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I want to donate now - Support us to help vulnerable families

Does my donation directly support the families?

Yes, all donations made to Great Lakes Womens Shelter come directly to us, no matter the method you wish to use. 


Making a single or ongoing donation will help us continue our important work providing crisis accommodation to vulnerable women and children escaping domestic violence and homelessness. 


The physical donations go directly to the women and children in need or to support them during their stay with us or in transitional shelter accommodation or in their new home.


Financial donations go directly into the area you designate or into general running costs of the shelter such as rent, electricity, staffing, transport, food, toilet paper, cleaning products and services and so much more.

Great Lakes Womens Shelter is a registered ACNC charity.

ABN 18 949 934 199 

CFN/24523
All donations over $2 are fully tax deductible.

Receipts can be issued upon request. 

Online platforms will issue receipts automatically to your email account.


As a registered charity, GLWS relies heavily on donations and income generated through fundraising to be able to continue providing support and care to the families in need.

There are multiple ways you can make a financial donation:


By Bank Transfer:

To make a bank transfer to GLWS please contact Karen on admin@glws.org.au 

or call (02) 6555 9835 for account details in order to make a transfer.


By Cheque:

Please post cheques made payable to Great Lakes Womens Shelter to: Great Lakes Womens Shelter PO Box 4387 Forster NSW 2428


By Cash: 

As we are a cash free shelter, cash donations can be arranged by calling  John on 0448 111 468


Donate online:

Online donations can be made via our secure donations platform on the link below or the Shelter Appeal tab:


Donate now via secure donation platform

We provide a new pillow and doona to each person who enters shelter, families often arrive with no belongings at all.
The families then are able to take these items with them when they leave the shelter and move into their own homes.
You can help us by purchasing gift cards for Kmart, or donating towards the ongoing cost of these items.
$20 will get a doona and pillow for 1 woman

$50 will supply a family of 3-4 with their bedding items

You can donate any amount towards the general running costs of the shelter. 

Your contribution today helps us make a difference. 


Often having not been taught how to cook properly, or not having had a kitchen to cook in, women and children come to us with little funds and would love nothing more than a delicious wholesome meal to enjoy. $20 will provide a woman with a wholesome and nutritious meal, $150 will provide meals for a mum with 2 young children while staying in the shelter.  


WHAT IS WORKPLACE GIVING AND HOW DO I START DONATING?
Workplace giving (WPG also known as Payroll giving), enables employees of any workplace, to make a pre-tax donation to a registered charity of their choice direct from their salary. 


Employees make small, regular donations through their pay and receive an immediate tax refund. 


It’s simple, low cost and extremely effective when a workforce gives together. 


Employers can even amplify their work place giving program by matching employees’ donations – meaning charities have the opportunity to receive more!


For more information and an employee set-up form click on the links to the files below at the bottom of this page 


Babies and Children GIFT REGISTRY for new shelter set up - Baby Bunting

Other ways to give to the families

We are blessed to have 2 drop off locations for non-perishable food and toiletries.


Food/non-perishables collection points are located in Coles Forster and  Foodworks in Hallidays Point. (They look like cages)


Food /non-perishable collection points are a convenient way for the community to help provide the families with much needed basic food and toiletry staples during their stay at the shelter. 


For health and safety reasons we are unable to accept donations of used linen and bedding.

For donations of items such as BRAND NEW linen, doonas, pillows and clothing please email donations@glws.org.au or call  0400 919 184
**PLEASE NOTE- We are currently unable to accept furniture donations until further notice**
Limited space means we can only accept donations of clothes on a needs basis - keep an eye on our Facebook page for our call outs.
We have formed partnerships with Salvation Army and St Vincent De Paul in Forster where if we are unable to accept your kind donations, you can donate to either of these services on behalf of us, in return they allow our women and children to get the items they need, when they need them.  


A bequest, or legacy, can be the most important gift you ever give. 


By remembering Great Lakes Womens Shelter in your Will you are ensuring the future safety of vulnerable women, and their children, by helping provide additional and much needed crisis accommodation.
Leaving a legacy for vulnerable women is an amazing thing to do and we thank you for thinking of us.
We do advise that you seek qualified expert assistance from a lawyer when putting your Will together.
To be certain your bequest reaches the Great Lakes Womens Shelter, it is important to use our full legal name and include our Australian Charity Number as shown below:
Great Lakes Womens Shelter Incorporated ABN: 18 949 934 199 


WE NEED YOUR HELP TO SUPPORT FAMILIES IN SHELTER

We don't currently receive any government funding for Children's support programs, so we need your help...Your support and contributions will enable us to meet our goals and improve outcomes for children affected by domestic violence and homelessness in the Great Lakes. 

These funds go toward resources, providing a specialised children's case worker, school holiday programs and a range of support and development activities for children in shelter. 


$5 can cover a child's entry to the mini-trampolines or putt-putt golf

$10 can provide a child with a colouring book and pencils

$30 can provide healthy food for children's cooking lessons

$50 can help provide a child with a school uniform to attend a local school

$100 can provide art materials for therapeutic art sessions /lessons

$200 can provide musical instruments for therapeutic music sessions

$5000 can provide support by a children's case worker full time for 3 weeks   


The need for a bigger, suitably designed shelter was identified early on after opening our doors in 2016, to have stability and security and to continue to be able to support the families that come through the doors seeking refuge. 

