Housing.
Support.
Recovery.
No one is immune to a change in circumstances that can leave accommodation unaffordable, unsuitable or unstable.
We help women prevent or resolve homelessness through tailored support, and access to safe and affordable accommodation.
What is homelessness?
Homelessness is a lack of one or more of the elements that represent ‘home’—including a sense of security, stability, privacy, safety, and the ability to control living space. It can look like: couch surfing, living in a car, pet-sitting, house-sitting or over-staying with friends and family. In fact, only 6% of people experiencing homelessness in Australia are sleeping on the streets.
Older women—those aged 55 and over— are the fastest growing cohort of homeless Australians.
What is mental ill-health?
Mental ill-health is an issue that affects all of us at some point in our lives. Nearly half of all Australians will experience a mental illness in their lifetime. So, ‘mental ill-health’ is an umbrella term that includes many different types of experiences that range from mild to severe in their effect on us.
It can be brought on by financial issues, relationship strain, problems at work, or other life challenges. Experiences that are highly stressful or traumatic can also have a big impact on our mental health.
Signs that you may be experiencing mental ill-health include changes in your eating or sleeping pattern, feeling overwhelmed, feeling more emotional than usual, having difficulty thinking clearly or making decisions, or noticing that you are not coping like you were before.
Our team
Our team members are specially trained professionals who are here to support you in the best way possible. They will work with you to tailor services that suit your particular circumstances.
Our impact
“Upon my hospital discharge I was destitute and hopeless.
I had no one to turn to when you gently and lovingly guided me towards stable housing, much needed clinical support and reassurance that I’m not alone and voiceless.”
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Women experiencing homelessness aren't who you might think they are. Elaine is a mother, a friend, an actress, an artist. Many of the women we support have been working their whole lives serving others as nurses, teachers, mothers, carers, wives ... but despite their dedication, they find themselves with no savings, super or support.
Can you help us support women like Elaine with a tax-deductible donation? We’re raising money 👉🏽 bit.ly/BMilesDonate to help provide women recovering from experiences of homelessness with access to free psychological treatment.
For every $100 we raise, we’ll be able to provide a free clinical psychology session to a woman recovering from an experience of homelessness in our community.
If you or someone you know is in a difficult situation, support is available:
📞 Lifeline on 13 11 14
📞 Domestic Violence Line 1800 65 64 63
📞 Our Intake Line 1800 274 984
📞 Always call 000 in an emergency
#Homelessness isn't just 'sleeping rough' — in fact, only 6% of Australians experiencing homelessness are sleeping on the streets.
No one is immune to a change of circumstances that can leave them without a home, including:
➡️ a family breakdown
➡️ mental health issues
➡️ unemployment
➡️ financial difficulties
➡️ trauma or domestic violence, and
➡️ lack of affordable housing.
We help women by giving them the support they need to address the issues contributing to a housing crisis.
👉 If you want to help change lives, a little goes a long way. Make a tax-deductible donation today bit.ly/BMilesDonate
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We provide housing and support services in Sydney to individuals who identify as women, who are living with a mental illness.Seems that homelessness is no where near as important as the ( VOICE) and the urging to vote yes. Wake up Australia.
Interesting fact.....Women make up just 30% of the homless in Australia. How much is being allocated for the much more needed 70%? Men are more than twice as likely to be homeless. If you are serious about raising funds for this issue; don't discriminate.
I've been really homeless ten years , but with that definition I've been homeless all my life
its not a nice feeling i have experienced it and what you say is exactly right
This is also a sign of Loneliness
No Rent $’s don’t help.
Yep services ment to support put at risk We downsized from 3 bedroom to a 2 beeda to help other family's OMG A bully landlord that expected my high achieving academic teenage boy live in a stabbing blood Bourne dump , broken sewage pipes, black mould property was his thanks moving out his only house ever lived in ..... I had to kick him out tge festy dump was killing him never been sick in his life til I trusted the wrong people to relocate us .. hso yeh many ruin lives before aide the homeless issue!
Sorry not doing your job your figures are wrong have you bothered to stroll through parks streets alley ways city of Sydney or where I live parramatta no of cause not don’t mix just see the clean ones and ask me how o no I worked in the cyphici ward we see these people bath them and you want credit don’t make me laugh it all about money less red tape people will benefit
And in memory of Bea!!!
"Family" with a father!
Yet not mention of sex type!
WOMEN'S RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS! Please view my GLOBAL PETITION to UN PETITIONS TEAM @ chn.ge/2Hpu2aa 👍 whereby I am trying to get WOMEN'S HUMAN RIGHTS INTERNATIONAL LAW [CEDAW] into the domestic level 👩 CEDAW - CONVENTION ON THE ELIMINATION OF ALL FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN - rebrand.ly/20sgod4 😍 I became HOMELESS within five minutes - a judge illegally evicted me from my marital home into the street at the age of 64 , with no assets, just my handbag and my clothes on me 😨 Before, I had my own home for 36 years The ex-husband had illegally transferred the marital property to a stranger. The judges illegally let the stranger keep the lot. After the eviction, the stranger sold my home - paid out his mortgage; extended and renovated the home that he was living in - and then built a granny flat in the backyard 😱 Over 14,618 want HUMAN RIGHTS INTERNATIONAL LAW at the domestic level 😁 If it wasn't for the support services, I would have died in the street within a few days. You folks, do a wonderful job ☺️
This week is National Reconciliation Week, a time for all Australians to learn about our shared histories, cultures, and achievements #NRW2023
👀 We encourage you to learn about the historical events of importance to First Nations people that occurred in Sydney with Barani's interactive map and timeline sydneybarani.com.au/timeline/
We acknowledge that we are on the land of the Gadigal people. Our neighbourhood is the location of many places that hold historical associations for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.