provides crisis accommodation for up to 20 men and women on any given night. Our approach is to focus on providing acceptance and understanding rather than prescribing services and programmes.
We haven’t received any government funding since 2011 and rely on our operating income, grants, and donations.
OUR VISION AND VALUES
A world where everyone feels at home.
CROFT’S HISTORY
CROFT Inc. (Community for the Restoration of Family Trust) is an independent, not-for-profit organisation that has grown out of humble but dedicated beginnings.
In 1977, Bruce Harris a reformed alcoholic went onto the streets to get in contact with homeless people. He offered them understanding, acceptance and a place to stay. Bruce, and his wife Helen, established CROFT Inc. to pay back the societal debt they believed they owed for the trouble they caused when they were both chronic alcoholics.
Bruce himself had stayed in many places for the homeless and he wanted to give people who had fallen onto similar hard times a place which offered acceptance and support. Bruce dedicated the remainder of his life to providing homes and care for Perth’s homeless. CROFT Inc. now continues his work.
In 1982 CROFT Inc. became a registered charity and is now run by a volunteer management committee comprised of business owners, professionals, and dedicated residents.
From these origins, CROFT Inc. has established itself in its Inglewood complex that was officially opened on 26 August 1993. The block of units is little different to other blocks of residential units straddling the length of Beaufort Street. It consists of 7 self-contained units, a caretaker’s unit and an office.
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Telephone: (08) 9272 6111
Email: enquiries@croft.org.au
Postal Address: CROFT. Inc. PO Box 128, Inglewood, WA 6052
Bus Routes
No. 950 (Esplanade to Morley)
No. 68 (Esplanade to Mirrabooka)
No. 67 (Esplanade to Mirrabooka)
Trains
Maylands Station on the Perth-Midland Line