Our new shelter is a specially designed 10 bedroom shelter for women and children in the Great Lakes who are escaping domestic and family violence and/or experiencing homelessness. 


We need your help to operate this at full capacity and help as many local families as possible.


We are forced to turn away hundreds of women and children every year in the Great Lakes area, families experiencing violence and homelessness as we just don't have the funds to operate a crisis outreach service. We provide outreach support 2 days per week, our goal is to be able to provide a full time Outreach worker.

This will cost $75,000 per  year and will provide all the resources and emergency relief required to support the families that we provide outreach to. 

$10 can provide a woman with an art project for 1 outreach group session

$30 can provide phone credit to help keep a woman and her children safe in their own home

$50 can provide a small amount of emergency food for a family

$100 can provide art materials for therapeutic art sessions /lessons for a group of women

$250 can provide a security system to keep a family safe in their own home

$5000 can provide support by a outreach worker full time for 3 weeks  


Babies and Children GIFT REGISTRY for new shelter set up - Baby Bunting

"Loose Change" DONATION BOX LOCATIONS

"Loose Change" DONATION BOX LOCATIONS

All Things Yum

Ambyance Hair & Beauty

Amcal Pharmacy

Aristocut Hair Studio - Smiths Lake 

Banks & Dade

Blueys Beach Cellars and Deli

Blueys Beach News & Supamart

Brass Bell Deli

Brew-it

Tobacconist - Tuncurry

Brian's Homemakers

BWS Liquor Store

Cape Hawke Vet Hospital

Cetnaj Lighting

Country Nail - Stockland

Drift- Café and Takeaway 

Blueys Beach Farmers Patch

First Choice Family Haircare Salon 

Foodworks - Charlotte Bay

Forster Pacific Real Estate

Forster Tuncurry Medical Practice

Forty Winks

Freechoice Tobacconists - Stockland 

Freechoice Tobacconist - Wharf St 

Frothy Coffee

Great Lakes Pharmacy

Jamaica Blue Cafe`

Jenz Cafe`

Kembali Cafe`

Lakeside Self Service & Tobacconist 

Lumpy's Nursery and Landscape Yard 

Manning Shoes Stockland

Manning Shoes - Wharf St

Metro Servo - Charlotte Bay

Nabiac Old Bank Store

Nabiac Pharmacy

NEWS XPRESS - Stockland

One Hair & Beauty

Pacific Palms Hair Design

Pacific Palms Pharmacy

Pacific Palms Recreation Club Ltd 

Plunge Cafe` 

Roadies Café

Roots Hair

Saltwater Wine

Smiths Lake Bowling Club

Smiths Lake Cellars

SOS Phone Repairs

The Friendlies Discount Pharmacy 

Thommo’s Takeaway

Tully's Tuncurry News

Tuncurry Beach Bowling Club

Wallis Lake Fish Co-op

Wharf St Gourmet Butchery

Woolworths Tuncurry    

THANK YOU

"Loose Change" DONATION BOX LOCATIONS

We would like to thank everyone who has donated and supported the GLWS and to those who continue to support us in any way that they can, we are unable to individually thank everyone so here are a few of our ongoing supporters:


Great Lakes community members

Our wonderful team of selfless volunteers

as well as:

Ambyance Hair 

Access fuels - Rainbow Flat

All Great Lakes area Public schools

Beaches International Forster

Big 4 Happy Hallidays Caravan Park

Brian’s Homemakers

Bunnings Forster

Cath Leary Foundation

Club Forster

Coles Forster

Commonwealth Bank of Australia

Flannery Family 

Foodworks Hallidays Point

Forster Bowling Club

Forster Entertainment Centre 

Forster Laundrette

Forty Winks Forster

Great Lakes Community Resources – Tuncurry

Great Lakes Pharmacy

Hallidays Point Caravan Park

Hallidays Point Uniting Church

Knitwits Hallidays Point

Lions Club Forster -Tuncurry

Lovedale Long lunch

McEwen Foundation

Mid Coast Council

Mid Coast Waste

NAB Forster

Ottomin Foundation

Quota Club of Forster-Tuncurry

Rotary Club

Seashells Beachfront Resort – Diamond Beach

Seaside Heritage Quilters

Secura Lifestyle Lakeside Caravan Park

Severed Slam

Telstra Connecting Communities

The Alannah and Madeleine Foundation

Tomra Cleanaway – Reverse vending machines

Tuncurry Beach Bowling Club

View Clubs Forster- Tuncurry

Wavelengths Tuncurry

Westpac Bank


There are also many local businesses supporting our Loose Change Campaign 




Purchase exclusive books for your child or their school

Purchase exclusive books for your child or their school

The White Ribbon and The House with 18 Steps - both written and illustrated by Steph Flower. 


The White Ribbon outlines a little girl's personal journey through a domestic violence situation.  


The House with 18 Steps is a story of a little girl's experience during a period she spent in a Shelter.


Both books are available for purchase for $10 each with all proceeds going to Great Lakes Womens Shelter.


Please email admin@glws.org.au for instructions on how to order. 

Some of our current and past fundraising events and campaign

forms and Downloads

Sponsorship Opportunities Final (pdf)

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GLWS Workplace Giving Brochure 2022 (pdf)

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GLWS-workplace-giving-donation-form-2022 (pdf)

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GLWS Donation Options Brochure 2022 (pdf)

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