Breakfast symposium discusses key Coast issues
Over 45 community leaders gathered at Coast Shelter in Gosford on July 21 for a breakfast symposium, discussing the current Central Coast housing crisis and topics around women’s safety, community…
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More Shelterbags for the homeless
The Terrigal Rotary Club has raised more than $5,000 for its Shelterbags for the Homeless Project through a special film night at Avoca Beach Picture Theatre. Spokesperson Mary Crammond said…
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Central Coast Weekly News, in an easy audio/video format, direct from the newsroom of Central Coast Newspapers. Coming up this week: Record employment figuresPrimary health is under strain More GPs…
Major award for HoTS program
Coast and Country Primary Care (CCPC) has taken out the Innovation category at the HNECC (Hunter New England Central Coast) Primary Health Network’s (PHN) second annual Primary Care Quality and…
Federal funding secured to keep HoTS operating
Health on the Streets (HoTS) is set to continue operating with the Federal Government providing $400,000 to keep the program running past its June 30 deadline. HoTS is run through…
Reid vows to investigate HoTS funding
New Member for Robertson, Gordon Reid, has vowed to investigate continued funding for the Coast’s mobile service Health on the Streets (HoTS). The commitment comes after Parliamentary Secretary for the…
Tesch urges submissions to homeless inquiry
Member for Gosford, Liesl Tesch, is encouraging Central Coast residents to contribute to the NSW Upper House Standing Committee on Social Issues, with submissions to close on May 29. Tesch…
Wyong rally puts spotlight on housing crisis
Uniting NSW ACT is hosting a rally at Wyong on Wednesday, May 11, to address homelessness and the housing crisis. The community is invited to participate in the rally to…
Liberals pledge $2.2M to extend Health on Streets program
The Liberal Party has pledged more than $2.2M to extend the Health on the Streets Program (HoTS) program, delivered by Coast and Country Primary Care, for three years if re-elected…
Coast Shelter launches position paper on domestic violence
Coast Shelter has suggested six major strategies in its position paper on Breaking the Cycle of Domestic Violence, officially launched on April 28. Firstly, the paper says, governments must invest…
Housing affordability looms as a major election issue
With almost 3,000 people on the waiting list for public housing on the Central Coast, local community housing provider Compass Housing is calling on more Federal Government support for the…
Call for more measures to address homelessness
The not-for-profit organisation Social Futures, which delivers the NDIS and StandBy support programs on the Central Coast, says two new reports highlight an ever-growing housing crisis Australia-wide and has come…
Sleepout raises $88K
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…
Over $900,000 federal funding for mobile health clinic
The Federal Government is supporting people across the Central Coast who experience homelessness with $945,000 in funding for the Health on the Streets (HoTS) program. HoTS is a mobile health…
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…
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…