Our story

Each year, we support more than 30,000 people through community services in metropolitan and regional South Australia, operating within a strong ethical framework informed by the values and principles of Catholic Social Teaching. Support is provided regardless of race, economic circumstance, sexual orientation, gender identity, religious belief or ethnic background.

Specialist Domestic Violence Services

We support women and children to reclaim and maintain their fundamental human right to safety. Centacare provides accommodation, outreach services, case management, counselling and other crisis support to people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness due to domestic and family violence.

Relationship Support Services

We work in partnership with individuals, families and children to provide sustainable parenting and relationship support. From playgroups to specialist children’s counselling, family dispute resolution, chaplaincy support and pre-marriage education, services are tailored to your personal needs.

Primary prevention programs highlighted in parliamentary inquiry

The importance of whole-of-community responses in the primary prevention of violence against women has been reinforced by Centacare at a parliamentary inquiry into family, domestic and sexual violence. The House of Representatives Social Policy and Legal Affairs Committee last week...

NDIS Recovery Coaching now available

Carole Schroeder’s drive lies in helping people with enduring mental illness to live a meaningful life. Her wish is always the same: that they see themselves for who they are, not the complex challenges that can so easily overwhelm them....

OUR PEOPLE: Milica Miocinovic

Milica Miocinovic describes herself as a ``professional friend’’. A youth support worker with Thrive, the 24-year-old uses lived experience of mental health to help others her age facing their own daily challenges. Milica Miocinovic was studying psychology and working full-time...

United from afar in lockdown

COVID-19 has changed the way we live, and spread anxiety, fear, economic hardship and social isolation around the world. Sadly, these aren’t new normals for everyone. The virus has put into focus the complex and daily challenges that people have...

Ways To Give

Centacare stands with those in our community who experience poverty, unemployment, discrimination, racism and other forms of exclusion. Your donations help ensure the continuing provision of quality services.