Protea Place Women's Support Centre in Toowoomba City | Community group

Protea Place Women's Support Centre

Locality: Toowoomba City

Phone: +61 7 4613 1378

Address: 131 Russell St 4350 Toowoomba City, QLD, Australia

Website: http://toowoombawomenscollective.org.au

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24.01.2022 Happy New Year

23.01.2022 To END homelessness we need more HOUSES Women over 50 are the fastest growing group within homelessness nationally. Why do older women suddenly find themselves homeless???

23.01.2022 Thank you to Chris and Lorena from Liebke Tyres who made their Pledge to support Protea Place ! They continue to be huge supporters of PP and have quietly donated vehicles, grocery cards and more to help women at Protea Place True community hero’s in word and actions ! Thank you so much ! ... You can make your Pledge to become a Protea Partner here https://proteaplace.org.au/pledge-partners/

19.01.2022 We are thrilled to have been nominated for the Toowoomba Chamber of Commerce Business Excellence Awards - Community & Not For Profit Category. This means YOU have a chance to have your say and vote for Protea Place as People’s Choice Award. https://www.thechronicle.com.au//2563dcce085f2a66bd26a16ea

18.01.2022 Thank you to these wonderful women..... sisters, Linda and Dearne who made this amazing Protea Place Gingerbread House filled with goodies for our Christmas Lunch at PP Such a special treat

17.01.2022 Make sure you pop in to Grand Central Shopping Centre and visit the Protea Place team & Volunteers outside SportsGirl ! We are here until COB Sunday. We have launched our Christmas Heart Appeal and you receive a gift of 2 DIY Heart kits with any Donation over $20. It’s our way of sharing the LOVE this Christmas thanks to 1000 Hearts We also have our beautiful candles for sale and an awesome Raffle up for grabs ! Thank you for supporting Protea Place this Christmas xx

17.01.2022 Thank You Thank You Thank You Our doorbell almost broke today with the constant stream of donations and support coming in. Mountains of gifts and toiletries for women in need Thank you to The following groups who also dropped in to show their support; Pure Land Learning College for the beautiful meals ... Dyno Noble Helidon - gifts toiletries & staff collected donation Tursa Employment & Training $500 Downs Gourmet Dinner Club $1000 CEL Drill $1500 Trauma Teddies Plus we have raised $2000 so far to assist the Smith Family Thank you everyone! We have our Christmas lunch on Wednesday to make sure our ladies have an amazing Christmas feast

16.01.2022 Thank you to the beautiful students, parents and staff at Glenvale State School who collected a huge amount of toiletries for Protea Place. Teacher, Mr Gordon arrived with a car load today and we are so grateful

16.01.2022 Thank you to the awesome students from St Ursula's College Toowoomba for the donations of toiletries The Ursulas students have generously supported Protea Place since we opened in 2019 and we are so grateful for this! It makes a huge difference in the lives of women who visit PP in need of support. Thank you to all the amazing students, staff and families

14.01.2022 We would LOVE your Vote If you love what we do in the community.... have your say ! People’s Choice Award #proteaplace Tag Share Vote ... https://www.thechronicle.com.au//2563dcce085f2a66bd26a16ea

14.01.2022 October Stats..... up 33% on September with no signs of slowing down. The numbers of women needing support is overwhelming. As the impact of COVID continues to flow, together with pre existing issues of affordable housing and inadequate resources, we find ourselves exhausted. The flow of people in crisis has become a crashing tidal wave of the perfect storm as services desperately try to find solutions to ease the impact locally. This is happening across the board with y...outh, families and single people. We are committed to finding solutions, and supporting those who need us, but we can’t do it alone ! Thank you to everyone who continuously supports the work of Protea Place. #morehousingneededurgently David Janetzki MP Trevor Watts Mayor Paul Antonio Mick de Brenni for Springwood Annastacia Palaszczuk MP Scott Morrison (ScoMo)

