YOU CAN SIT WITH ME GOLD COAST FUNDRAISING LUNCH
Fri 16th May 2025
FRED’S PLACE VINNIES COMMUNITY SLEEPOUT 2023
Details
Tweed Shire currently has some of the highest rates of homelessness in NSW. Tweed has 529 officially homeless people, 195 of which sleep rough or in improvised dwellings such as tents.
As well as living in poverty many of these local people – women, men, young people, families – don’t have regular access to the necessities and this impacts on personal dignity, health and wellbeing, prospects of getting a job and forming social relationships, even on their mental health.
It is critical that we provide people experiencing homelessness and those at risk of homelessness with the support to rebuild their lives and reconnect with the community especially in these pandemic times.
That’s why Fred’s Place is so crucial as it is the only drop-in centre in the local region and is run by just 5 permanent staff members (and an Indigenous trainee) and is fully funded by donations
You can donate here: https://my.fundraise.vinniesnsw.org.au/fred-s-place-vinnies-community-sleepout-2023
Since April 2023 Fred’s Place has provided the following:
• 115 hot meals per day
• 25 food hampers per day
• 31 frozen meals per day
• 20 laundry facilities per day
• 29 shower facilities per day
How you can help
By registering to sleep out and fundraising, you will be part of the solution and leading the fight against homelessness.
The event is a night for EVERYONE – local community members, corporate partners, club members, sports personalities, government representatives and more to band together to help those in our community who need it the most.
The 2022 Fred’s Place Community Sleepout raised over $80,000 – truly surpassing the $40,000 goal set before the event.
If you can’t sleep out, please give a donation by clicking the ‘Give Now’ button on the upper left of our website. Every little bit helps!
Event details
Date: Friday, 25 Aug 2023 at 05:30 pm
Venue: Seagulls Club, Gollan Drive, Tweed Heads West NSW 2485
Event Coordinator: Joshua Layton| joshua.layton@vinnies.org.au | 55361906
