Outreach program
Our teams take the Rosies van to the same place at the same time, so patrons know where we'll be. Join us for a cuppa.
Outreach schedule →Rosies – Friends on the Street
A warm smile, a hot drink, and someone who knows your name.
Can you imagine what it would be like if no one had said your name or looked you in the eye in the last three months? Rosies shares friendship and unconditional acceptance with Queenslanders doing it tough.
Spring Appeal 2026
Tonight, a growing number of Queenslanders face homelessness.
You can help create a place to belong. With the fastest growing rate of homelessness in Australia, we must turn to your support to keep our nightly outreach running across Queensland. Your donation helps keep our vans fuelled, our kettles boiling, and belonging within reach for Queenslanders who need it most.
PLACEHOLDER: appeal goal and closing date – not published on the appeal page
Our mission
No Queenslander left out or disconnected
Many people who are homeless, at risk of homelessness, or socially isolated go months without real connection. It is our mission to ensure that no Queenslander feels left out or disconnected from their community.
The stress that comes with homelessness also increases the risk of mental illness. You'd be surprised what a difference a simple chat and basic hospitality can make to someone's mental health and physical wellbeing.
Some of our patrons even equate connection and conversation to be as important as safe accommodation and food.Conversation between patron and Team Leader, Emma Miller Place, Brisbane City, 7 March 2021
Our impact
Friendship, every night, across the state
1,650+
volunteers head out each night to outreach locations across Queensland.
$2.4m
the yearly value of our volunteers' time, according to Volunteering Queensland.
Since 1987
sharing friendship in Queensland – with roots as a youth mission founded in Melbourne in 1975.
Volunteer figures from rosies.org.au. In the last year Rosies shared 217,500 cuppas, reached over 87,000 people and shared 53,134 hours of friendship (Spring Appeal 2026 page).
How you can help
Ways to get involved
Youth Engagement Program
A long tradition of youth and student engagement, plus a Schoolies program and Youth Detention Centre visits.
About YEP →
Partner or give
Regular giving, partnerships, HeartWorks, Gold4Good and gifts in wills all keep the vans on the road.
Partner with Rosies →
Real people, real stories
"A highly rewarding and eye-opening experience"
Volunteering with Rosies has pushed me out of my comfort zone and helped me to gain insight into the lives of people doing it tough within our community. The Rosies outreach program provides a safe and easy way to lend a hand and help brighten the day of some of the most vulnerable people in our community.– Amaia, volunteer, Brisbane City
Donate
Your gift keeps the conversation going
Rosies is a registered charity and a Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR). Donations of $2 or more are tax deductible.
95% of our funds come from the generosity of people in the community. Your donation always goes where it's needed most – keeping vans fuelled and stocked, and supporting volunteers.
ABN 68 041 152 768 · Rosies Youth Mission Inc, trading as Rosies – Friends on the Street · ACNC registered since 2012.
Prefer Rosies' current donation form? Give at fundraise.rosies.org.au →
Make a donation
Donate $50 onceSecure checkout. Donations of $2 or more are tax deductible; you'll get an emailed receipt. Amounts and impact lines from Rosies' own donation form.
Find us
Outreach across Queensland
15 branches from Cairns and Mareeba to the Gold Coast and Toowoomba.