Coast Shelter has welcomed the recent announcement that women escaping abusive relationships who are living in domestic violence refuges will be offered grants of up to $5,000 to help them…
The Central Coast community has raised more than $88,500 through Coast Shelter’s 2021 Sleepout. After a few false starts due to COVID-19 restrictions, the sleepout was finally held at Central…
The Coast Shelter Sleepout will be held at Central Coast Stadium on Friday, November 19 after being rescheduled twice due to COVID-19 restrictions. Seventy-five business people across the region have…
Coast Shelter has received goods and services valued at over $100,000 from the TOGA Group of businesses and Grace Group. It all began with a contact from TOGA, which was…
Vulnerable people on the Central Coast were the winners when Gosford Community Corrections officers delivered a load of food staples to Coast Shelter in Gosford on October 26. Gosford Community…
CWA Woy Woy has also been presented with a Collaboration Award for their recent contribution to Coast Shelter’s creativity packs, as reported in PP030. Association President, Jane Bowtell, thanked Rotary…
A $5,000 grant from O’Brien Electrical and Plumbing will help Coast Shelter keep its emergency accommodation in peak condition. The Wyong-based business, which continually seeks to minimise the impact it…
The Country Women’s Association’s Woy Woy Branch has put together dozens of bags to help those in need in a cross-club collaboration with the Gosford Rotary Club. After Coast Shelter’s…
Marking Homelessness Week (August 1-7) in the midst of a COVID-19 lockdown was always going to be a challenge, but Coast Shelter was ready for it. CEO Michael Starr said…
With the Central Coast in lockdown until at least July 30, Coast Shelter has changed the date of its annual Sleepout to Friday, September 10. The event was originally planned…
Gosford RSL Club has stepped up to the plate to help Coast Shelter while it is impacted by the COVID-19 restrictions. With the Shelter’s volunteers are in lockdown, the Club’s…
Coast Shelter is appealing to residents to sleep rough on August 6 to help provide safe accommodation for someone experiencing domestic or family violence. To be held at Central Coast…
Coast Shelter staff joined with clients, community members and representatives of other organisations in a walk from their Mann St office to Leagues Club Park on the Gosford waterfront on…
Local resident, Mitchell Connolly, is fighting to keep the Gosford Rumbalara Refuge run by Coast Shelter off the Central Coast Council’s asset sales list. As a teenager, Connolly faced homelessness…
The theme for this year’s Volunteer Week is Recognise, Reconnect, Reimagine and Coast Shelter was one of many local groups doing just that at a special morning tea this week…
Coast Shelter has welcomed news that the number of people sleeping rough on the Central Coast has been reduced by 53 per cent in the last 12 months, as revealed…
Coast Shelter’s new CEO Michael Starr is a man on a mission. Starr took the helm early this year and is determined to agitate for more social and transitional housing…
With a new report revealing homelessness is set to rise by more than 20 per cent on the Central Coast over the next four years, Coast Shelter Interim CEO Jennifer…
Coast Shelter will be accepting donations up until December 24 for its annual Christmas appeal. Interim CEO, Jennifer Eddy, said many donations have already started to roll in. “The generosity…
Students, staff, and parents at Chertsey Public School are playing Santa this Christmas by collecting presents for children at Coast Shelter. The initiative, Reverse Santa, has been running for over…