Wollongong Emergency Family Housing in Wollongong, New South Wales | Community organisation

Wollongong Emergency Family Housing

Locality: Wollongong, New South Wales

Phone: +61 2 4228 0955

Address: 75-79 Keira Street 2500 Wollongong, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.wefh.org.au

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25.01.2022 As we near the end of Homeless Person Week 2020, we ask the community to send us a short message of hope, for us to build a Hope House.

24.01.2022 Thank you so much to everyone who has messaged through offering to donate their reusable shopping bags. We've had an amazing response from our beautiful community and would like to thank you all. If we could ask that if you haven't been in contact with us and would like to donate the reusable bags if you could hold onto them until November, when we will make another call out. The bags help us to make our rough sleeper and family food parcels

24.01.2022 EARLY BIRD BOOKING SPECIAL! receive a toilet roll on the night for the first 20 people to book For bookings click on the link https://www.trybooking.com/BJDIE 'Where did you sleep last night', Bingo and Trivia Night, join us on Friday 12 June 2020 for a fun evening of games and laughter. Doors open at 6pm for 6.30pm start at Collegians Wollongong. Tickets include 1 bingo book pp.

22.01.2022 On the 7th week of Christmas my ‘Hub Family’ gave to me Tinned fruit and long life custard (small popper sized or regular size). This would be a delicious treat for our clients to enjoy. Drop off points available are at Paul Scully MP office, Bendigo Bank, Oak Flats, Corrimal RSL and Wollongong Homeless Hub.

22.01.2022 We are excited to see the progress of our first Together Home participant receiving the keys to his new home.

21.01.2022 From everyone at The Hub, a huge thank you to 'Lower East Cafe' in Wollongong for providing freshly cooked meals - they are amazing and fresh Thank you also to 'Just La Marzocco' (https://www.facebook.com/LaMarzoccoAustralia/) and to everyone who supports 'Street Smart'.

21.01.2022 EOFY - 'feel good sale' donations can be made via our website http://www.wefh.org.au/ through paypal or direct deposit http://www.wefh.org.au/donations/ Donating to Wollongong Homeless Hub allows us to help our local community - Local donations staying local. Thank you for your support

20.01.2022 Wondering how to get involved with National Reconciliation Week in 2020? We have 20 different ways to learn, create and take part. There is something for everyo...ne. https://bit.ly/20WaysToBeInThisTogether #NRW2020 #InThisTogether2020 #NationalReconciliationWeek #Reconciliation

20.01.2022 Hi there, we are organising from this week donation pick up twice per week. We are are especially after non-perishable food and packaged toilet paper for our Connection packs for distribution by our assertive outreach team to homeless and those at risk of homelessness. We are asking the Illawarra Community that would like to be involved to please donate one item or as much as you can. All you have to do is send a private message through our Facebook page or email [email protected] with the following: Your name, address and instructions on where to find your donation (to reduce contact, hide it out of sight in front of your house away from pets) all personal details will be confidential.

19.01.2022 Housing Trust is proud to be delivering the Together Home Program in partnership with Neami National & Wollongong Emergency Family Housing Find out more: https://housingtrust.org.au/together-home-program-gets-und/

18.01.2022 Today starts homeless person week, let’s work towards there not being a need for us to have a homeless person week campaign in the near future. You can do this by sending our treasurer a message that it makes good economic sense to increase social and affordable housing stock. Click to share it on Facebook now. https://everybodyshome.com.au/

18.01.2022 Our Mobile Outreach Truck will be out and about this Wednesday in Warrawong from 9.30am. Would love to see you there

17.01.2022 On the 8th week of Christmas my ‘Hub Family’ gave to me Woolworths or Coles fresh food vouchers to the value of $10. Who doesn’t love a fruit salad, fresh veg, some snags and lovely fresh bread. This will help our clients to create some delicious meals. Thanks to Christos for his great picture.... Drop off points available are at Paul Scully MP office, Bendigo Bank, Oak Flats, Corrimal RSL and Wollongong Homeless Hub.

17.01.2022 A Special thank you to Ryan Park, Paul Scully and representatives of SCE and all that attended WEFH Annual General Meeting.

