Lisa’s Lunches Inc. is a volunteer-run registered charity in Ipswich, Queensland. We give practical support to people on a cancer journey and their families.

Lisa’s Lunches started in 2019 in memory of Lisa Heuston, a 39-year-old Ipswich mother who died of cancer. Lisa faced many practical challenges during her illness. We exist to ease some of those for other families.

Health professionals refer every recipient, so our support reaches families in genuine need. Here is what we provide:

School lunch packs. Families with school-aged children receive lunch snacks in bulk every 10 weeks, enough for a full school term. In 2025 we delivered 12,000 lunch packs.

Palliative care boxes. Families receive a box of comfort items to use during a bedside vigil. Every hospital in the West Moreton Health area now stocks them. In 2025 we provided 70 more boxes than in 2024.

Grocery gift cards. Recipients without school-aged children receive $100 grocery gift cards.

Christmas hampers. Community members create hampers for recipient families, with gift cards for each child.

Car parking support. Recipients can claim up to $100 a year to ease the cost of hospital visits.

Our 40 volunteers run everything. We have no paid staff. The community donates most of our supplies, and fundraising events such as our annual Tea Party cover the rest.

Lisa’s Lunches Inc. is registered with the ACNC. ABN 95 378 821 559. Queensland charity licence CH4612908.