Day centres for people over 55 running gardening, cooking, music, arts and crafts, outings and seated sport, with programmes for people living with dementia and support for complex needs. Four centres across the metro and South West.
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Community & Support in Perth CBD
The short answer
Oria Haven lists 16 wellness practices under Community & Support in Perth, across 10 suburbs. Three publish a price band, and the most common is $25–60 (1 of them). Seven of the 16 run sessions that are free or by donation. Three offer online or hybrid sessions.
Every listing hand-checked. Figures live from the directory, last updated 26 August 2026.
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- Free
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Each is a filtered view of the 16 listings — it counts, it never ranks.
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Community & Support in Perth CBD — listings
Monthly get-togethers in ordinary cafés for people living with dementia or memory loss and the people who care for them, with table games, puzzles and company. Around two dozen locations across WA, each meeting once a month.
Free, volunteer-led local walking groups run under the Heart Foundation's national walking program, with groups meeting on regular weekly schedules across the Perth metro. Join online, pick a group near you, and walk — no cost, no equipment, all paces.
A WA alcohol-and-other-drug support organisation running free recovery-focused groups across the metro — SMART Recovery meetings in Perth, Fremantle, Armadale, Thornlie and Rockingham, an online LGBTQIA+SB group, and SMART Family & Friends sessions for people supporting someone else. Most groups need no booking: just come along.
A registered WA charity running community art wellbeing programs — studio sessions, workshops and art and somatic experiences facilitated by peer workers alongside art and somatic therapists. They're explicit that the work complements clinical care rather than replacing it, which says a lot about how they operate.
A national non-profit that organises 'tables' of eight to twelve men who share a monthly dinner and honest conversation. New members start with an Entree — a one-off dinner that shows how a table works — with WA Entrees run around Perth, including South Perth.
A social walking group that has been going for more than ten years, with 60–90 minute walks most Saturday and Sunday mornings at rotating spots around Perth, usually finishing with coffee. All fitness levels welcome — it is as much about meeting people as covering ground.
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How community & support is taught in Perth
Most of what’s on this page costs nothing. Peer support groups, recovery meetings, walking groups and community circles run on volunteers, donations or small term fees, and several of the organisations listed have operated in Perth for decades.
The formats differ in ways worth knowing before you walk in. Open meetings admit anyone, including people just wanting to see what happens; closed meetings are for people who identify with the group’s purpose. Peer-led groups are run by people with their own experience of the thing the group is about; facilitated groups have a trained convenor. Men’s groups and women’s circles tend to run as ongoing series where the same people return each month, so joining is easier at the start of a term.
One practical warning: meeting times and venues in this category change more often than any other part of the directory, and church halls and community centres get rebooked at short notice. Ring or check the organisation’s own page before you drive across town.
Related: peer support groups, recovery meetings, wellness meetups, and free sessions around the metro.
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Questions people ask about community & support in Perth
How many practices offer community & support in Perth?
Oria Haven lists 16 practices across 10 suburbs in the Perth metro. Every entry is checked by hand before it goes live, and the list is updated as practices open, move or close.
Where in Perth can I find community & support?
16 practices across 10 suburbs. The most choice is in Perth CBD (7) — use the area filter on this page to narrow it to the side of town you can actually get to.
Can I find free community & support in Perth?
7 of the 16 practices listed run sessions that are free or by donation. Sort by price on this page to bring them to the top.
Can I book community & support online in Perth?
Yes — 3 of the 16 practices listed offer online or hybrid sessions. Filter by format above to see only those.
How does Oria Haven choose which practices to list?
We build the directory ourselves rather than taking paid submissions, so a practice appears because it exists and serves Perth — not because it paid. Practices can claim their listing to keep it accurate and add photos, offers and booking links. We never take a cut of bookings, and enquiries go straight to the practice.