what we do
Coast Shelter provides a range of services and personal supports for people experiencing homelessness or domestic and family violence.
Specialist Homelessness Services: Women
Coast Shelter’s specialist homelessness services for women with or without accompanying children provide safe accommodation and access to personal support programs for those who are experiencing homelessness on the NSW Central Coast.
For more information, contact us
Domestic Violence Response Enhancement Program
Through this service, Coast Shelter delivers a response to strengthen after-hours domestic violence support, including increased crisis and temporary accommodation, and we provide tailored local service options such as safety planning, case management, and assessment.
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Specialist Homelessness Services: Men
Coast Shelter’s specialist homelessness services offer supported accommodation and personal support programs for men over the age of 25 who are experiencing homelessness on the NSW Central Coast.
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Specialist Homelessness Services: YOUTH
For young women only
Coast Shelter’s specialist homelessness services offer supported accommodation for young women between the ages of 15 and 24. This includes support and accommodation as well as targeted services aimed at intervening early to prevent young people from experiencing homelessness.
For young women and young men
Coast Shelter’s specialist homelessness services offer supported accommodation for young women and men between the ages of 15 and 24. This includes support and accommodation as well as targeted services aimed at intervening early to prevent young people from experiencing homelessness.
For more information, contact us >
Community Centre and Restaurant
For close to 25 years, Coast Shelter’s Community Centre and Restaurant has provided free meals, as well as personal, financial, legal and health support and care for the most vulnerable people in our community.
Through the generous support of over 200 volunteers, and corporate and financial donors, the Community Centre kitchen prepares and serves thousands of meals every year.
The service is an inclusive and safe meeting place for all people when they need help the most.
Opening Hours:
Monday – Friday 11am – 1pm and 4.30pm – 5.30pm
No Interest Loan Scheme (NILS)
The No Interest Loans Scheme provides access to loans of up to $1500 to help pay for household expenses and household items without having to worry about fees and interest. Eligibility includes having a Health Care or Pension Card, earning less than $45,000, and having the capacity to repay the loan.
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SOCIAL ENTERPRISE
Coast Shelter social enterprise programs provide access to paid work experience and on-the-job training for unemployed people to help them develop the necessary skills and attitude to find and keep a job. Our program acts as a steppingstone to sustainable employment and provides participants with professional workplace supervision, mentoring and access to accredited training. We provide quality work at competitive prices, comply with workplace health and safety, complete work to your specifications and provide a free solution to local skills shortages for the Central Coast business community.
To find out more about our Coasties on the Move household removals or CSespresso mobile coffee and café social enterprises, get in touch.
LOVE BiTES
LOVE BiTES is a respectful relationships education program for students aged 11 to 17 years. Coast Shelter holds lead agency responsibility for LOVE BiTES on the NSW Central Coast, meaning we run the Respectful Relationship Education Program in schools across the region.
For more information about LOVE BiTES on the NSW Central Coast, contact us.