11.01.2022 We powered through December with amazing outcomes for those we support. and yes, we were exhausted but it’s so worth it. Have you ever wondered what your contribution and donation dollar does for Protea Place ? This ! It does this ! It stays local and gets exactly where it’s needed. To the FRONT LINE Every single dollar helps us function and create tangible change in local lives. ... Housing, employment, clothing, meals, crisis support and more. You helped achieve this ! With NO GOVERNMENT FUNDING ! We grew with temporary grants and community giving along with 2.5 staff and some amazing volunteers. We truly moved mountains We may be small but we are having a massive impact 1 week back and 2021 is extremely busy already. Many new faces and many women in critical need. Please join our success, commitment and our vision. Your generosity and care is your legacy for Toowoomba’s most vulnerable All donations over $2 are tax deductible and we are so very grateful Thank you Amanda and the entire PP team xxx See more

10.01.2022 GIVE to Protea Place & it all comes back to YOU ! That’s right ! Not only do you get the satisfaction of knowing you helped keep our doors OPEN, but you get to claim it all back at tax time ! As a registered charity with DGR1 status, your support is fully TAX DEDUCTIBLE Please dig deep and help us help her ... We can’t do this without you #proteaplacepledgepartners #youmakeadifference https://proteaplace.org.au/pledge-partners/

06.01.2022 WOW !!! After our call out this morning to assist a family, we were able to deliver a car load of Christmas gifts, Christmas Tree and decorations, hampers and a brand new trampoline with net ! This family are totally overwhelmed and have never seen such generosity and support. They wanted to thank you all. ... A special thanks to Dale and Darlene Murray from The Salvation Army Toowoomba and Emily from @A Touch of Kindness who helped us gather gifts for this family. There are still some things we need, please refer to our earlier post if you’d like to help Toowoomba...... you are simply amazing xx

04.01.2022 Burkes Backyard !!! Well, almost Definitely 2 of the best blokes in Toowoomba! Thank you to @Andy Burke and Phil GillamPhil for getting the work started on our new courtyard! Over the next few weekends you will see Rotary Club of Toowoomba East transform an unusable back area into a beautiful courtyard with herbs, bbq and outdoor furniture. ... If you or your work/social/service or friendship group would like to be a part of this makeover please contact Emily at [email protected] You will be recognised on our Heart of GoldCourtyard makeover sponsor board plus feel great in knowing you were part of creating an outdoor safe haven at Protea Place We need A BBQ Variety of weatherproof outdoor furniture 2 Very Large garden pots (for courtyard trees) A solar powered water feature 2 x Outdoor wall art pieces Numerous Outdoor plants to create tropical feel

04.01.2022 Charmaine from Searle Financial Group reluctantly allowed me to get a pic of her with the new BBQ they donated to PP for the courtyard She popped in to drop stuff off and we pounced with the camera Thank you xx #generoushearts

03.01.2022 Today, we had a visit from Trevor (97) and his wife Eunice (93) This beautiful couple heard about Protea Place and wanted to see it for themselves, so they made a special trip out in the cold to visit us. Determined to help, they made a Pledge to cover 4 women for a year !!! $960 donated with the biggest hearts you have ever seen. They stayed for coffee and cake and left with a promise to tell everyone they knew to get on board and help ... Our hearts are full. #proteaplacepledgepartners https://proteaplace.org.au/pledge-partners/

03.01.2022 Thank you to the wonderful students, parents and staff from St Ursula's College, Toowoomba for supporting Protea Place this Christmas

02.01.2022 Our first ever video about Protea Place. Created and sung by local artist Esther Armstrong Evolution Studios and assisted by Round Square Marketing and video created by Dakota Perry The lyrics were words spoken by women experiencing homelessness.

01.01.2022 We LOVE that you thought of us but we are now BURSTING at the seams and CAN NOT take any more CLOTHING DONATIONS at the moment. We will do a call out when we are able to resume taking items again. We have had a number of people getting very angry and even abusive at us for not being able to take their quality items. We truly appreciate you thinking of us BUT we have very limited storage and we have been inundated with people having holiday clean outs and wanting to donate clothing. Thank you for your support and understanding