14.01.2022 Appeal for 'One off Assistance' Wollongong Emergency Family Housing is currently assisting a family who are currently experiencing severe hardship and need additional support. Mary-Grace and her children are victims of Domestic and Family Violence which resulted in them needing to leave their former home and relocate to Wollongong for safety reasons. Mary-Grace has been living continuously in Australia since 2001 and until recently was able to work to provide for her family.... Last year Mary-Grace developed a medical condition and was unable to continue her employment at that time. As a result the family could not sustain the rent on her private rental property and was given a notice of termination for rent arrears. As Mary-Grace is a New Zealand citizen (her children are Australian born) she is extremely limited in the supports she can get from Centrelink and she was denied assistance from other major charities. WEFH was able to offer the family safe accommodation by offering them a place in one of our transitional properties. Mary-Grace was able to secure more employment in Sydney but in December 2019 she was involved in a near fatal car accident and lost her means of transport to work and her employment. Thankfully she recovered physically but the family’s financial situation suffered again. On top of that Mary-Grace has developed a second health issue that her medical specialists have advised will need surgical intervention. WEFH has been able to provide support with food, school supplies and vouchers but this vulnerable family needs more support. If you are able to offer a donation to assist this family with rent, living costs or the out of pocket medical costs please email [email protected] or use the donation link on our website. See more

14.01.2022 Thank you so much for the wonderful community support we received a special mention to the Fraternity Club, The Coffee Club Wollongong, Wests Illawarra Club, Terria Mia and to the individual members of the Community. Lots of love from Staff at the hub xx

14.01.2022 What we know as a certainty is that we are open, and preparing to support more Clients in the coming months. In response to the COVID-19 crisis, we have already: - Started completing phone assessments and offsite client safety checks as a part of Client welfare monitoring. - Our Clients are being armed with questions and COVID-19 updates so that they can ask as a precautionary check in before receiving visits.... - Our Team are being up-skilled further in identifying risks and calling them out. Keep updated on our service hours and new outreach program point of connection coming soon. We would like to thank Alex and team from Sublime Point Cafe for coming on board and cooking meals for those sleeping rough and in crisis accommodation within our community. Also thank you to OzHarvest for providing fresh produce, as well as the community for your ongoing support especially during this time.

14.01.2022 Hi there at the moment where really low on reusable shopping bags, which we use for our food packs. If you have any spare bags that you would like to donate please send an email through to [email protected] so can arrange pick up. Thanks so much for your support.

13.01.2022 I would like to end this week by Acknowledging and Thanking our Homeless Hub Team Leader Derek. Derek goes above and beyond supporting our hub staff and clients. Clients continue to benefit from Derek’s experience in everything housing, He meets every challenge with positivity and professionalism that is infectious to those that work with and alongside him. Charities like Wollongong Homeless Hub can only make the amazing impact to our vulnerable community members because of the amazing staff , Thank you all for the work that you do.

11.01.2022 Pledge for Homelessness Week Homelessness Nsw Homelessness Australia

10.01.2022 Thank you to our resident Easter Bunny, and the staff that created Easter packs with the kindness of Egg donations from Wollongong Novotel.

08.01.2022 Our team is expanding and we are looking for support workers that are experienced ,dedicated and passionate in helping people that are homeless or at risk of homelessness. Please follow the attached link if you think this might be you. https://www.seek.com.au/job/52299308

08.01.2022 This morning our staff are needing to provide additional support to people in our crisis accommodation after a heart breaking incident occurred when a random act of malicious damage took place on the road where they had parked their cars. Our homeless community members face many challenges on a daily basis and rely on the one possession of value they are lucky enough to have. Many times their cars are their home when there is a shortage of crisis accommodation. We are hoping that if you have any way of contributing to helping us repair the windows of their vehicles please donate https://www.paypal.com/donate/ and use car in the description.

08.01.2022 We're working with our community on making our public spaces across the region safer for everyone. We want people to feel safer, be safer and to reduce crime. T...o help with this, we are asking the community to tell us about your Personal Safety in Public experiences via our website https://our.wollongong.nsw.gov.au/ You can also share your experiences in person on: Tuesday 3 March - Corrimal Lederer Shopping Centre, 10am to 12pm Friday 13 March - Wollongong Crown Street Mall, 11.30am to 1.30pm Tuesday 17 March - Warrawong Plaza, 10am to 12pm Thursday 19 March - Dapto Mall Shopping Centre,10am to 12pm Wednesday 25 March - Unanderra Community Centre, 12pm to 1.30pm See more

06.01.2022 WEFH would like to thank the ladies from Illawarra Quota for the invitation for CEO Mandy Booker to share the work of Wollongong Homeless Hub at their meeting last night. Your generous donations will support our 200 XMAS hamper campaign and our food parcels.

