Beecroft House
Beecroft House is an innovative project that will provide safe and secure transitional housing to women over 55, for a minimum of two years, with ongoing support to help identify permanent housing solutions.
This is an exciting partnership which makes use of a currently unused asset in the Beecroft area, the Jamieson House aged care facility, to provide stable accommodation for up to 20 independent women who have experienced financial insecurity, or a crisis event in their lives.
These are ordinary women, who have contributed to their communities, raised families and who, due to wider issues of housing affordability have found themselves in an insecure housing position later in life.
The project provides a housing pathway, by connecting women to a network of housing providers at the end of their stay at Beecroft House, which will help them to make the next step towards their longer-term home
Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Women's Shelter
Supporting homeless women and giving them hope
The Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Women’s Shelter was officially launched in December 2014 and opened its doors to clients in February 2015. It has since been at capacity supporting 10 women at any given time.
The Shelter aims to provide temporary supported accommodation for women in times crisis such as homelessness and /or domestic violence.
We provide a safe, non-threatening environment for women that will assist them through their emotional and physical crisis.
Our professional case managers assist with:
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Temporary supported accommodation
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Resolution of the crisis
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Assisting, creating and exploring housing options
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Promotion of good health and well being
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Life skills to promote independence and self esteem
The HKWS takes a client centered approach to collaborative case management. The maximum stay is 3 months.​
Hornsby Homelessness Task Force
The Hornsby Homelessness Task Force was established in 2008 in response to a series of crises in Hornsby Park involving homeless people.
There are 382 homeless households in the Hornsby Local Government Area.
Unfortunately, until very recently there was very little focus on provision of appropriate accommodation for them. Services were scarce and our homeless population was a largely hidden group of disadvantaged people.
The St Vincent de Paul Society and the Salvation Army are the predominant providers of assistance to homeless people; they struggle to meet the needs of hundreds of really needy individuals and families, young and older citizens.
The Task Force comprises many groups, organisations and individuals including: Churches, local volunteers, Police, representatives from Hornsby Shire Council, charities, Mercy Foundation, Clifton Adolescent Family Services, Mission Australia, and schools.
There is a huge amount of goodwill to help those less fortunate than many into housing or with needed services.
The Task Force, chaired by Judy Hopwood, has led a charge that forced governments at three levels to sit up, take notice and act.
We have held a count of our homeless and lobbied for funding that saw the construction of a 66-unit apartment block in College Crescent, Hornsby that has housed a percentage of homeless people.
Brooklyn Community Centre
The Brooklyn Community Centre is used by many homeless people.
The choir financed an upgrade of the shower in Brooklyn Community and Health Centre for homeless clients. This upgrade included laundry facilities
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