by cbandcmaster | Aug 6, 2015 | WCS News
WCS pitches to The Funding Network…and wins!
by cbandcmaster | Aug 6, 2015 | WCS News
Well over 100 people attended the Community Forum in the Hills to discuss the establishment of a new shelter and services. A fantastic response, and I can’t wait to work with the community to get this going! Read the article here.
by cbandcmaster | Aug 6, 2015 | WCS News
This is fantastic news for our efforts with the Hills Community to establish a new shelter. It has given us nothing less than a flying start and has come about through the efforts of Alex Hawke MP, Federal Member for Mitchell, QIC Castle Towers and the local Police....
by cbandcmaster | Jun 20, 2015 | Sector News
With funding from a NSW Domestic and Family Violence Grant, OWN NSW has conducted a mapping exercise of our knowledge of violence against older women and document examples of good practice to prevent the violence, titled “The Disappearing Age”. Read article...
by cbandcmaster | Jun 20, 2015 | Sector News
Why policy leadership on domestic violence in Australia is failing. Read the article here.
by cbandcmaster | Jun 20, 2015 | Sector News
Older women, who have frequently had a life of caring for others, deserve better than poverty in their old age. See the video here.
by cbandcmaster | Jun 20, 2015 | Sector News
This fantastic video from Canada does some myth busting about people who are homeless. Many have led successful, normal, conventional lives for many years until a crisis such a relationship breakdown, ill health or domestic violence. Read full article...
by cbandcmaster | Jun 20, 2015 | Sector News
This brilliant, first person story shows just how easy it is for a woman to become homeless. Read the article here.
by cbandcmaster | Jun 20, 2015 | Sector News
Older single women can be incredibly vulnerable if they don’t own their own home or have strong social supports. We are seeing women through our shelters who have led conventional lives, worked hard, and done as much as they can to support their own security,...