Wandjoo to Boorloo Bidee Mia
Here at Boorloo Bidee Mia (BBM), our warm, friendly Housing and Homelessness team work hard to make those doing it tough feel safe, respected, secure and part of our kwobidak extended moort.
We are passionate about leaving a lasting positive impact on our residents, while creating a future where everyone has access to safe, affordable housing.
From our low-barrier, low-threshold, 69-bed accommodation facility on Wellington St in the CBD, our team work tirelessly to provide a culturally appropriate safe haven for Perth’s chronic rough sleepers over the medium term.
How we support Boorloo Bidee Mia’s residents
Here at Boorloo Bidee Mia – which means Perth pathway to housing in Noongar language – we are committed to:
- helping build a sense of wellbeing in our residents
- providing and advocating for support
- creating a place that feels like kaalak (home).
We are all about building a more hopeful future.
Our award-winning team do such a moorditj job that they’ve created a moort-like environment to improve the experience of residents, provide safe haven and boost the resilience of those who have slipped through society’s gaps. Our residents enjoy a series of culturally safe activities, programs and outings that help lift their wirrin (spirit), forge bonds and open pathways to support.
In just our second year of operation, our Boorloo Bidee Mia team was recognised with a huge honour – the 2023 Shelter WA Homelessness and Community Housing Closing the Gap Award. This was a big achievement for such a young service program, which by then had provided 35,000 combined nights of accommodation for residents, while staff continued to address the pressing day-to-day issues of countless rough sleepers in our community.
How to seek Boorloo Bidee Mia support
Unfortunately, we are unable to accept self-referrals at BBM. The referral process to Boorloo Bidee Mia is started by homelessness agencies such as:
- Ruah 13 78 24
- St Bart’s 9323 5124
- Uniting WA 1300 663 298
Boorloo Bidee Mia is a collaboration between the State Government, the City of Perth, Wungening, Noongar Mia Mia, and the countless community members, staff and service providers who will contribute to ongoing improvement of services and responses that suit the many different needs of the rough sleeping community.