Lighthouse Foundation’s Community Committees are a crucial part of our specialist Model of Care. They are made up of local volunteers who have a deep commitment to ensuring that their local Lighthouse home remains open and the needs of the young people within the home are met. Each committee member provides a circle of support for their Lighthouse home, surrounding the young people within it with skill sharing, work experience, and other practical help in their journey into sustainable independent living.

• Fundraising – each committee organises approximately four fundraising ventures each year including; dinners, trivia nights, movie nights, golf days, football clinics and BBQs raising funds to support their home’s ongoing operating costs
• Organising – committees organise annual working bees for spring cleaning, garden work and other maintenance of their home
• Relationship building – committee members provide links and networks for the young people and carers within the local community
• Supporting – committee members support the operation of the home and act as an ‘extended family’ for the young people
• Meetings – are generally held monthly, on weekdays, outside of business hours