Catherine House Inc

♻️ Running out of room in your recycling bin? Clear up some space, help the planet, and support Catherine House at the same time! Sign up for free here: https://ow.ly/QuQ250V6AnF Thanks to Direct Collect for this wonderful partnership.

💜 South Australian Schools! 💜 At Catherine House, we rely on the generosity of the community to keep our doors open to women experiencing homelessness. Schools have a powerful opportunity to make a significant impact by raising funds, increasing awareness, and educating students about how homelessness affects women in our communities. How schools can help: 🧁 Host Fundraisers: Organise events or activities like bake sales, donation drives, or fun runs to raise funds 💬 Raise Awareness: Share information about the challenges women face and the importance of services like Catherine House ✨ Get Creative: Encourage students to come up with their own fundraising initiatives. Better yet – get the school to match their efforts. For more information and to register your school as a fundraiser, visit Catherine House School Fundraising: https://ow.ly/zB0N50V2uwn Once registered, you will have access to fact sheets, posters, FAQs, tips and tricks, and more to assist with fundraising efforts!

💜 If you have followed our work, you'll know that we’re on our way to building the New Generation Catherine House. With 52 apartments, Women's Centre, and spaces for education and recovery, we’re committed to creating a safe, supportive environment for women experiencing homelessness. To make this vision a reality, we have made a minimum commitment of raising $2.5 million dollars. We know the task is ambitious, but we are calling on philanthropic support from the South Australian community through our Build Her Up Campaign. We hope you will join with us to support the next generation of girls and women who will need our support. 💖 To be a part of this lifesaving project visit https://ow.ly/gfZ750V3eec and pledge your support today.

Last Week, Molly had the privilege of speaking with year 12 students at St Aloysius College about the critical issues surrounding women experiencing homelessness and the work Catherine House plays in support them in their recovery journey. Thank you St Aloysius, for being a dedicated supporter of Catherine House. Your kindness means the world! 🙌💜

✨ Total raised: $21,263! ✨ A huge thank you to Parklife for setting an incredible standard as male role models in our community! 🙌 They didn’t just meet their $10,000 fundraising goal – they raised an incredible $21,263 for Catherine House! Special shoutout to lead singer Dan, now our Community Ambassador, showing what it means to lead with purpose. Here's a glimpse of the epic night: 💖 $21,263 raised 🎸 1 band 🎟️ 182 tickets sold 💸 61 additional donations 🛍️ 68 auction items 🎶 28 Britpop bangers 🎧 35 vinyl records spun and more! Deirdre, our Manager of Client Services for Catherine House, had the honour of speaking to the generous Parklife community, and 100% of the funds went directly to Catherine House to support women experiencing homelessness. Thank you Parklife, and everyone who attended, donated, and made this event unforgettable.

Today's to-do list: Relax, recharge, repeat. 🌿✨ Sometimes the best productivity is simply taking a pause.

Grateful to share we were a winner for the Art by Farquhar Print Donation through South Aussie with Cosi! 🎨 We're excited to showcase these stunning prints in our space and share them with our community to help raise funds for Catherine House. Here’s a sneak peek at one of our favourites – we’re loving the vibrant colours in this beautiful Indigenous artwork! Artist credit: Chern’ee Sutton

Huge thanks to the Australian Federal Police for their powerful presentation – our team learned about forced marriage, human trafficking and slavery, and how they all tie into family violence. Their passion and expertise are truly inspiring, and we’ll be using this knowledge to better support the women we work with and spread awareness in our community. The work the AFP do is vital for keeping so many people safe, but combatting these crimes is everyone’s responsibility, and you too can help identify human trafficking and assist those experiencing it seek help. Please see these resources below for more information: 💙 AFP's webpage on Human Trafficking and Slavery https://ow.ly/V7xP50V2tHm 💙 My Blue Sky, Australia's national service for people who are in a forced marriage or worried about being forced to marry. https://ow.ly/EmNh50V2tHe 💙 Anti Slavery Australia, the only specialist legal practice, research and policy centre committed to the abolition of modern slavery in Australia. https://ow.ly/gumr50V2tHc

Support Catherine House this International Women's Day! 🌸 On March 8th, join us in celebrating the strength, resilience, and achievements of women worldwide. At Catherine House, we are dedicated to empowering women facing homelessness and providing them with a safe place to rebuild their lives. How you can support: 🌸 Donate: Your generosity makes a real difference in the lives of the women we support. 🌸 Host your own event: Whether it's a quiz night, paint & sip or lawn bowls. 🌸 Host a morning tea: Ask your local school or sporting club to join. Get creative with the decorating – try purple icing! 🌸 Workplace Inititatives: Donate a percentage of sales, organise a toiletries drive or host a workplace challenge or raffle Learn more and donate here: https://ow.ly/HHCm50V1K5m

It was a privilege for Catherine House to be part of the DFSV Royal Commission listening session with Commissioner Natasha Stott Despoja. The staff team were able to highlight system barriers and other oppressive structures and processes, which keep women entrenched in the cycle of violence, poverty, homelessness, and poor health, with extraordinarily little access to recovery and healing services for them and for their children. We also hosted a group of former clients, for their own listening session with the Commissioner. They took time out from their employment and busy lives and came very prepared to talk about how the mostly inadequate service responses had impacted their lives and the wellbeing of their children. Despite how emotionally gruelling it was, all were able to articulate, the mistreatment, indifference and neglect they had experienced while trying to leave the violence. While some could reflect on positive interactions with professionals and services, these seem to be the exception, not the norm. Most of the clients were mothers whose children also had lived experience of the violence. They were insistent, that change was needed to help them in their healing journey and that help must be freely and easily accessible to their children, to assist mitigate the lifelong trauma that is a result of DFSV. The advocacy of lived experience teaches us so much about what is not working and what might work better. 💜