06.01.2022 Wollongong Homeless Hub would like to thank Paul Scully MP, Member for Wollongong for his acknowledgement of Wollongong Homeless Hub in his Homeless person week parliamentary speech. https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au//Pag/HansardResult.aspx Homelessness Nsw Homelessness Australia

05.01.2022 In the last month we have had 19 families move to their forever homes! Thank you for the kind donations that allowed us to support them with furnishing and home starter packs to make their house feel like a home.

05.01.2022 Illawarra Mercury article by Brendan Crabb, Illawarra agencies, community call for action during Homelessness Week

03.01.2022 Tonight End’s the series for this year’s Filthy Rich and Homeless. We can only dream and hope that there will be no need to have a series next year. Please support Wollongong Homeless Hub to make this dream become a reality by donating via our website http://www.wefh.org.au/ through PayPal or direct deposit http://www.wefh.org.au/donations/ Local donations staying local. Thanks to SBS for giving people experiencing homelessness a voice.... https://business.facebook.com/SBSAustralia/posts/1134786376898896/

03.01.2022 Community Praise We would like to thank the kind donors who over the past 2 days have assisted us by providing individually wrapped toilet paper rolls for homeless clients and essentials to keep themselves and others as safe as possible in this time of uncertainty. We have currently had to ration the food and items we would normally be able to provide and prioritising those sleeping rough and in crisis accommodation. We normally operate on a 60-80 % food and financial donatio...n basis to deliver the vital community service, however due to current circumstances we have only received approx. 5% of regular donations. So a very BIG THANKYOU to the lovely families that have thought about our most vulnerable community members at this difficult time. Current service changes to protect staff, tenants and community have been implemented. Please ring prior to dropping donations so we can be aware you are coming. Home visits have been suspended and clients re being contacted via phone support for the immediate future. Drop in service is only seeing clients 1 at a time to follow the social distancing guidelines. If in doubt of whether we can help you please call ahead and we will advise. We are working closely with department of health and housing to provide a safe and healthy environment for all. Please see the following health links for information on how you can help stop the spread of Corona virus. https://www.health.nsw.gov.au//Pages/social-distancing.aspx https://www.health.nsw.gov.au//coronavirus-resources-cald. Thank you for your support at this time General Manager Mandy Booker and WEFH Team.

03.01.2022 Wollongong homeless hub would like to thank all the amazing businesses and community members that have rallied donations to help our hub clients that were victims of the senseless act of vandalism at the beginning of the week. We will be now able to help them have their cars back on the road by the beginning of next week from your generosity. I would also like to take this opportunity to clarify the media reports that the person charged with this crime was a paying tenant of... the homeless hub, this is not correct reporting as the person is not a tenant of Wollongong Homeless hub and to our knowledge has a private tenancy with a Wollongong real estate agent. We can confirm that all 3 victims are people experiencing homelessness and currently in our crisis accommodation. I invite anybody that would like to come for a service visit to see the amazing work that the staff do on a daily basis to please send your request through to [email protected] for us to organise. See more

02.01.2022 On the 6th week of Christmas my ‘Hub Family’ gave to me tinned vegies and condiments. (These could be olives, sauces, sundried tomatoes and other items) These yummy items would make a lovely addition to any meal. Thanks to Christos for his wonderful picture.... Drop off points available are at Paul Scully MP office, Bendigo Bank, Oak Flats, Corrimal RSL and Wollongong Homeless Hub.

01.01.2022 We were fortunate to take part in the filming and to raise awareness of homeless in regional areas. Coinciding with our very own 'Wrap up homelessness', tax deductible donations can be made via our website http://www.wefh.org.au/ through paypal or direct deposit http://www.wefh.org.au/donations/ Donating to Wollongong Homeless Hub allows us to support our local community- Local donations staying local.