Glenside Lions have donated $5000 to Catherine House women’s shelter. We believe that in the current difficult times we need to support women in need in our community.
Catherine House provides supported accommodation services to women experiencing homelessness, who are 18 years and older, and unaccompanied by children in South Australia.
They accommodate 54 women every night in the CBD, with a further five in units in the northeast suburbs. In addition to this, they further support 30 to 35 women who have left the service through the Outreach Program. Catherine House is full every night of the year. There is no shortage of demand for their services with approximately 25 to 30 women at any time on our waiting list.
The primary focus at Catherine House is to end a woman’s homelessness. But what they know is that this is much more than finding her a roof over her head and a warm meal. It is providing her with the tools to make a lasting change in her life.
Key to their success is providing their wrap around support services, particularly education and employment opportunities. These services develop not only practical skills such as literacy and numeracy, job seeking, but also a self-development course that helps women who have experienced trauma to rediscover their voice, learn to make good decisions for themselves, and make plans for their future. The opportunities provided at Catherine House can be the difference that changes her life and ends her homelessness, for good.
Jaylee Cooper from Catherine House gave a presentation to members and partners at our meeting on 26 August. The cheque of $5000 was presented to Catherine House and accepted by Jaylee. This goes towards the total running costs of $150,000 for their accommodation services. As Art Show beneficiary Catherine House will also receive the profits of Art Show 2021 when that happens.