Adults - Phone (02) 4324 7239
Youth - Phone (02) 4325 7555
Young Women - Phone (02) 4323 1636
Coast Shelter provides quality transitional accommodation for homeless persons, advocates for them and empowers and assists them towards independence.
Coast Shelter has just released its December 2009 Newsletter. Stories include...
- Its beginning to look alot like Christmas
- Judy Kay receives a Pride of Workmanship Award
- Sleep Out for homeless men
- Employee of the Year 2008-2009
- Beaut' Ute to collect donations
- Shayne Silvers new Coordinator / Operations Manager for Coast Shelter
In 2008-2009...
Coast Shelter provided 28,512 overnight beds to 482 people
Coast Shelter could only meet 27% of the demand for emergency accommodation
Coast Shelter had to turn away 848 people because we had no vacancies, this represents 48% of all requests for accommodation
Coast Shelter had to turn away 454 people because of other reasons such as mental illness, this represents 25% of all requests for accommodation
The average length of stay in our Service was 59 days
The Donnison Street Community Centre provided 51,257 free meals to those in need
For more information and statistics please see our homelessness information section.