Donate to bring joy this Christmas!
* In the event that enough funds are raised to cover the cost of all Christmas lunches, the remaining funds will be used on other event expenses for Christmas Lunch in the Park.
15
Plates donated
Bringing people together on Christmas Day
When you Donate a Plate, you're giving more than a Christmas meal. You're giving connection, dignity and a place at the table.
Your donation supports Christmas Lunch in the Park (CLIP), Australia’s largest community-funded Christmas Day event for people experiencing homelessness, hardship, and social isolation. On Christmas Day, around 1,500 guests come together to enjoy a traditional three-course lunch in a welcoming and festive setting, surrounded by community, care and celebration.
Beyond the meal, your donated plate helps make possible gifts for children, care packs for adults, live entertainment and vital support services, while also creating pathways to ongoing community connections and assistance that can have a lasting impact long after Christmas Day.
How you can help this Christmas
Provide Perth's most vulnerable with a place to call home this Christmas Day. Funds raised will help those experiencing homelessness enjoy a shared lunch, hot showers, haircuts, companionship, and vital access to Mission Australia's community support services.
50+ years
Australia’s longest running and largest community-funded Christmas event.
1,300
Care packs we aim to deliver at the 2026 event to every adult attendee.
73,450+
Meals have been served to people in need since the first event in 1975.
1,500
People we expect to attend. For many, without the event, they would be alone on Chrstmas day.
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Every dollar raised helps prevent one more person going hungry or being alone on Christmas Day.
This extends to include a care pack, hearty lunch, hot showers, haircuts, laundry services and donated clothing. There is also access to vital community services for wrap-around support.
You'll directly support Perth’s most disadvantaged families and individuals, helping provide a welcoming and safe place to come together to share in the festivities on Christmas Day.
See highlights from last year's event
Christmas Lunch in the Park 2025 marked a special milestone as Mission Australia celebrated 50 years of bringing people together on Christmas Day.
What began in 1975 as a small community gathering has grown into Australia’s longest-running and largest community-funded Christmas event, creating a welcoming space for people experiencing homelessness, hardship and social isolation.
