Logan East Community Neighbourhood Association is a place-based community centre in Logan, working hard to build better lives in Springwood and surrounds.  We provide an array of social inclusion programs, counselling, Emergency Relief, no interest loans, playgroup and parenting programs, life skills education, school holiday activities, network coordination, christmas hampers for families in need and a venue for hire.

Springwood and the region we support is not immune to common community challenges including family breakdown, unemployment, homelessness, alcohol and other drugs dependence, depression and anxiety and debt accrual.  We are here to connect people into their community, to each other and create the space to be empowered and initiate the change they want to see in the world.

However, LECNA is chronically under-resourced for all that we work so hard to deliver to support community needs.  We are currently struggling because of COVID 19 and our ability to fundraise or attract external hirers for our venues.  Now more than ever we need to be delivering our important services and programs and advocacy work to support community during the recovery.

We are over 30 years old and we reflect on the approximately 39, 000 people who come through our doors every year and all the families we have supported to build better lives through our programs (approx 60 per week).  We support an average of over 3500 people a year in our Emergency Relief program and deliver over 380 no interest loans a year.  LECNA consistently goes above and beyond, whether it's the single mum escaping domestic violence who gets a loan with us and attends our Life Skills program to change her life or the desperate dad who comes in to our centre for Emergency Relief because he lost his job and can't afford to feed his family.  $50 can help us to build a better life for 2 or more local families doing it tough.  We are dedicated, accountable and passionate about community.  Help us today.  Examples of how your donation can be spent:

$20:  Food Package for person/family in crisis

$30:  Dignity kits for 2 people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.

$50:  A 10 week transformative Life Skills program for one person.

$75:  Social connection activities for 8 seniors

$100:  Children and baby items for 5 families in crisis

$120:  Christmas Hampers for 3 families in need in Logan

$150:  Transformative Life Skills program for 3 families.

Community leaders and businesses are welcome to connect with us as Logan East Community Champions, which is a minimum $100 a month tax deductible donation and you are listed on our website.  Call us on 3808 4529 for more information on this exciting program.

Every bit counts!