Seeking support
Participants access the program through agreed local service partners, subject to eligibility, capacity, and initial risk screening.
Understand the referral pathway →
Winter Accommodation Resource Movement
A safer place to sleep.
A WARM welcome.
WARM Inc. is a community-led, not-for-profit organisation providing a safe, welcoming winter shelter for people experiencing homelessness in Melbourne’s north.
More than a bed
Practical care.
Human connection.
During the colder months, WARM offers warmth, nourishment, and connection alongside supervised overnight shelter.
Meet WARM
Compassion, dignity, and community guide WARM’s approach to welcoming people experiencing homelessness.
Our story and values →Get involved
Connect with WARM about volunteering, donations, or partnership and sponsorship enquiries.
Find your next step →Volunteer with WARM
Your time can help create a WARM welcome.
Join a community of people offering practical care, dignity, and connection. Register your interest in volunteering with WARM.
Registration opens in WARM Roster in a new tab.
Explore ways to get involved →How it works
Support through
community.
WARM organises hot meals, safe bedding, and breakfast. Guests are supported to access practical help through pathways to other services.
Explore WARM’s approach →Support WARM
Help make a WARM welcome possible.
Support WARM’s work with an online donation. Complete your gift on our external donation page.
Our first winter
Annual Report 2026.
Read the story of WARM’s first winter, with reflections from our Chair, a look at our community’s work, financial reporting, and plans for the year ahead.
PDF · 12 pages · 3.6 MB
WARM in the news
A WARM welcome,
in the headlines.
Winter shelter in Melbourne’s north, featured in The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald.
The Sydney Morning Herald
Churches in Melbourne’s northern suburbs to open to rough sleepers as winter hits
Coverage of northern-suburbs churches opening to people sleeping rough as winter approaches.
Read in The Sydney Morning Herald ↗The Age
Churches in Melbourne’s northern suburbs to open to rough sleepers as winter hits
Coverage of northern-suburbs churches opening to people sleeping rough as winter approaches.
Read in The Age ↗Stronger together
Our supporters.
Banyule City Council
City of Darebin
Australian Government
Bread Hub Vic
Hands, Hearts Hope
Justice Connect
Inner North Community Foundation
DS3-Global
FareShare
Bunnings Warehouse – Preston
St Peter’s Anglican Church Bundoora
Heidelberg Uniting Church