Drop in stitches
This winter, we need your donations to help keep the world warm. So if you have some spare wool, you can donate that. And if you also have some spare time, you can knit that wool into a simple square.
View ArticleKnit-In wraps up
View the knitting that has been lovingly created for the ABC Illawarra 2008 Knit-In.
View ArticleRising youth homelessness 'dire'
A not-for-profit group responsible for housing homeless young people on the New South Wales south coast says it is having to turn them away.
View ArticleFunding not meeting youth homeless demand
The New South Wales Community Services Minister, Linda Burney, admits there is a lack of funding to address youth homelessness in the Shoalhaven.
View ArticleDemand grows to house homeless teens
A Nowra-based youth homelessness service says it is having to turn away at least one person a day.
View ArticleHomelessness surges as GFC continues to bite
The number of homeless people seeking help from the Salvation Army has surged by 65 per cent in NSW since the GFC took hold.
View ArticleIncreasing demand on Illawarra homeless shelters
The Salvation Army says a crisis in affordable accommodation and rising living costs is driving more families and individuals into homelessness.
View Article$2.2m to target youth homelessness
An innovative response to homelessness developed in the Illawarra has been rewarded with $2.2 million in funding.
View ArticleNSW home renters still feeling the squeeze
The latest quarterly figures show rental prices across Sydney and in many regional areas of New South Wales are on the rise.
View ArticleEarly christmas for Gerringong battlers
Christmas has come early for some families in Gerringong following the opening this morning of the town's first social housing project.
View ArticleBetter services for Wollongong's homeless
A long running youth homelessness service will officially open in Wollongong today.
View ArticleBeating hardship through charity in the digital age
Kieran O'Connor was faced with homelessness, so he went to his 45,000 friends for help.
View ArticleBedpack Ministry helps Illawarra's homeless
A Windang woman has been working tirelessly to help provide some small comfort for the region's homeless with free bed and clothing packs.
View ArticlePlans for men's shelter to be made permanent
The Goulburn Mulwaree Shire Council will consider an application for a homeless men's shelter to be made permanent.
View ArticlePlans for men's shelter to be made permanent
The Goulburn Mulwaree Shire Council will consider an application for a homeless men's shelter to be made permanent.
View ArticleEmergency accomodation abandoned for South Coast homeless
The NSW department of Family and Community Services has supported a move to close a crisis accommodation service for the homeless in the Shoalhaven.
View ArticleShoalhaven emergency accomodation services either to close or under new...
The manager of Shoalhaven Youth Accommodation services says she's been left shell-shocked by the prospect of having to close the organisation.
View ArticleShoalhaven community shows support for homeless youth
Around 40 people who attended a public meeting in Nowra have shown overwhelming support for a local youth homelessness service.
View ArticleNSW government funds homelessness services to operate differently
Four homelessness service providers in Wollongong and Nowra have been awarded a state government grant, after their funding was withdrawn in July.
View ArticleWindang murder accused "living in a tent": Police
Police say a woman charged with the murder of a man south of Wollongong, was homeless.
View ArticleHomeless but happy for The Concrete Preacher
What does it take to discard almost all your possessions, your house, your social circle and your city in the name of your religion? Sean from Sydney is now living in Wollongong, and he'll make you...
View ArticleHomeless Hub expands to help more people find security and certainty
A new and improved one stop shop for homeless people in the Illawarra was officially opened today to meet the extraordinary demand for services. The Hub now provides a bathroom, laundry and free...
View ArticleWollongong Homeless Hub expands to meet growing demands
A new and improved one stop shop for homeless people to meet the extraordinary demand for services.
View ArticleFamily sleeps at police station after crisis housing refused, Nowra domestic...
A mother and her two children were forced to sleep on the floor of a police station on the NSW South Coast after they were refused crisis accommodation, a domestic violence support service says.
View ArticleHomeless money welcomed, lack of long-term commitment slammed
The CEO of an Illawarra homeless service has welcomed the renewal of a $230m Federal Government grant for homelessness and other social services, but has slammed consecutive governments for not...
View ArticlePool of blood found in Kiama car park
Police investigating the discovery of blood on the South Coast suspect it may belong to a homeless man.
View ArticleNew Shellharbour youth and family facility brings much needed accommodation...
Jess was just 14 when she was taken out of her home by DOCS and put into crisis accommodation in Wollongong. Six years on, she's now living in independent accommodation and looks set to move into...
View ArticleRental market in Greater Sydney and Illawarra squeezing out those on...
Less than 1 per cent of rental properties in Greater Sydney and the Illawarra are within reach of those on income support, according to Anglicare.
View ArticleHomeless washing van planned for Wollongong as Orange Sky Laundry team visits...
The 2016 Young Australians of the Year Nick Marchesi and Lucas Patchett are in Wollongong, washing clothes for the homeless and encouraging people to nominate the next round of everyday heroes.
View ArticleHomeless people moved on from Nowra Showground
Homeless to be moved from Nowra showground accommodation
View ArticleHousing affordability squeeze pushed down coast as city dwellers flee Sydney
People living on low incomes in coastal regions of NSW are faring just as badly as city dwellers as they hunt for an affordable roof over their head.
View ArticleMotel closure leaves families homeless
A family with seven children, a couple with a newborn baby, and two elderly people are among those who could be left homeless from next Tuesday when the Bounty Motel in Bomaderry on the south coast of...
View Article'Too old to keep going': Older people at risk of homelessness jumps by 50pc...
At 68, June Hope has suddenly found herself homeless. Her husband Tony died from cancer four weeks ago. The next day she was forced to pack up their two-bedroom home on the NSW south coast as she could...
View ArticleMum Kel Wilkinson drives from WA to Sydney to find drug addicted son in Kings...
When Kel Wilkinson saw her son for the first time in six months, he was eating food scraps from the ground outside a fast-food restaurant thousands of kilometres from home.
View ArticleMajor report finds housing, education and rural transport are failing youth...
Bullying, conflict and homelessness are wreaking havoc in the lives of disadvantaged children, according to a report by the NSW Advocate for Children and Young People.
View ArticleFrom debt despair to life repair: How 'world first' fine repayment scheme...
A scheme in New South Wales and other parts of Australia gives those who have accumulated fines the ability to work off their payments, to help prevent them being saddled with ever-mounting debt.
View ArticleHomeless people become tenants in rental properties with mentor support to...
A program supporting the homeless with a mentor once they're housed is being hailed as a way to reduce the number of people sleeping rough.
View ArticleHomelessness in regional, rural areas outpace cities as domestic violence,...
The dishevelled older man on a city street is no longer accurate as a homeless stereotype with women, youth and regional families falling below the poverty line.
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