HoTS delivers care to rough sleepers
Coast and Country Primary Care’s (CCPC) Health on The Streets (HoTS) service has continued to run regular hubs at Mary Macs Place, Woy Woy, every Monday from 10am-1pm during the…
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Women taking action against homelessness
The Country Women’s Association’s Umina Beach branch has put the call out for ‘urgent’ action on social and affordable housing options in rural and regional NSW through a new ‘sleep…
Bags of kindness help the homeless
Don Cannings of The Entrance Rotary Club has been busy supplying 40 Random Acts of Kindness Bags to Coast and Country Primary Care (CCPC) in Erina on August 27 to…
Sleepout raises thousands more than expected
The 12 Central Coast teams who participated in the Vinnies Community Sleepout last Friday have already collected $24,604 to raise awareness of homelessness and to support those people sleeping rough….
Program opens door to long-term housing
Uniting Doorways Central Coast has over 700 people pass through its doors each year. The 12-month program aims to support people to find housing, education and access a variety of…
Vinnies Community Sleepout is on again
Central Coast residents will unite with communities throughout the state as part of the NSW Vinnies Community Sleepout on Friday, August 27. Following on from the record success of the…
The Weekly Video News 5@5
Coast Community Video News 5@5, May 28. Coming up this week: Council to recover money from delinquent ratepayers – Whales are on the move – New road technology announcement –…
Shelterbags for Coast’s homeless
Four hundred rough sleepers on the Central Coast will soon be given a warm place to sleep, thanks to a project run by committee members from The Rotary Club of…
Doing the math on homelessness
Forum – Adam Crouch says that the Together Home programme has transitioned 26 homeless people into housing (“Housing programme sets homeless on new pathways”, PP 011) and that this has…
Together Home program to reduce the number of people sleeping rough
A consortium of Aboriginal service providers based in the northern suburbs will deliver a $1.3M expansion of the NSW Government’s Together Home program to reduce the number of people sleeping…
Unprecedented number of inquiries from people who are or are about to be homeless
The Labor MPs of the Central Coast are calling on the State Government to provide immediate relief for renters under stress as they deal with an unprecedented number of inquiries…
Decline in rough sleepers
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…
Action on Housing Older Women forum
A forum will be held at Tuggerah in March to tackle housing stress on the Central Coast, especially for women aged over 55, who are the fastest growing sector of…
Orange Sky Australia is back in action with 57 volunteers
Orange Sky Australia, the world’s first free mobile laundry service for people experiencing homelessness, is back up and running on the Coast. Launched in Brisbane in 2014 to improve hygiene…
Paige’s sleepout highlights the plight of the homeless
Central Coast Sports College Year Nine student, Paige Stanford, has held a sleep out for her peers to highlight the plight of homelessness. The sleep out consisted of student volunteers…
Report foreshadows further rise in homelessness ahead
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…
15% rise in Ettalong Beach house prices adds to housing squeeze
Member for Gosford Liesl Tesch is ramping up calls for more affordable housing on the Peninsula, with latest figures from Domain revealing median house prices at Ettalong Beach have risen…
Rental property shortage driving prices higher
Greater demand for rental properties on the Central Coast has caused prices to increase and vacancies to fall. Information from Data Analytics company, See-Change, shows residential vacancies for Central Coast’s…
COVID-19 compounds social housing shortfall
With recent data revealing 1,000 people are homeless on the Central Coast, welfare groups are adding their voice to calls for more social housing in the region during Homelessness Week…
Coast Shelter provided 75,009 overnight beds during 2018-19
With more than 8,000 people remaining at risk of homelessness on the Central Coast, Coast Shelter Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Rachel Willis, is continuing to explore more opportunities for early…