Tenant Christmas Party
In December 2020 we held our Tenant Christmas party. All tenants and children were invited and approximately 100 attended the event. The audience was entertained by The Doo Wop Dolls and the Tilly Belle ladies provided face-painting for all. A Santa photo booth also proved popular. A good time was had by all.
Christmas Toy Appeal
Our annual Christmas Toy Appeal in conjunction with 92.7 MIX FM has seen a multitude of toys and gifts donated. We are always so thankful and amazed by the generosity of the Sunshine Coast community who support this initiative each year.
Safe Places Federal Government Grant
On Wednesday November 4th we hosted the media launch of the Federal Government's grant of $2.6 million for Coast2Bay Housing Group to build "RISE 2". (RISE) Restart In a Safe Environment stage 1 was completed in 2017 to offer women and children impacted by domestic violence a safe haven until more permanent accommodation can be found. The new Grant will [...]
Day for Daniel
On Friday October 30th Lee and Jacqui from Purpose Real Estate took part in the Walk For Daniel organised by the Daniel Morcombe Foundation to help raise awareness of child safety and protection. Coast2Bay Housing Group staff love participating in such worthwhile community events...
Queensland State Election
CEO, Andrew Elvin has invited all candidates to meet and discuss future community and affordable housing policy in the next Queensland Parliament and the need for greater investment in social housing to meet community needs on the Sunshine Coast. So far Andrew has met with Greens Candidates Deborah Moseley (Buderim Constituency) and Sue Etheridge (Nicklin Constituency) He has also met [...]
Safe Places Emergency Accommodation Grant
Very excited to announce we have been successful with receiving funding in the Federal Government's Safe Places Emergency Accommodation initiative. This will mean we can expand the RISE (Restart In A Safe Environment) project from 2 dwellings to 10 over the next 9 months Our CEO, Andrew Elvin said “This is welcome news for the women and children impacted by [...]
Coast2Bay Charity Golf Day
Our inaugural charity golf day was held at Twin Waters on September 11th. Even though the weather was inclement it was a great day and raised $10,500 for our HELP Fund to pay for essential goods and services for tenants
Working towards increased Community and Affordable housing
Coast2Bay CEO, Andrew Elvin met with MP for Noosa, Sandy Bolton this week to discuss Community and Affordable housing iniatives. Sandy has always been a great advocate for these initiatives and we appreciate her support