Raise funds for us
Do you have a passion for fun?
Do you like to host events?
Have you thought about hosting an event to raise funds for us?
There are so many ways in which you could raise funds for us in your local community.
Ideas include holding a dress up themed night, a girls night out or in, trivia nights, bingo, movie nights, school mufti days (always a hit with the kids)
The opportunities are endless, contact us to get promotional info to support your event
Women's Community Shelters
Women's Community Shelters
Women's Community Shelters
WCS work with communities to establish new shelters, which provide short term emergency accommodation and support in a safe environment that enables homeless women to rebuild self-esteem and achieve control and fulfilment of their lives.
At a time of reduced government spending, Women’s Community Shelters offers a new and ground-breaking ‘tri-partite’ funding model in which Government, philanthropy/business and community all work to provide funding to establish and operate shelters.
In addition, WCS brings expertise in governance, intellectual property, professional development and project management support to communities looking to establish new shelters.
With a strong and experienced Board and a highly professional team, WCS is focused on supporting each shelter to develop best practice and achieve positive individual outcomes for the women staying at the shelters, while remaining cost efficient.
There are currently 7 WCS shelters, with 1 more close to opening in NSW.
5 of those are women and children's shelters and 2 supporting single women.
For more information about Women’s Community Shelters and the tireless work they do, click on the link below.
Thank you
Women's Community Shelters
Women's Community Shelters
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, but here are a few of our ongoing supporters:
Great Lakes community members
Our wonderful team of volunteers
All great Lakes area Public schools
Forty Winks Forster
Brian’s Homemakers
Club Forster
Forster Tuncurry Bowling club
South Pacific Linen Service
Coles Forster
Coles 2nd Bites program
Foodworks Hallidays Point
Bunnings Forster
Topi Open Range Farm
The Alannah and Madeleine Foundation
Westpac
Mid Coast Council
Commonwealth Bank of Australia
Ottomin Foundation
McKewen Foundation
Lions Club Forster -Tuncurry
Great Lakes Pharmacy
Wavelengths Tuncurry
Hallidays Point Uniting Church
Severed Slam
Telstra Connecting Communities
Mid Coast Waste
Tomra
Great Lakes Community Resources
There are also many local businesses supporting our Loose Change Campaign
Join our volunteers
Women's Community Shelters
DONATION BOX LOCATIONS
Are you passionate about what we're doing?
Do you have a passion for helping people?
Do you have a skill you would love to share?
We are always looking for volunteers to help us make our vision of a safe and suuportive women and children's shelter a reality.
Maybe you are a maker, a doer, a cleaner, a networker, a writer, or just want to be part of the team, no matter your skill set we need helpers in all different forms.
Apply for our volunteer program and see what we can do together.
We're excited to have you join the team!
DONATION BOX LOCATIONS
Purchase THE WHITE RIBBON book for your child or their school
DONATION BOX LOCATIONS
All Things Yum
Amcal Pharmacy
Anytime Fitness
Aristocut Salon
Banks & Dade Chiropractic
Blueys Cellars and Deli
Blueys News
Brass Bell Deli
Brew-it /Tobacco
Brian's Homemakers / Forty Winks
BWS Liquor store
Cape Hawke Vet Hospital
Cetnaj Lighting
Coffee Cart.( Forster Private Hospital).
Coffee Grind Cafe`
Drift- Blueys Beach
Eyecare Plus
F.N.C.
Farmers Patch
First Choice Family Haircare Salon
Fish Co-op
Forster Bowling Club
Forster Pacific Real Estate Forster/Tunc Medical Practice
Freechoice Tobacconist & Gifts
Frothy Coffee
Golden Ponds
Great Lakes Aquatic Centre
Great Lakes Childrens Centre
Great Lakes Pharmacy
Hearing Care
Jamaica Blue Cafe`
Jenz Cafe`
Kembali Cafe`
Little Lucifers/Mexican
Lakeside Self Service & Tobacconist Lobbys Seafood
Micheles Jewellers
Mid Coast Vet
Muffin Break
Nabiac Old Bank Store
Nabiac Pharmacy
One Hair & Beauty
Opening Function
Pacific Palms Hair Design
Pacific Palms Pharmacy
Pacific Palms Recreation Club Ltd Pacific Palms Seafoods
Palms Oasis Servo/Supermarket Priceline Pharmacy
Rave Hair Salon
Reef Restaurant
Roadies Café
Roger Beard
Roots Hair
Saltwater Wine
Sanctuary Beauty
Shadonna
Smiths Lake Bowling Club
Smiths Lake Cellars
Snips Hair Studio
Star Nail
Sushi Bay Restaurant
The Barber Shoppe
Take Five Café
The Deck Cafe`
The Friendlies Discount Pharmacy
The Old Servo - Riverside Co.
NEWS XPRESS Forster
Thommo’s Takeaway
Tullys Newsagency
Tuncurry Beach Bowling Club
Wharf St Gourmet Butchery
Chris McCarthy
Kopi Café
LJ Hooker Forster
Woolworths Tuncurry
Ways others have donated
Purchase THE WHITE RIBBON book for your child or their school
Purchase THE WHITE RIBBON book for your child or their school
A wonderful local artist donated a custom designed painting to raffle of at our music trivia night in 2018 to raise funds for the shelter.
We have had beautiful hand made quilts made for raffle prizes.
Many organisations in Forster and Tuncurry and beyond hold events and generously donate the proceeds to us.
Purchase THE WHITE RIBBON book for your child or their school
Purchase THE WHITE RIBBON book for your child or their school
Purchase THE WHITE RIBBON book for your child or their school
The White Ribbon- written and illustrated by Steph Flower.
The White Ribbon outlines a little girls personal journey through a domestic violence situation.
It is available for purchase for $10 all proceeds going to Great Lakes Womens Shelter.
Please contact us for more information
Some of our amazing partners and supporters
