Help keep our showers running year round
For most of us, a shower is how the day begins. For someone sleeping rough, it can be the first moment of warmth, privacy, and safety they've had in days.
This Homelessness Week, donate $47 to help keep our showers running, and give someone sleeping rough the chance to start their day with warmth and dignity.
Kick off Giving Day early, donate now and help us reach $500,000 before the day even starts.
This Thursday 6 August, recognisable Wayside supporters are turning the taps on for dignity at our Kings Cross centre. Be part of it before the day begins.
- Rev. Jon Owen, CEO & Pastor
Donate now and turn the taps on for someone sleeping rough this winter.
Anne just donated $53- Deutsch x5 just donated $235
- Anonymous just donated $53
- Teresa Curman just donated $202
- Katy Clucas just donated $53
- Helen Straney just donated $47
- Sybilla Mahrt just donated $53
- Ken Ryan just donated $53
- Anonymous just donated $51
- Anonymous just donated $53
- Jillian and Paul Udy just donated $47
- Anonymous just donated $107
- Anonymous just donated $51
- Helen Tonkin just donated $163
- Anonymous just donated $107
- Anonymous just donated $1,040
- Fiona Hoare just donated $53
- Anonymous just donated $185
- Elizabeth just donated $101
- Anonymous just donated $53
The Challenge
Access to a shower should be a basic right, not a luxury, yet our visitors often go days without access to a clean, safe place to wash.
Right now, there are around 35,000 people experiencing homelessness in NSW alone, and with the cost-of-living crisis and rental prices skyrocketing, more people than ever are turning to us for help. In June, we saw a 13% increase in visitors using our showers compared to the same time last year.
This Homelessness Week, we need your help to keep our showers running all year round.
The Solution
Each week, Wayside Chapel provides around 220 warm showers to people who need them most, because a shower isn't a luxury, it's a simple act with enormous impact.
For someone sleeping rough, that's not just a shower, it's a few minutes of safety, warmth and dignity.
Our doors are open seven days a week, with five showers available, so that no matter when someone needs a shower, we're there.
This Giving Day we're aiming to raise $500,000 to keep our showers running all year, covering everything from water and electricity to toiletries and staff who welcome each visitor in with warmth and respect.
Donate today and help make sure that moment of safety and dignity is there for whoever needs it next.
How does your donation help?
Access to a shower should be a basic right, and your donation helps make sure everyone gets one, all year round.
This Giving Day, your donation will help us provide...
- A hot shower across our five showers at Kings Cross and Bondi, so no matter when someone needs one, we're there.
- Toiletries, clean towels and a change of clothes, so every visitor can walk away clean, dry and ready for the day.
- Staff who welcome every visitor with dignity and warmth, because at Wayside, everyone is a person to be met, not a problem to be solved.
- The day-to-day running costs that keep our showers open, all year round.
You can turn the taps on dignity for people like Andrew
As a young, gay man, Andrew left his country town to come to Sydney, searching for a community that would accept and love him for who he was. Like all of us, he just wanted to feel like he belonged.
Sadly, Andrew quickly found himself on the streets - an outcast in a city that can be cold and unwelcoming.
“When you're on the streets, Wayside is a safe place to come and hang out and be okay for a while, and not be cold, and not be wet and get a change of socks, or have a shower, and something cheap to eat."
Now Andrew comes to Wayside regularly to see his mates and to take part in our programs. He's made many connections in the community, not only with visitors but also volunteers and staff.
Andrew now feels like he belongs here in the city, as much as anyone.
“I thought, this is somewhere I'm going to hang out, because I'm going to be accepted here.”
Andrew, Wayside Chapel visitor
How does your donation help?
Access to a shower should be a basic right, and your donation helps make sure everyone gets one, all year round.
This Giving Day, your donation will help us provide...
A hot shower across our five showers at Kings Cross and Bondi, so no matter when someone needs one, we're there.
Staff who welcome every visitor with dignity and warmth, because at Wayside, everyone is a person to be met, not a problem to be solved.
Toiletries, clean towels and a change of clothes, so every visitor can walk away clean, dry and ready for the day.
The day-to-day running costs that keep our showers open, all year round.
We are so grateful to our supporters who are turning the tap on dignity.
Together, we will show people that a shower isn't a luxury, it's a simple act with enormous impact.
Anne
Deutsch x5
Everyone deserves a warm shower
Anonymous
Teresa Curman
Katy Clucas
Helen Straney
Sybilla Mahrt
Thank you all for what you do.
Ken Ryan
Anonymous
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