Northern Beaches Women's Shelter

Northern Beaches Women's Shelter Inc. (NBWS) is a not-for-profit community organisation working to reduce homelessness among women on Sydney's Northern Beaches. NBWS provides essential short-term accommodation and support services for women in crisis to help them feel safe and rebuild their lives.
 
There's a desperate need. Sydney's Northern Beaches have broad demographics that range from high income, affluent families to poor, transient and/or migrant families (including a large Tibetan refugee population), and homelessness affects all spectrums. In 2009 at least  300 women in the area did not have a place to call home.
 
In 2009 nearly 300 homeless women approached the Manly Community Centre and the St Vincent de Paul Society in Brookvale seeking accommodation, but none was available. 
 
NBWS welcomes all homeless women, we do not discriminate based on class, age, cultural background or religion. And we recognise that homelessness is caused by many different factors including, but not limited to, domestic violence, mental health issues, financial strife, drug, alcohol and other addictions, and/or other personal traumas.
 
NBWS is the only shelter on the Northern Beaches for:
  • Women who are unaccompanied by children;
  • Women who are homeless for reasons other than domestic violence.
 
NBWS is a not-for-profit Public Benevolent Institution with full Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) status. Currently we do not receive any state or federal funding, so your support is both needed and appreciated.
www.nbws.org.au
 
 

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Northern Beaches Women's Shelter Inc. (NBWS) is a not-for-profit community organisation working to reduce homelessness among women on Sydney's Northern Beaches. NBWS provides essential short-term accommodation and support services for women in crisis to help them feel safe and rebuild their lives.
 
There's a desperate need. Sydney's Northern Beaches have broad demographics that range from high income, affluent families to poor, transient and/or migrant families (including a large Tibetan refugee population), and homelessness affects all spectrums. In 2009 at least  300 women in the area did not have a place to call home.
 
In 2009 nearly 300 homeless women approached the Manly Community Centre and the St Vincent de Paul Society in Brookvale seeking accommodation, but none was available. 
 
NBWS welcomes all homeless women, we do not discriminate based on class, age, cultural background or religion. And we recognise that homelessness is caused by many different factors including, but not limited to, domestic violence, mental health issues, financial strife, drug, alcohol and other addictions, and/or other personal traumas.
 
NBWS is the only shelter on the Northern Beaches for:
  • Women who are unaccompanied by children;
  • Women who are homeless for reasons other than domestic violence.
 
NBWS is a not-for-profit Public Benevolent Institution with full Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) status. Currently we do not receive any state or federal funding, so your support is both needed and appreciated.
www.nbws.org.au

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