Welcome to

The Underground Collaborative The Underground Collaborative

We exist to provide employment to educate and empower women and young people experiencing or at-risk of homelessness in WA.

Educate

Educate

We aim to create safe learning environments for our team, and to educate our community through sharing stories and having meaningful conversations to positively influence attitudes, behaviours and beliefs whilst overcoming common misconceptions and stigmas surrounding homelessness.

Empower

Empower

When you empower another person, you're providing the agency for them to choose while investing in yourself and taking a risk that has the potential to change someone's life. Additionally, you're simultaneously enriching yourself with their story, culture and purpose.

Employ

Employ

Work Integration Social Enterprises support the development of, and create sustainable employment for the most disadvantaged people, groups and communities. The Underground Collaborative are on a mission to create paid pathways to employment to break the cycle of homelessness.

Ground+Co

Nestled within the State Library of WA in the Perth Cultural Centre, Ground+Co employs people experiencing or at-risk of homelessness.

We also make a really mean coffee!

Our Impact

If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it. At The Underground Collaborative, we know how important it is to know the impact your support is making to us and our beneficiaries. That’s why we take understanding our impact seriously. Find out what we’ve accomplished by checking out our impact reports and reading the stories about those who have benefited from one of our initiatives.

Get Involved

Are you interested in contributing and supporting our mission to break the cycles of homelessness in Western Australia? Find out how you can help!